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D-Index
54
Citations
12993
World Ranking
2140
National Ranking
1031

Robert L. Heath 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 Robert L. Heath sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 231 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert L. Heath 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 Robert L. Heath 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: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Handbook of public relations

    Robert L. Heath;Gabriel Vasquez

  • Human Communication Theory and Research : Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges

    Robert L. Heath;Jennings Bryant

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

    Robert L. Heath

  • Management of corporate communication : from interpersonal contacts to external affairs

    Robert L. Heath

  • Encyclopedia of Public Relations

    Robert Lawrence Heath

  • Today's public relations : an introduction

    Robert L. Heath;W. Timothy Coombs

  • Handbook of Risk and Crisis Communication

    Robert L. Heath;H. Dan O'Hair

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

    Robert L. Heath

  • New Communication Technologies: An Issues Management Point of View.

    Robert L. Heath

  • Strategic risk communication: Adding value to society

    Michael J. Palenchar;Robert L. Heath

  • Rhetorical and Critical Approaches to Public Relations II

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

  • Issues Management

    Robert L. Heath;Richard A. Nelson

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

    Robert L. Heath

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

    Robert L Heath

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

    Dan Pyle Millar;Robert L. Heath

  • Responding to Crisis : A Rhetorical Approach to Crisis Communication

    Dan Pyle Millar;Robert L. Heath

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

    Damion Waymer;Robert L. Heath

  • Best Practices in Crisis Communication: Evolution of Practice through Research

    Robert L. Heath

  • The international encyclopedia of strategic communication

    Robert L. Heath;Winni Johansen;Jesper Falkheimer

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

    Dan Pyle Millar;Robert L. Heath

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennings Bryant
Jennings Bryant University of Alabama
Øyvind Ihlen
Øyvind Ihlen University of Oslo
W. Timothy Coombs
W. Timothy Coombs Texas A&M University
Maureen Taylor
Maureen Taylor University of Technology Sydney
John Shotter
John Shotter University of New Hampshire

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