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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4060	3748	1935	1754	166	11104

Timothy L. Sellnow 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 Timothy L. Sellnow sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 166 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Timothy L. Sellnow 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 Timothy L. Sellnow sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Timothy L. Sellnow is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States and focuses primarily on the social sciences, with a distinguished record of research in communication and related subfields. Their scholarly output spans topics such as public relations and crisis communication, disaster management and resilience, and animal disease management and epidemiology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Communication
Sociology and Political Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
Infectious Diseases
Strategy and Management

Timothy L. Sellnow's research topics cover:

Public Relations and Crisis Communication
Disaster Management and Resilience
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
Risk Perception and Management
Zoonotic diseases and public health
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Viral Infections and Vectors

The scientist has contributed to a variety of recent academic papers, including:

"Being First, Being Right, and Being Credible Since 2002: A Systematic Review of Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) Research" (2021), published in the Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research
"No heat, no electricity, no water, oh no!: an IDEA model experiment in instructional risk communication" (2021), published in the Journal of Risk Research
"Holy Sparks of Dialogic Civility: A Drama in Three Acts" (2024), published in The Journal of Dialogic Ethics
"Dynamics of interorganisational emergency communication on Twitter: the case of Hurricane Irma" (2022), published in Disasters
"Communities of practice as purveyors of instructional communication during crises" (2020), published in Communication Education

Frequent co-authors include:

Deanna D. Sellnow
Robert S. Littlefield
Rebecca Freihaut
Scott C. Merrill
Julia M. Smith

Regular publications by the scientist appear in venues such as:

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
The Journal of Dialogic Ethics
Disasters
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Proceedings of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference

In addition to journal articles, Timothy L. Sellnow has authored books published by Lexington Books, including Integrated Marketing Communications in Risk and Crisis Contexts (2021).

Best Publications

Effective Crisis Communication: Moving From Crisis to Opportunity

Robert R. Ulmer;Timothy L. Sellnow;Matthew W. Seeger

1392
Citations
Communication and Organizational Crisis

Matthew W. Seeger;Timothy L. Sellnow;Robert R. Ulmer

1076
Citations
Communication, Organization, and Crisis

Matthew W. Seeger;Timothy L. Sellnow;Robert R. Ulmer

932
Citations
Theorizing Crisis Communication

Timothy L. Sellnow;Matthew W. Seeger

614
Citations
Post-crisis communication and renewal: Expanding the parameters of post-crisis discourse

Robert R. Ulmer;Matthew W. Seeger;Timothy L. Sellnow

393
Citations
Measurement and analysis of student engagement in university classes where varying levels of PBL methods of instruction are in use

Stephanie Ahlfeldt;Sudhir Mehta;Timothy L. Sellnow

381
Citations
Chaos theory, informational needs, and natural disasters

Timothy L. Sellnow;Matthew W. Seeger;Robert R. Ulmer

376
Citations
Consistent Questions of Ambiguity in Organizational Crisis Communication: Jack in the Box as a Case Study

Robert R. Ulmer;Timothy L. Sellnow

352
Citations
Effective Risk Communication: A Message-Centered Approach

Timothy L. Sellnow;Robert R. Ulmer;Matthew W. Seeger;Robert S. Littlefield

325
Citations
Post-crisis discourse and organizational change, failure and renewal

Matthew W. Seeger;Robert R. Ulmer;Julie M. Novak;Timothy L. Sellnow

321
Citations
CERC as a Theoretical Framework for Research and Practice

Shari R. Veil;Barbara Reynolds;Timothy L. Sellnow;Matthew W. Seeger

246
Citations
Public relations and crisis communication: Organizing and chaos

M. W. Seeger;Timothy L. Sellnow;R. R. Ulmer

215
Citations
Crisis management and the discourse of renewal: understanding the potential for positive outcomes of crisis

Robert R. Ulmer;Timothy L. Sellnow

213
Citations
The compatibility of corrective action in organizational crisis communication

Timothy L. Sellnow;Robert R. Ulmer;Michelle Snider

209
Citations
Crisis communication, learning and responding

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

197
Citations
Hoaxes and the Paradoxical Challenges of Restoring Legitimacy: Dominos’ Response to Its YouTube Crisis

Shari R. Veil;Timothy L. Sellnow;Elizabeth L. Petrun

175
Citations
The IDEA Model as a Best Practice for Effective Instructional Risk and Crisis Communication

Deanna D. Sellnow;Derek R. Lane;Timothy L. Sellnow;Robert S. Littlefield

151
Citations
Gender and Age Effects on Information-Seeking after 9/11

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

138
Citations
Ambiguous Argument as Advocacy in Organizational Crisis Communication

Timothy L. Sellnow;Robert R. Ulmer

138
Citations
Strategic ambiguity and the ethic of significant choice in the tobacco industry's crisis communication

Robert R. Ulmer;Timothy L. Sellnow

130
Citations
Issues Advertising as Crisis Communication: Northwest Airlines' Use of Image Restoration Strategies During the 1998 Pilot's Strike

Kimberly Cowden;Timothy L. Sellnow

119
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew W. Seeger Wayne State University

Patric R. Spence University of Central Florida

Kenneth A. Lachlan University of Connecticut

Paul Slovic University of Oregon

Mohan J. Dutta Massey University

Jane D. Brown University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lucile M. Jones United States Geological Survey

Richard S. John University of Southern California

Kory Floyd University of Arizona

Steve S Dritz Kansas State University

External Links

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