Alan Bell

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alan Bell is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Bell has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alan Bell's work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (7 papers), Speech and dialogue systems (5 papers) and Air Traffic Management and Optimization (5 papers). Alan Bell is often cited by papers focused on Phonetics and Phonology Research (7 papers), Speech and dialogue systems (5 papers) and Air Traffic Management and Optimization (5 papers). Alan Bell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. Alan Bell's co-authors include Cynthia Girand, Michelle Gregory, Jason Brenier, Dan Jurafsky, Daniel Jurafsky, Eric Fosler‐Lussier, Daniel Gildea, Jeffrey P. Pearson, Adrian Allen and William D. Raymond and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Food Chemistry and Carbohydrate Polymers.

In The Last Decade

Alan Bell

29 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Predictability effects on durations of content and function words in conversational English
    2008 427 citations Alan Bell, Michelle Gregory et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Bell United States 15 563 374 273 241 229 33 1.4k
Rosa Sánchez‐Casas Spain 22 388 0.7× 114 0.3× 40 0.1× 153 0.6× 625 2.7× 66 1.5k
Sandra P. Whiteside United Kingdom 20 708 1.3× 388 1.0× 226 0.8× 45 0.2× 292 1.3× 69 1.1k
Charles E. Wright United States 19 74 0.1× 37 0.1× 5 0.0× 8 0.0× 459 2.0× 32 1.3k
Joseph S. Brown United States 10 114 0.2× 54 0.1× 8 0.0× 26 0.1× 264 1.2× 18 531
Xiong Jiang United States 30 269 0.5× 40 0.1× 4 0.0× 5 0.0× 942 4.1× 78 2.3k
Anuj Shukla India 13 41 0.1× 7 0.0× 16 0.1× 17 0.1× 250 1.1× 30 781
Jessica F. Williams United States 8 51 0.1× 20 0.1× 17 0.1× 163 0.7× 25 0.1× 17 702
Sangki Lee South Korea 16 22 0.0× 14 0.0× 9 0.0× 129 0.5× 14 0.1× 51 853
Annika Andersson Sweden 11 33 0.1× 25 0.1× 3 0.0× 15 0.1× 121 0.5× 26 751
Jee Hyun Lee South Korea 16 67 0.1× 13 0.0× 12 0.0× 8 0.0× 18 0.1× 102 873

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Bell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Bell

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All Works

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Bell, Alan, et al.. (2018). Electrospinning of food-grade nanofibres from whey protein. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 113. 764–773. 43 indexed citations
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Bell, Alan, et al.. (2018). In vitrofermentation of gum acacia – impact on the faecal microbiota. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 69(6). 696–704. 30 indexed citations
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Atkins, Stephen, et al.. (2018). Concept of Operations for Management by Trajectory. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Atkins, Stephen, et al.. (2017). Management by Trajectory: Trajectory Management Study Report. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Fanyi, Yun Zhang, J. Zhu, et al.. (2016). Emulsification properties of polysaccharides from Dioscorea opposita Thunb.. Food Chemistry. 221. 919–925. 32 indexed citations
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Coe, P, et al.. (2016). Maximising learning opportunities in the time available for surgical training. Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 98(9). 418–422. 3 indexed citations
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Prasanna, P.H.P., Alan Bell, Alistair S. Grandison, & Dimitris Charalampopoulos. (2012). Emulsifying, rheological and physicochemical properties of exopolysaccharide produced by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis CCUG 52486 and Bifidobacterium infantis NCIMB 702205. Carbohydrate Polymers. 90(1). 533–540. 74 indexed citations
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Kimberley, Mark O., Peter N. Beets, Thomas Paul, et al.. (2011). Airborne scanning LiDAR in a double sampling forest carbon inventory. Remote Sensing of Environment. 117. 348–357. 68 indexed citations
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Methven, Lisa, et al.. (2009). Consistently Inconsistent: Commercially Available Starch-Based Dysphagia Products. Dysphagia. 26(1). 27–33. 51 indexed citations
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Bell, Alan, et al.. (2007). Iron Diffusivity in Water Saturated Rhyolite Melt. AGUFM. 2007.
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Bell, Alan, et al.. (2006). Effects of composition on fat rheology and crystallisation. Food Chemistry. 101(2). 799–805. 54 indexed citations
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Jurafsky, Daniel, Alan Bell, Michelle Gregory, & William D. Raymond. (2002). The effect of language model probability on pronunciation reduction. 2. 801–804. 21 indexed citations
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Gregory, Michelle, Alan Bell, Daniel Jurafsky, & William D. Raymond. (2001). Frequency and predictability effects on the duration of content words in conversation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 110(5_Supplement). 2738–2738. 6 indexed citations
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Jurafsky, Daniel, Alan Bell, Eric Fosler‐Lussier, Cynthia Girand, & William D. Raymond. (1998). Reduction of English function words in switchboard. paper 0669–0. 51 indexed citations
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Bona, G.L., F. Meier, M. Taborelli, et al.. (1986). Surface induced magnetic properties in TbFe and GdCo films. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 54-57. 1403–1404. 6 indexed citations
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Bell, Alan, et al.. (1983). Reversed sonority in Pashto initial clusters. Journal of Phonetics. 11(3). 259–275. 4 indexed citations
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Bell, Alan, et al.. (1982). Reversed sonority in Pashto initial clusters. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 72(S1). S100–S101. 2 indexed citations
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Etchells, J. L., Ralph N. Costilow, Thomas E. Anderson, & Alan Bell. (1964). PureCulture Fermentation ofBrined Cucumbers. 1 indexed citations
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Bell, Alan & John P. Zubek. (1960). The Effect of Age on the Intellectual Performance of Mental Defectives. Journal of Gerontology. 15(3). 285–295. 17 indexed citations

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