Andrew Spencer

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Andrew Spencer is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Spencer has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Language and Linguistics, 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 13 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Andrew Spencer's work include Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (26 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (15 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (11 papers). Andrew Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (26 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (15 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (11 papers). Andrew Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Portugal. Andrew Spencer's co-authors include Harald Clahsen, Martin Atkinson, Andrew Radford, David Britain, Ana R. Luís, P Lasser, V. Billard, B. Leclercq, B. Debaene and D. Élias and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Spencer

65 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Morphology by itself: Stems and inflectional classes. By ... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300
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. Morphology by itself: Stems and inflectional classes. By Mark Aronoff. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994. (Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Series, 22.) Pp. XV, 210, $18.95.
    1994 338 citations Andrew Spencer Language profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrew Spencer United Kingdom 20 1.0k 498 449 443 234 68 1.7k
Sandra Chung United States 19 1.1k 1.1× 368 0.7× 439 1.0× 540 1.2× 104 0.4× 38 1.6k
Joe Pater United States 28 731 0.7× 1.6k 3.1× 850 1.9× 953 2.2× 559 2.4× 84 2.7k
Alice C. Harris United States 14 918 0.9× 245 0.5× 416 0.9× 256 0.6× 73 0.3× 41 1.1k
Thomas Hoffmann Germany 18 481 0.5× 284 0.6× 244 0.5× 169 0.4× 111 0.5× 66 860
Jan‐Ola Östman Sweden 18 538 0.5× 227 0.5× 200 0.4× 114 0.3× 47 0.2× 59 1.3k
John A. Hawkins United States 22 1.8k 1.8× 658 1.3× 664 1.5× 906 2.0× 687 2.9× 41 2.9k
Stephen Wechsler United States 15 779 0.8× 209 0.4× 158 0.4× 437 1.0× 117 0.5× 49 1.0k
Sara Finley United States 19 80 0.1× 309 0.6× 119 0.3× 199 0.4× 141 0.6× 74 1.0k
Mark Davies United States 14 418 0.4× 113 0.2× 148 0.3× 213 0.5× 252 1.1× 56 831
Benjamin Spector France 16 373 0.4× 139 0.3× 25 0.1× 252 0.6× 97 0.4× 44 715

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew Spencer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Spencer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spencer, Andrew & Irina Nikolaeva. (2017). Denominal adjectives as mixed categories. 10(1). 79–99. 4 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew, et al.. (2013). Findings and Patterns on MRI and MR Spectroscopy in Neonates after Therapeutic Hypothermia for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy Treatment. Southern Medical Journal. 106(6). 350–355. 4 indexed citations
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Radford, Andrew, Martin Atkinson, David Britain, Harald Clahsen, & Andrew Spencer. (2009). Linguistics An Introduction , Second Edition. Open Access at Essex (University of Essex). 8 indexed citations
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Radford, Andrew, Martin Atkinson, David Britain, Harald Clahsen, & Andrew Spencer. (2009). Linguistics: List of tables. 136(4). 389–404. 13 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (2007). The possessum-agreement construction or `Does Albanian have a genitive case?'. 2 indexed citations
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Mairal, Ricardo, Ricardo Mairal, Ricardo Mairal, et al.. (2006). Linguistic Universals. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (2006). Syntactic vs. morphological case. 3–21. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew, Iain D. Couzin, & Nigel R. Franks. (1998). The Dynamics of Specialization and Generalization within Biological Populations. Advances in Complex Systems. 1(1). 115–127. 15 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew, et al.. (1996). Copredication in Russian — lexical resultatives. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (1995). Incorporation in Chukchi. Language. 71(3). 439–489. 47 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (1994). Morphological theory and English. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (1994). Morphology by itself: Stems and inflectional classes. By Mark Aronoff. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994. (Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Series, 22.) Pp. XV, 210, $18.95.. Language. 70(4). 811–817. 338 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baldock, Clive, Stephen Hughes, D K Whittaker, et al.. (1994). 3-D reconstruction of an ancient Egyptian mummy using X-ray computer tomography.. PubMed. 87(12). 806–8. 37 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (1992). Nominal inflection and the nature of functional categories. Journal of Linguistics. 28(2). 313–341. 11 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew, et al.. (1990). Moored current meter, AVHRR, CTD, and drifter data from the Agulhas Current and retroflexion region (1985-1987) Volume XLII. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (1988). Bracketing Paradoxes and the English Lexicon. Language. 64(4). 663–682. 48 indexed citations
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Spencer, Andrew. (1986). A non-linear analysis of vowel-zero alternations in Polish. Journal of Linguistics. 22(2). 249–280. 29 indexed citations

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