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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 48 Citations 10,246 135 World Ranking 1450 National Ranking 699

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Awards & Achievements

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Public relations

His main research concerns Public relations, Crisis communication, Rhetorical question, Public policy and Crisis management. His study in Public relations is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Narrative, Publics, Value, Drama and Focus group. His work in Crisis communication tackles topics such as Corporate social responsibility which are related to areas like Special Interest Group, Discipline, Argument, Strategic planning and Strategic management.

His Rhetorical question study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Legitimacy, Postmodernism and Form of the Good. The Public policy study combines topics in areas such as Public discourse and Western culture. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Attribution and Politics.

His most cited work include:

  • Handbook of public relations (322 citations)
  • Strategic Issues Management: Organizations and Public Policy Challenges (287 citations)
  • Onward Into More Fog: Thoughts on Public Relations' Research Directions (235 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Robert L. Heath focuses on Public relations, Rhetorical question, Corporate social responsibility, Risk communication and Crisis communication. He studies Organizational communication, a branch of Public relations. Organizational communication is frequently linked to Communication studies in his study.

His studies deal with areas such as Legitimacy, Stakeholder and Strategic planning as well as Corporate social responsibility. His Risk communication study spans across into subjects like Control and Perception. Crisis communication and Crisis management are commonly linked in his work.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Public relations (52.91%)
  • Rhetorical question (10.58%)
  • Corporate social responsibility (10.05%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Public relations (52.91%)
  • Corporate social responsibility (10.05%)
  • Rhetorical question (10.58%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Robert L. Heath spends much of his time researching Public relations, Corporate social responsibility, Rhetorical question, Stakeholder and Strategic communication. He performs multidisciplinary study on Public relations and Dysfunctional family in his works. Robert L. Heath has researched Corporate social responsibility in several fields, including Legitimacy, Politics and Public administration.

His Rhetorical question research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Citizenship, Positive statement, Topos theory and Framing. His Stakeholder research incorporates themes from Preparedness, License and Perception. His work carried out in the field of Strategic communication brings together such families of science as Mediated communication, Strategic planning, Encyclopedia, Organizational communication and Process management.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Risk Communication Emergency Response Preparedness: Contextual Assessment of the Protective Action Decision Model. (17 citations)
  • The International Encyclopedia of Strategic Communication (14 citations)
  • Unlocking corporate social responsibility: Minimalism, maximization, and neo-institutionalist resource dependency keys (9 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Politics

Robert L. Heath mainly focuses on Public relations, Narrative, Narratology, Stakeholder and Action. The study incorporates disciplines such as Visual rhetoric and Risk governance, Risk management in addition to Public relations. The concepts of his Narrative study are interwoven with issues in Identity, Foundation and Meaning.

His research integrates issues of Citizenship, Epideictic, Rhetorical question, Civil society and Praise in his study of Narratology. The various areas that Robert L. Heath examines in his Stakeholder study include Theory of reasoned action, Social psychology and Perception. His Action study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Preparedness, Nudge theory and Emergency management.

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Best Publications

Strategic Issues Management: Organizations and Public Policy Challenges

Robert Lawrence Heath.
(1997)

1113 Citations

Handbook of public relations

Robert L. Heath;Gabriel Vasquez.
(2001)

616 Citations

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

Robert L. Heath;Jennings Bryant.
(2013)

545 Citations

Management of corporate communication : from interpersonal contacts to external affairs

Robert L. Heath.
(1994)

464 Citations

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

Robert L. Heath.
Journal of Public Relations Research (2006)

438 Citations

Today's public relations : an introduction

Robert L. Heath;W. Timothy Coombs.
(2006)

417 Citations

Encyclopedia of Public Relations

Robert Lawrence Heath.
(2005)

374 Citations

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

Robert L. Heath.
(2001)

293 Citations

New Communication Technologies: An Issues Management Point of View.

Robert L. Heath.
Public Relations Review (1998)

289 Citations

Issues Management

Robert L. Heath;Richard A. Nelson.
(1985)

249 Citations

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