2026 Robert L. Heath: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	54	2140	1946	1031	925	231	12993

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

2140

1946

1031

925

231

12993

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

12993

World Ranking

2140

National Ranking

1031

Research.com Recognitions

1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert L. Heath is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on subfields such as Communication, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science, and Management Information Systems.

Their work covers topics including Public Relations and Crisis Communication, Management and Organizational Studies, Rhetoric and Communication Studies, Disaster Management and Resilience, Public Policy and Administration Research, Media Studies and Communication, and Communication in Education and Healthcare.

Heath has contributed to several publications in the venue Public Relations Review. Notable recent papers include:

"OPR and its corruption of 'publics': A critique" (2023), Public Relations Review
"Explicating the public memory dialectic in public relations: The case of Donald Trump, The Oath Keepers, and January 6, 2021" (2023), Public Relations Review
"The processes-to-end(s) paradox of public relations" (2022), Public Relations Review
"Immovable objects/irresistible forces: Intelligences of sociopolitical decision making" (2021), Public Relations Review

Frequent co-authors with whom Heath has collaborated include:

Erich J. Sommerfeldt
Damion Waymer
William Douglas

In 1958, Robert L. Heath was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), indicating a long-standing contribution to their areas of study.

Best Publications

Strategic Issues Management: Organizations and Public Policy Challenges

Robert Lawrence Heath

1231
Citations
Handbook of public relations

Robert L. Heath;Gabriel Vasquez

657
Citations
Human Communication Theory and Research : Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges

Robert L. Heath;Jennings Bryant

575
Citations
Onward Into More Fog: Thoughts on Public Relations' Research Directions

Robert L. Heath

537
Citations
Management of corporate communication : from interpersonal contacts to external affairs

Robert L. Heath

485
Citations
Encyclopedia of Public Relations

Robert Lawrence Heath

460
Citations
Today's public relations : an introduction

Robert L. Heath;W. Timothy Coombs

446
Citations
Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication

Robert L. Heath;H. Dan O'Hair

397
Citations
A Rhetorical Enactment Rationale for Public Relations: The Good Organization Communicating Well

Robert L. Heath

317
Citations
New Communication Technologies: An Issues Management Point of View.

Robert L. Heath

304
Citations
Strategic risk communication: Adding value to society

Michael J. Palenchar;Robert L. Heath

272
Citations
Rhetorical and Critical Approaches to Public Relations II

Robert L. Heath;Elizabeth L. Toth;Damion Waymer

269
Citations
Issues Management

Robert L. Heath;Richard A. Nelson

253
Citations
A Rhetorical Perspective on the Values of Public Relations: Crossroads and Pathways Toward Concurrence

Robert L. Heath

246
Citations
Crisis Management for Managers and Executives: Business Crises, the Definitive Handbook to Reduction, Readiness, Response, and Recovery

Robert L Heath

228
Citations
A Rhetorical Approach to Crisis Communication: Management, Communication Processes, and Strategic Responses

Dan Pyle Millar;Robert L. Heath

227
Citations
Responding to Crisis : A Rhetorical Approach to Crisis Communication

Dan Pyle Millar;Robert L. Heath

201
Citations
Emergent Agents: The Forgotten Publics in Crisis Communication and Issues Management Research

Damion Waymer;Robert L. Heath

193
Citations
Best Practices in Crisis Communication: Evolution of Practice through Research

Robert L. Heath

185
Citations
The international encyclopedia of strategic communication

Robert L. Heath;Winni Johansen;Jesper Falkheimer

156
Citations
Reasoned Action in Crisis Communication: An Attribution Theory—Based Approach to Crisis Management

Dan Pyle Millar;Robert L. Heath

151
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennings Bryant University of Alabama

W. Timothy Coombs Texas A&M University

Maureen Taylor University of Technology Sydney

John Shotter University of New Hampshire

External Links

Personal website of Robert L. Heath Google Scholar page

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