Bernadette O’Rourke

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 897 citations indexed

About

Bernadette O’Rourke is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernadette O’Rourke has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 897 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Linguistics and Language, 19 papers in Language and Linguistics and 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Bernadette O’Rourke's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (27 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers) and Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (10 papers). Bernadette O’Rourke is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (27 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (12 papers) and Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (10 papers). Bernadette O’Rourke collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. Bernadette O’Rourke's co-authors include Fernando Ramallo, Joan Pujolar, John Walsh, Wilson McLeod, Claire Nance, Gabrielle S Hogan-Brun, Renée DePalma, Mike Danson, Gina Netto and Lynne Baillie and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

In The Last Decade

Bernadette O’Rourke

51 papers receiving 836 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

New speakers of minority languages: the challenging opportunity – Foreword

2015 176 citations Bernadette O’Rourke, Joan Pujolar et al. International Journal of the Sociology of Language profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernadette O’Rourke United Kingdom	16	698	474	248	77	74	54	897
Joan Pujolar Spain	12	667 1.0×	427 0.9×	281 1.1×	126 1.6×	102 1.4×	41	867
Peter Backhaus Japan	8	597 0.9×	526 1.1×	190 0.8×	106 1.4×	36 0.5×	15	844
James J. Kohn United States	3	644 0.9×	353 0.7×	249 1.0×	115 1.5×	41 0.6×	6	835
Andrée Tabouret‐Keller France	7	556 0.8×	440 0.9×	140 0.6×	93 1.2×	46 0.6×	56	757
Sirpa Leppänen Finland	14	387 0.6×	390 0.8×	335 1.4×	97 1.3×	67 0.9×	33	737
Norma Mendoza‐Denton United States	9	464 0.7×	317 0.7×	135 0.5×	176 2.3×	88 1.2×	18	747
Erez Levon United Kingdom	17	552 0.8×	391 0.8×	132 0.5×	171 2.2×	232 3.1×	52	942
Brigitta Busch Austria	11	570 0.8×	478 1.0×	421 1.7×	88 1.1×	30 0.4×	28	797
Jennifer Leeman United States	15	627 0.9×	682 1.4×	542 2.2×	130 1.7×	27 0.4×	34	1.1k
Sau-ling Cynthia Wong United States	13	390 0.6×	360 0.8×	376 1.5×	274 3.6×	32 0.4×	24	894

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernadette O’Rourke

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2024). Integrated geospatial methods for multilingual cities: Combining GPS, electronically activated recorder, and map-based ethnographic interviews. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. 3(3). 100147–100147.

O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2024). Discourses of solidarity and resistance in alternative linguistic spaces: Galician improvised poetry as linguistic collective action. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 28(5). 79–98.

Pujolar, Joan & Bernadette O’Rourke. (2022). Speakerness, for what? – A response to the rejoinders. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice. 16(2). 258–264. 1 indexed citations

Netto, Gina, et al.. (2021). Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 48(3). 542–559. 19 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2020). Early childhood caries in multilingual community. Central European Journal of Public Health. 28(4). 286–291. 4 indexed citations

Garraffa, Maria, Mateo Obregón, Bernadette O’Rourke, & Antonella Sorace. (2020). Language and Cognition in Gaelic-English Young Adult Bilingual Speakers: A Positive Effect of School Immersion Program on Attentional and Grammatical Skills. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 570587–570587. 9 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2019). New speaker parents as grassroots policy makers in contemporary Galicia: ideologies, management and practices. Language Policy. 18(4). 493–511. 15 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2019). “Employers could use us, but they don’t”: voices from blue-collar workplaces in a northern periphery. Language Policy. 19(3). 389–416. 10 indexed citations

O’Rourke, Bernadette & John Walsh. (2018). Introduction. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 39(5). 377–381. 3 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Bernadette & Renée DePalma. (2016). Language-learning holidays: what motivates people to learn a minority language?. International Journal of Multilingualism. 14(4). 332–349. 9 indexed citations

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Danson, Mike, et al.. (2016). Selling a language to save it? The business-oriented promotion of Gaelic and Irish. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 205–221. 1 indexed citations

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McLeod, Wilson & Bernadette O’Rourke. (2015). Irish parents and Gaelic-medium education in Scotland. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 2 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Bernadette, Joan Pujolar, & Fernando Ramallo. (2015). New speakers of minority languages: the challenging opportunity – Foreword. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2015(231). 1–20. 176 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walsh, John & Bernadette O’Rourke. (2015). Mudesteangeolaíocha agus nuachainteoirí na Gaeilge. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Bernadette & Joan Pujolar. (2015). New speakers and processes of new speakerness across time and space. Applied Linguistics Review. 6(2). 145–150. 22 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2014). Opening New Lines of Communication in Applied Linguistics. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Bernadette & Fernando Ramallo. (2013). "A miña variedade é defectuosa": a lexitimidade social das neofalas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Bernadette, et al.. (2009). Top-down or bottom-up language policy : public service interpreting in the republic of Ireland, Scotland and Spain. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 5 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, Bernadette. (1984). Tourism - the experience and the decision to travel.. 84–94. 2 indexed citations

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Valentine, Peter & Bernadette O’Rourke. (1984). Wildlife and tourism: some ideas on potential and conflict.. 29–54. 4 indexed citations

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