Benjamin Spector

2.6k total citations
44 papers, 715 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Spector is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Language and Linguistics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Spector has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 715 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 11 papers in Language and Linguistics and 9 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Spector's work include Advanced Algebra and Logic (9 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (8 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers). Benjamin Spector is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Algebra and Logic (9 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (8 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 papers). Benjamin Spector collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Burundi. Benjamin Spector's co-authors include Emmanuel Chemla, Paul Égré, Danny Fox, Paul Marty, Steven Verheyen, Yasutada Sudo, Márta Abrusán, Manuel Križ, Samuel A. Wells and Gordon K. Klintworth and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Spector

39 papers receiving 664 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Spector France	16	373	252	139	123	118	44	715
Sandra Chung United States	19	1.1k 3.1×	540 2.1×	368 2.6×	145 1.2×	109 0.9×	38	1.6k
Raj Singh Canada	11	220 0.6×	135 0.5×	119 0.9×	61 0.5×	116 1.0×	20	510
Alice C. Harris United States	14	918 2.5×	256 1.0×	245 1.8×	77 0.6×	53 0.4×	41	1.1k
Jacopo Romoli United Kingdom	15	381 1.0×	220 0.9×	144 1.0×	124 1.0×	152 1.3×	68	621
Stephen Wechsler United States	15	779 2.1×	437 1.7×	209 1.5×	117 1.0×	110 0.9×	49	1.0k
Christian Ebert Germany	7	232 0.6×	119 0.5×	114 0.8×	69 0.6×	35 0.3×	17	484
Susanne Winkler Germany	20	353 0.9×	163 0.6×	202 1.5×	31 0.3×	153 1.3×	51	1.2k
Caterina Donati Italy	11	198 0.5×	92 0.4×	135 1.0×	29 0.2×	277 2.3×	32	741
Jaroslav Peregrin Czechia	12	81 0.2×	122 0.5×	200 1.4×	134 1.1×	107 0.9×	105	554
Ivana Bianchi Italy	14	40 0.1×	60 0.2×	277 2.0×	54 0.4×	125 1.1×	69	582

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Smith, Joshua D., Steven B. Chinn, Benjamin Spector, et al.. (2025). Facial Vein Ligation is Associated with Lymphedema Among Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Surgery and Radiation. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 33(3). 2485–2492.

Spector, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Exhaustivity and Anti‐Exhaustivity in the RSA Framework: Testing the Effect of Prior Beliefs. Cognitive Science. 47(5). e13286–e13286. 4 indexed citations

Égré, Paul, et al.. (2023). On the optimality of vagueness: “around”, “between” and the Gricean maxims. Linguistics and Philosophy. 46(5). 1075–1130. 4 indexed citations

Spector, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Explaining gaps in the logical lexicon of natural languages: A decision-theoretic perspective on the square of Aristotle. Semantics and Pragmatics. 14(5). 1–31. 10 indexed citations

Križ, Manuel & Benjamin Spector. (2020). Interpreting plural predication: homogeneity and non-maximality. Linguistics and Philosophy. 44(5). 1131–1178. 17 indexed citations

Chemla, Emmanuel, et al.. (2018). Revealing abstract semantic mechanisms through priming: The distributive/collective contrast. Cognition. 182. 171–176. 2 indexed citations

Chemla, Emmanuel, Paul Égré, & Benjamin Spector. (2017). OUP accepted manuscript. Journal of Logic and Computation. 21 indexed citations

Chemla, Emmanuel, et al.. (2017). Priming plural ambiguities. Journal of Memory and Language. 95. 89–101. 4 indexed citations

Spector, Benjamin. (2016). Comparing exhaustivity operators. Semantics and Pragmatics. 9(11). 15 indexed citations

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Spector, Benjamin. (2015). Multivalent Semantics for Vagueness and Presupposition. Topoi. 35(1). 45–55. 6 indexed citations

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Spector, Benjamin. (2014). Global positive polarity items and obligatory exhaustivity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 42 indexed citations

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Spector, Benjamin, et al.. (2010). Not Too Strong! Generalizing the Scope Economy Condition. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung. 14. 305–321. 14 indexed citations

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Abrusán, Márta & Benjamin Spector. (2010). A Semantics for Degree Questions Based on Intervals: Negative Islands and Their Obviation. Journal of Semantics. 28(1). 107–147. 16 indexed citations

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Spector, Benjamin. (2008). An Unnoticed Reading for Wh-Questions: Elided Answers and Weak Islands. Linguistic Inquiry. 39(4). 677–686. 8 indexed citations

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Abrusán, Márta & Benjamin Spector. (2008). An Interval-Based Semantics for DegreeQuestions: Negative Islands and Their Obviation. 17–26. 6 indexed citations

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Stringer, Scott P., et al.. (1996). The Effect of Absorbable Stenting on Postoperative Stenosis of the Surgically Enlarged Maxillary Sinus Ostia in a Rabbit Animal Model. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 122(12). 1395–1397. 6 indexed citations

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Spector, Benjamin. (1966). Morris' Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise. JAMA. 198(12). 1315–1315. 28 indexed citations

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Spector, Benjamin, et al.. (1963). ACCELERATION OF SILVER STAINING BY ELECTROPHORESIS.. PubMed. 38. 346–9. 3 indexed citations

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Spector, Benjamin. (1960). A Review of the Melancholy of Anatomy. New England Journal of Medicine. 262(5). 234–236.

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Spector, Benjamin. (1959). Darwin — Down House — Dawn. New England Journal of Medicine. 260(22). 1119–1124. 1 indexed citations

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