Adam Schembri

4.1k total citations
54 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Adam Schembri is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Schembri has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 43 papers in Language and Linguistics and 19 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Adam Schembri's work include Hearing Impairment and Communication (52 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (32 papers) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (18 papers). Adam Schembri is often cited by papers focused on Hearing Impairment and Communication (52 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (32 papers) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (18 papers). Adam Schembri collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Adam Schembri's co-authors include Trevor Johnston, Kearsy Cormier, Jordan Fenlon, David Vinson, Ramas Rentelis, Bencie Woll, David Quinto‐Pozos, Tanya Denmark, Gabriella Vigliocco and David McKee and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Cognition and Language.

In The Last Decade

Adam Schembri

50 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adam Schembri Australia 24 1.5k 961 699 645 161 54 1.6k
Kearsy Cormier United Kingdom 18 912 0.6× 560 0.6× 426 0.6× 464 0.7× 85 0.5× 46 1.0k
Onno Crasborn Netherlands 18 871 0.6× 542 0.6× 520 0.7× 291 0.5× 84 0.5× 87 1.0k
Ceil Lucas United States 18 967 0.7× 794 0.8× 401 0.6× 301 0.5× 124 0.8× 38 1.3k
Ulrike Zeshan Netherlands 15 687 0.5× 553 0.6× 372 0.5× 243 0.4× 89 0.6× 39 887
Robin L. Thompson United Kingdom 17 994 0.7× 353 0.4× 435 0.6× 811 1.3× 51 0.3× 38 1.5k
Markus Steinbach Germany 14 524 0.4× 444 0.5× 244 0.3× 216 0.3× 43 0.3× 53 687
Richard P. Meier United States 18 1.1k 0.8× 547 0.6× 361 0.5× 418 0.6× 35 0.2× 45 1.4k
Robbin Battison United States 10 753 0.5× 321 0.3× 369 0.5× 231 0.4× 43 0.3× 15 847
Pamela Perniss United Kingdom 19 948 0.7× 480 0.5× 325 0.5× 997 1.5× 28 0.2× 38 1.4k
Geert Brône Belgium 18 120 0.1× 366 0.4× 128 0.2× 511 0.8× 41 0.3× 67 800

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Schembri

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hu, Kun, Fengxiang He, Adam Schembri, & Zhiyong Wang. (2025). Graph traverse reference network for sign language corpus retrieval in the wild. Neurocomputing. 637. 130077–130077. 1 indexed citations
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Hodge, Gabrielle, Bodo Winter, Adam Schembri, & Kearsy Cormier. (2025). BSL signers combine different semiotic strategies to negate clauses. Open Linguistics. 11(1).
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Börstell, Carl, Adam Schembri, & Onno Crasborn. (2024). Sign duration and signing rate in British Sign Language, Dutch Sign Language and Swedish Sign Language. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 3(1).
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Schembri, Adam, et al.. (2023). The social structure of signing communities and lexical variation: A cross-linguistic comparison of three unrelated sign languages. Glossa a journal of general linguistics. 8(1). 1 indexed citations
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Fenlon, Jordan, Adam Schembri, & Kearsy Cormier. (2018). Modification of indicating verbs in British Sign language: A corpus-based study. Language. 94(1). 84–118. 32 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam, et al.. (2015). Regional Sign Language Varieties in Contact: Investigating Patterns of Accommodation. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 21(1). 70–82. 8 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam, Jordan Fenlon, David Quinto‐Pozos, et al.. (2015). Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam, Jordan Fenlon, Ramas Rentelis, Sally Reynolds, & Kearsy Cormier. (2013). Building the British Sign Language Corpus. Language documentation and conservation. 7. 136–154. 55 indexed citations
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Fenlon, Jordan, Adam Schembri, Ramas Rentelis, & Kearsy Cormier. (2012). Variation in handshape and orientation in British Sign Language: The case of the ‘1’ hand configuration. Language & Communication. 33(1). 69–91. 40 indexed citations
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Cormier, Kearsy, David Quinto‐Pozos, Zed Sevcikova Sehyr, & Adam Schembri. (2012). Lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in sign languages: Comparing depicting constructions and viewpoint gestures. Language & Communication. 32(4). 329–348. 71 indexed citations
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Cormier, Kearsy, Adam Schembri, David Vinson, & Eleni Orfanidou. (2012). First language acquisition differs from second language acquisition in prelingually deaf signers: Evidence from sensitivity to grammaticality judgement in British Sign Language. Cognition. 124(1). 50–65. 80 indexed citations
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Beck, Janet Mackenzie, et al.. (2012). 'Well, it's green here, but I've seen green and green, and my mother's was always green': Initial issues and insights from translating the BSL Corpus. 80–94. 2 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam & Onno Crasborn. (2010). Issues in creating annotation standards for sign language description. Language Resources and Evaluation. 212–216. 5 indexed citations
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Johnston, Trevor, et al.. (2009). The use of space with indicating verbs in Australian Sign Language: A corpus-based investigation. UCL Discovery (University College London). 10 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam, et al.. (2009). Phonological variation and change in Australian and New Zealand Sign Languages: The location variable. Language Variation and Change. 21(2). 193–231. 61 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam. (2008). British Sign Language Corpus Project: Open access archives and the Observer’s Paradox.. Language Resources and Evaluation. 26 indexed citations
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Vinson, David, Kearsy Cormier, Tanya Denmark, Adam Schembri, & Gabriella Vigliocco. (2008). The British Sign Language (BSL) norms for age of acquisition, familiarity, and iconicity. Behavior Research Methods. 40(4). 1079–1087. 119 indexed citations
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Johnston, Trevor, Myriam Vermeerbergen, Adam Schembri, & Lorraine Leeson. (2007). ‘Real data are messy’: Considering the cross-linguistic analysis of constituent ordering in Australian Sign Language (Auslan), Vlaamse Gebarentaal (VGT) and Irish Sign Language (ISL). Lirias (KU Leuven). 11 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam. (2005). Comparing Action Gestures and Classifier Verbs of Motion: Evidence From Australian Sign Language, Taiwan Sign Language, and Nonsigners' Gestures Without Speech. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 10(3). 272–290. 92 indexed citations
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Schembri, Adam. (2002). Issues in Development of the Test Battery for Australian Sign Language Morphology and Syntax. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 7(1). 18–40. 18 indexed citations

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