Mats Heide

1.8k total citations
60 papers, 850 citations indexed

About

Mats Heide is a scholar working on Communication, Social Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Mats Heide has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 850 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Communication, 16 papers in Social Psychology and 11 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Mats Heide's work include Public Relations and Crisis Communication (27 papers), Team Dynamics and Performance (13 papers) and Social and Educational Sciences (10 papers). Mats Heide is often cited by papers focused on Public Relations and Crisis Communication (27 papers), Team Dynamics and Performance (13 papers) and Social and Educational Sciences (10 papers). Mats Heide collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Netherlands. Mats Heide's co-authors include Charlotte Simonsson, Jesper Falkheimer, Catrin Johansson, Howard Nothhaft, Hui Zhao, Ansgar Zerfaß, Piet Verhoeven, W. Timothy Coombs, Philip Young and Lorena Blasco‐Arcas and has published in prestigious journals such as Public Relations Review, Journal of service management and Corporate Communications An International Journal.

In The Last Decade

Mats Heide

44 papers receiving 758 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mats Heide Sweden 16 569 290 227 218 206 60 850
Priscilla Murphy United States 13 399 0.7× 249 0.9× 191 0.8× 114 0.5× 112 0.5× 28 753
Brad Rawlins United States 4 209 0.4× 184 0.6× 164 0.7× 150 0.7× 89 0.4× 6 565
Isabelle Bouty France 8 180 0.3× 177 0.6× 312 1.4× 166 0.8× 52 0.3× 15 677
Yi Grace Ji United States 15 375 0.7× 508 1.8× 180 0.8× 126 0.6× 67 0.3× 26 831
Bahtiar Mohamad Malaysia 17 213 0.4× 324 1.1× 150 0.7× 131 0.6× 96 0.5× 90 719
Nina Pološki Vokić Croatia 10 266 0.5× 134 0.5× 110 0.5× 294 1.3× 110 0.5× 58 694
James G. Hutton United States 8 294 0.5× 163 0.6× 322 1.4× 167 0.8× 67 0.3× 17 697
Lynne M. Sallot United States 17 1.0k 1.8× 326 1.1× 200 0.9× 78 0.4× 320 1.6× 32 1.2k
Zifei Fay Chen United States 15 378 0.7× 543 1.9× 113 0.5× 95 0.4× 65 0.3× 25 781
Zuzana Sasovova Netherlands 8 109 0.2× 217 0.7× 153 0.7× 164 0.8× 92 0.4× 13 631

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mats Heide

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mats Heide

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mats Heide. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mats Heide based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mats Heide. Mats Heide is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Simonsson, Charlotte, et al.. (2025). The Unclear Role of Strategic Communicators: Professionalization Through Reflexivity on Action. International Journal of Strategic Communication. 1–22.
2.
Heide, Mats, et al.. (2023). Voicing the organization on social media: towards a nuanced understanding of coworker voice and sources of control. Journal of Communication Management. 28(2). 294–312. 4 indexed citations
3.
Falkheimer, Jesper, et al.. (2022). Rally-around-the-organizational-flag? Internal communication in a professional organization during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. Corporate Communications An International Journal. 27(5). 23–38. 11 indexed citations
4.
Heide, Mats & Charlotte Simonsson. (2021). What was that all about? On internal crisis communication and communicative coworkership during a pandemic. Journal of Communication Management. 25(3). 256–275. 47 indexed citations
5.
Heide, Mats. (2016). Social intranets and internal communication : Dreaming of democracy in organisations. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 45–53. 1 indexed citations
6.
Falkheimer, Jesper, et al.. (2016). Is Strategic Communication too important to be left to Communication Professionals?. Public Relations Review. 43(1). 91–101. 43 indexed citations
7.
Coombs, W. Timothy, Jesper Falkheimer, Mats Heide, & Philip Young. (2015). Strategic Communication, Social Media and Democracy : The challenge of the digital naturals. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 8 indexed citations
8.
Heide, Mats & Charlotte Simonsson. (2015). Struggling with internal crisis communication: A balancing act between paradoxical tensions. Public Relations Inquiry. 4(2). 223–255. 41 indexed citations
9.
Heide, Mats & Charlotte Simonsson. (2014). Developing internal crisis communication. Corporate Communications An International Journal. 19(2). 128–146. 72 indexed citations
10.
Falkheimer, Jesper & Mats Heide. (2014). From Public Relations to Strategic Communication in Sweden: The Emergence of a Transboundary Field of Knowledge. Nordicom review/NORDICOM review. 35(2). 123–138. 19 indexed citations
11.
Heide, Mats & Jesper Falkheimer. (2014). Strategisk kommunikation: En introduktion. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 3 indexed citations
12.
Falkheimer, Jesper & Mats Heide. (2013). Prinsipper for kommunikasjon. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 27–50. 1 indexed citations
13.
Heide, Mats. (2009). Intranät som arena för lärande: Nya utmaningar för ledare. Lund University Publications (Lund University).
14.
Falkheimer, Jesper & Mats Heide. (2009). Crisis Communication in a New World. Nordicom review/NORDICOM review. 30(1). 55–66. 13 indexed citations
15.
Johansson, Catrin & Mats Heide. (2008). Kommunikation om förändring. Lund University Publications (Lund University).
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Falkheimer, Jesper & Mats Heide. (2007). Strategisk kommunikation: En bok om organisationers relationer. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 3 indexed citations
17.
Heide, Mats & Jesper Falkheimer. (2007). Crisis communication – to improvise during chaos. Lund University Publications (Lund University).
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Falkheimer, Jesper & Mats Heide. (2007). Crisis communication in a new world: Reaching multicultural publics through old and new media. Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University).
19.
Heide, Mats. (2006). Myndigheters kriskommunikation med etniska minoriteter: En studie av relationsbyggande i ett mångkulturellt samhälle. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 2 indexed citations
20.
Heide, Mats. (2002). Intranät – en ny arena för kommunikation och lärande. Studies in Media and Communication. 7 indexed citations

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