Richard D. Waters

253 total papers · 4.9k total citations
82 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Richard D. Waters is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard D. Waters has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Communication, 43 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Richard D. Waters's work include Public Relations and Crisis Communication (55 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (25 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (18 papers). Richard D. Waters is often cited by papers focused on Public Relations and Crisis Communication (55 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (25 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (18 papers). Richard D. Waters collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Belgium. Richard D. Waters's co-authors include Gregory D. Saxton, Natalie T. J. Tindall, Denise Sevick Bortree, Jennifer A. Robinson, Chao Guo, Jeanine P. D. Guidry, Kathleen S. Kelly, Michael Thompson, Anli Xiao and Yan Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Education and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Richard D. Waters

76 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Engaging stakeholders thr... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Engaging stakeholders through social networking: How nonprofit organizations are using Facebook
    2009 715 citations Richard D. Waters et al. Public Relations Review profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Richard D. Waters 2.0k 1.9k 380 330 245 82 3.2k
Jennifer L. Gibbs 1.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 506 1.3× 294 0.9× 542 2.2× 36 3.5k
Kaye D. Sweetser 2.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 151 0.4× 127 0.4× 262 1.1× 56 3.1k
Cynthia Stohl 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 424 1.1× 689 2.1× 579 2.4× 71 3.4k
Spiro Kiousis 2.2k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 399 1.1× 93 0.3× 182 0.7× 92 3.5k
Michael L. Kent 3.5k 1.7× 1.6k 0.9× 606 1.6× 337 1.0× 784 3.2× 51 4.3k
Sung‐Un Yang 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 855 2.3× 600 1.8× 352 1.4× 47 2.6k
Carl H. Botan 1.5k 0.8× 747 0.4× 382 1.0× 216 0.7× 558 2.3× 50 2.4k
Gregory D. Saxton 1.4k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 560 1.5× 181 0.5× 63 0.3× 81 3.2k
Dejan Verčič 1.9k 1.0× 833 0.4× 835 2.2× 393 1.2× 528 2.2× 85 2.8k
Glen T. Cameron 2.6k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 632 1.7× 309 0.9× 816 3.3× 143 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard D. Waters

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard D. Waters

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard D. Waters. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard D. Waters 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 Richard D. Waters. Richard D. Waters is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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