R. H. Leach Data-verified

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High Impact

Assistant Professor

Last publication 2023 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

23 h-index 75 pubs 1,798 cited

Biography and Research Information

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R. H. Leach's research interests encompass public health, specifically focusing on interventions within the criminal justice system and preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks. Their work includes a scoping review of digital health interventions for mental health and substance use disorders among individuals in the criminal justice population. Leach has also investigated strategies for establishing infection prevention initiatives, including a pre-COVID-19 biopreparedness effort and building sustainable infection prevention in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Further research has explored the intersection of community engagement and entrepreneurship with sustainability performance in social ventures, as demonstrated by a publication on South Korean social ventures. Leach's scholarly contributions are reflected in a h-index of 23, with 75 total publications and 1,792 citations. They are designated as a highly cited researcher and collaborate with other University of Arkansas faculty, including Hee Jung Cho, with whom they share one publication. Leach maintains an active lab website.

Metrics

  • h-index: 23
  • Publications: 75
  • Citations: 1,798

Selected Publications

  • ‘I’d feel like management understands (no pun intended) how we feel’: evaluating a hypothetical policy promoting sitting in standing-biased jobs (2025)
  • Employee and Supervisor Perceptions of a Policy Promoting Standing in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study (2024)
  • Narrative or Facts: Two Paths to Vaccine Advocacy (2024)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Refreshing the positive: bridging positive organizational communication and critical scholarship with Buddhist philosophies (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Collective Compassion: Responding to Structural Barriers to Compassion With Agentic Action in Healthcare Organizations (2023)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Role of Community Engagement and Entrepreneurship in the Sustainability Performance of Social Ventures in South Korea (2023)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Health Occupations and Role Performance (2022)

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