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D-Index
40
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7448
World Ranking
5335
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2522

Patric R. Spence publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patric R. Spence sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 146 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Patric R. Spence D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patric R. Spence sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patric R. Spence is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States and specializes in social sciences with a strong focus on communication.

Their research covers a range of subfields including communication, sociology and political science, social psychology, artificial intelligence, and literature and literary theory.

Key topics in their work include public relations and crisis communication, disaster management and resilience, communication in education and healthcare, AI in service interactions, misinformation and its impacts, risk perception and management, and media influence and health.

Patric R. Spence has published extensively, with notable papers such as:

  • "I-It, I-Thou, I-Robot: The Perceived Humanness of AI in Human-Machine Communication" (2020, Communication Studies)
  • "Understanding crisis communication on social media with CERC: topic model analysis of tweets about Hurricane Maria" (2020, Journal of Risk Research)
  • "Interpersonal impressions of a social robot versus human in the context of performance evaluations" (2020, Communication Education)
  • "From what I've heard, this is bad: An examination of Americans' source preferences and information seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021, Progress in Disaster Science)
  • "Challenges and Best Practices Associated with Sharing Research Materials and Research Data for Communication Scholars" (2020, Communication Studies)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Patric R. Spence include Kenneth A. Lachlan, Xialing Lin, Emily Hutter, Christine Gilbert, and Renee Kaufmann.

The research contributions are published predominantly in venues such as Communication Studies, Communication Education, Progress in Disaster Science, Journal of Emergency Management, and Human-Machine Communication.

Best Publications

  • Social Media as Information Source: Recency of Updates and Credibility of Information

    David Westerman;Patric R. Spence;Brandon Van Der Heide

  • A social network as information: The effect of system generated reports of connectedness on credibility on Twitter

    David Westerman;Patric R. Spence;Brandon Van Der Heide

  • Is that a bot running the social media feed? Testing the differences in perceptions of communication quality for a human agent and a bot agent on Twitter

    Chad Edwards;Autumn Edwards;Patric R. Spence;Ashleigh K. Shelton

  • Crisis Communication, Race, and Natural Disasters

    Patric R. Spence;Kenneth A. Lachlan;Donyale R. Griffin

  • Social media and crisis management

    Kenneth A. Lachlan;Patric R. Spence;Xialing Lin;Kristy Najarian

  • Variability in Twitter Content Across the Stages of a Natural Disaster: Implications for Crisis Communication

    Patric R. Spence;Kenneth A. Lachlan;Xialing Lin;Maria del Greco

  • Social media and credibility indicators: The effect of influence cues

    Xialing Lin;Patric R. Spence;Kenneth A. Lachlan

  • Crisis communication, learning and responding

    Xialing Lin;Patric R. Spence;Timothy L. Sellnow;Kenneth A. Lachlan

  • Initial expectations, interactions, and beyond with social robots

    Autumn Edwards;Chad Edwards;David Westerman;Patric R. Spence

  • Welcoming Our Robot Overlords: Initial Expectations About Interaction With a Robot

    Patric R. Spence;David Westerman;Chad Edwards;Autumn Edwards

  • Robots in the classroom

    Autumn Edwards;Chad Edwards;Patric R. Spence;Christina Harris

  • Initial Interaction Expectations with Robots: Testing the Human-To-Human Interaction Script

    Chad Edwards;Autumn Edwards;Patric R. Spence;David Westerman

  • I, teacher: using artificial intelligence (AI) and social robots in communication and instruction*

    Chad Edwards;Autumn Edwards;Patric R. Spence;Xialing Lin

  • How much Klout do you have. . .A test of system generated cues on source credibility

    Chad Edwards;Patric R. Spence;Christina J. Gentile;America Edwards

  • Exploring extreme events on social media

    Xialing Lin;Kenneth A. Lachlan;Patric R. Spence

  • Expressions of risk awareness and concern through Twitter: On the utility of using the medium as an indication of audience needs

    Kenneth A. Lachlan;Patric R. Spence;Xialing Lin

  • Media use and information needs of the disabled during a natural disaster

    Patric R Spence;Kenneth Lachlan;Jennifer A Burke;Matthew W. Seeger

  • Screaming into the Wind: Examining the Volume and Content of Tweets Associated with Hurricane Sandy

    Kenneth A. Lachlan;Patric R. Spence;Xialing Lin;Maria Del Greco

  • Gender and Age Effects on Information-Seeking after 9/11

    Patric R. Spence;David Westerman;Paul D. Skalski;Matthew Seeger

  • Terrorist attacks and uncertainty reduction: Media use after September 11

    Kenneth A. Lachlan;Patric R. Spence;Matthew Seeger

  • ADJUSTING TO UNCERTAINTY: COPING STRATEGIES AMONG THE DISPLACED AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA

    Patric R. Spence;Kenneth A. Lachlan;Jennifer M. Burke

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Lachlan
Kenneth A. Lachlan University of Connecticut
Timothy L. Sellnow
Timothy L. Sellnow University of Central Florida
Matthew W. Seeger
Matthew W. Seeger Wayne State University
Lucile M. Jones
Lucile M. Jones United States Geological Survey
Seth C. Lewis
Seth C. Lewis University of Oregon

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