Adrian Blackledge

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
65 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Adrian Blackledge is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian Blackledge has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Linguistics and Language, 23 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 22 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Adrian Blackledge's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (37 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (17 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (14 papers). Adrian Blackledge is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (37 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (17 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (14 papers). Adrian Blackledge collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Adrian Blackledge's co-authors include Angela Creese, Aneta Pavlenko, Michael Grenfell, Marilyn Martin‐Jones, Chao‐Jung Wu, Arvind Bhatt, Vally Lytra, Peter W. Martin, Li Wei and Patrick Stevenson and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and Applied Linguistics.

In The Last Decade

Adrian Blackledge

62 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Translanguaging in the Bilingual Classroom: A Pedagogy ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2010 2001 2015 2017 250 500 750 1000
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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Translanguaging in the Bilingual Classroom: A Pedagogy for Learning and Teaching?
    2010 1.1k citations Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge Modern Language Journal profile →
  2. Negotiation of identities in multilingual contexts
    2001 440 citations Adrian Blackledge, Aneta Pavlenko International Journal of Bilingualism profile →
  3. Translanguaging and Identity in Educational Settings
    2015 308 citations Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge Annual Review of Applied Linguistics profile →
  4. Translanguaging and the body
    2017 126 citations Adrian Blackledge, Angela Creese profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adrian Blackledge United Kingdom 23 2.7k 2.2k 2.1k 568 436 65 3.5k
Angela Creese United Kingdom 28 2.6k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 784 1.4× 400 0.9× 77 3.7k
Durk Gorter Spain 31 2.8k 1.0× 2.6k 1.2× 2.6k 1.3× 446 0.8× 241 0.6× 100 4.1k
Ingrid Piller Australia 23 1.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 587 1.0× 533 1.2× 95 3.3k
Ben Rampton United Kingdom 26 2.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 391 0.7× 482 1.1× 83 3.4k
Michael Clyne Australia 33 2.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 405 0.7× 459 1.1× 153 3.9k
Angel M. Y. Lin Hong Kong 31 1.9k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 652 1.1× 345 0.8× 95 3.2k
Nelson Flores United States 23 3.5k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 2.2× 891 2.0× 56 4.5k
Tove Skutnabb‐Kangas Denmark 23 2.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 614 1.1× 452 1.0× 100 3.1k
Nancy C. Dorian United States 20 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 589 1.0× 443 1.0× 60 3.5k
Anthony J. Liddicoat Australia 28 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 588 1.0× 225 0.5× 132 2.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blackledge, Adrian & Angela Creese. (2023). Essays in Linguistic Ethnography. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian & Angela Creese. (2023). Essays in Linguistic Ethnography. Channel View Publications eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian & Angela Creese. (2021). Volleyball - An Ethnographic Drama. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian & Angela Creese. (2020). Recontextualisation and advocacy in the translation zone. Text and Talk. 41(1). 1–21. 1 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian & Angela Creese. (2020). Interpretations – An Ethnographic Drama. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Creese, Angela & Adrian Blackledge. (2019). Translanguaging and Public Service Encounters: Language Learning in the Library. Modern Language Journal. 103(4). 800–814. 21 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian, et al.. (2016). The structure of everyday narrative in a city market: An ethnopoetics approach. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 20(5). 654–676. 19 indexed citations
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Creese, Angela, et al.. (2015). Researching Bilingual and Multilingual Education Multilingually::A Linguistic Ethnography. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg). 1 indexed citations
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Creese, Angela & Adrian Blackledge. (2015). Translanguaging and Identity in Educational Settings. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 35. 20–35. 308 indexed citations breakdown →
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Creese, Angela, et al.. (2014). The Ideal ‘Native Speaker’ Teacher: Negotiating Authenticity and Legitimacy in the Language Classroom. Modern Language Journal. 98(4). 937–951. 47 indexed citations
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Grenfell, Michael & Adrian Blackledge. (2012). Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 47 indexed citations
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Creese, Angela & Adrian Blackledge. (2010). Towards a sociolinguistics of superdiversity. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. 13(4). 549–572. 63 indexed citations
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Creese, Angela & Adrian Blackledge. (2010). Separate and flexible bilingualism in complementary schools: Multiple language practices in interrelationship. Journal of Pragmatics. 43(5). 1196–1208. 171 indexed citations
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Creese, Angela, Chao‐Jung Wu, & Adrian Blackledge. (2009). Folk stories and social identification in multilingual classrooms. Linguistics and Education. 20(4). 350–365. 9 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian, et al.. (2009). Being English, speaking English: Extension to English language testing legislation and the future of multicultural Britain. 16 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian & Aneta Pavlenko. (2001). Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts: Introduction to the Special Issue.. International Journal of Bilingualism. 5(3). 3 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian. (2000). Literacy, Power and Social Justice. Chemistry & Industry. 45. 1869–71. 52 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian. (2000). Monolingual ideologies in multilingual states. Sociolinguistic Studies. 25–45. 62 indexed citations
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Blackledge, Adrian. (1998). The Institutionalisation of Inequality: the Initial Teacher Training National Curriculum for Primary English as cultural hegemony. Educational Review. 50(1). 55–64. 3 indexed citations

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