Alan Manning

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alan Manning is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Manning has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Language and Linguistics, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Alan Manning's work include Digital Storytelling and Education (5 papers), Comics and Graphic Narratives (5 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (4 papers). Alan Manning is often cited by papers focused on Digital Storytelling and Education (5 papers), Comics and Graphic Narratives (5 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (4 papers). Alan Manning collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alan Manning's co-authors include Nicole Amare, Jeff Caswell, Andrew S. Peregrine, Tony van Dreumel, Jay S. Keystone, Frank Parker, Kim Sydow Campbell, Thomas Breda, Alan K. Melby and Stéphane Douady and has published in prestigious journals such as Lingua, Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society and IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.

In The Last Decade

Alan Manning

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 400 800 1.2k
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. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
    1998 1.5k citations Alan Manning IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 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 Manning United States 8 701 464 455 381 186 43 1.7k
Kathy A. Mills Australia 21 44 0.1× 684 1.5× 308 0.7× 327 0.9× 53 0.3× 96 1.5k
Len Unsworth Australia 25 69 0.1× 1.3k 2.7× 451 1.0× 297 0.8× 252 1.4× 88 2.1k
Kevin M. Leander United States 20 86 0.1× 952 2.1× 235 0.5× 827 2.2× 53 0.3× 52 2.3k
Richard Beach United States 24 69 0.1× 980 2.1× 213 0.5× 445 1.2× 147 0.8× 134 2.4k
Nathalie Sinclair Canada 26 130 0.2× 92 0.2× 37 0.1× 195 0.5× 225 1.2× 106 2.1k
Jackie Marsh United Kingdom 28 76 0.1× 928 2.0× 260 0.6× 866 2.3× 42 0.2× 65 2.5k
Vaughan Prain Australia 31 54 0.1× 329 0.7× 179 0.4× 273 0.7× 481 2.6× 110 3.2k
Douglas Fisher United States 30 126 0.2× 492 1.1× 180 0.4× 297 0.8× 83 0.4× 204 2.8k
Bernard Robin United States 15 28 0.0× 502 1.1× 1.3k 2.8× 240 0.6× 24 0.1× 44 2.0k
Elizabeth de Freitas United States 21 81 0.1× 144 0.3× 27 0.1× 385 1.0× 90 0.5× 75 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Manning

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Manning

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Manning

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Breda, Thomas & Alan Manning. (2024). Diversity and social capital within the workplace: Evidence from Britain. Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society. 64(4). 520–546.
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Amare, Nicole & Alan Manning. (2013). A Unified Theory of Information Design: Visuals, Text & Ethics. 5 indexed citations
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Amare, Nicole & Alan Manning. (2012). Seeing typeface personality: Emotional responses to form as tone. 1–9. 21 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan & Nicole Amare. (2009). Emotion-spectrum response to form and color: Implications for usability. 1–9. 7 indexed citations
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Amare, Nicole & Alan Manning. (2008). A language for visuals: Design, purpose, usability. 1–9. 9 indexed citations
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Amare, Nicole & Alan Manning. (2007). The Language of Visuals: Text + Graphics = Visual Rhetoric Tutorial. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 50(1). 57–70. 20 indexed citations
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Amare, Nicole & Alan Manning. (2006). Back to the Future: A Usability Model of Hypertext Based on the Semiotics of C.S. Peirce. ii. 47–56. 7 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (2002). The grammar instinct. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 45(2). 133–137. 1 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (2002). Moving beyond narrative in nonlinear Web site design. 231–240. 4 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (1999). Dynamic and static communication in electronic media. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 42(4). 301–305. 1 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (1999). Error and the growth of technical understanding. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 42(2). 123–127. 5 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (1990). Abstracts in Relation to Larger and Smaller Discourse Structures. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 20(4). 369–390. 3 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (1989). The invariant code-significance of lexical items. Semiotica. 73(1-2). 101–120. 2 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (1989). The Semantics of Technical Graphics. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 19(1). 31–51. 7 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan, et al.. (1988). A circuit rider librarian program in Nova Scotia.. PubMed. 65(2). 20–1. 1 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (1988). Literary vs. Technical Writing: Substitutes vs. Standards for Reality. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 18(3). 241–262. 5 indexed citations
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Manning, Alan. (1985). Tense and the structure of clause types. Lingua. 67(1). 25–36. 4 indexed citations

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