Bethwyn Evans

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 312 citations indexed

About

Bethwyn Evans is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bethwyn Evans has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 312 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Linguistics and Language, 6 papers in Language and Linguistics and 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bethwyn Evans's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers). Bethwyn Evans is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers). Bethwyn Evans collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and Papua New Guinea. Bethwyn Evans's co-authors include Claire Bowern, Ana T. Duggan, Malcolm Ross, Mark Stoneking, D. Andrew Merriwether, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Manfred Kayser, Françoise R. Friedlaender, George Koki and Bill Palmer and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of Human Genetics, Oceanic Linguistics and Australian Journal of Linguistics.

In The Last Decade

Bethwyn Evans

10 papers receiving 272 citations

Hit Papers

The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics
    2014 208 citations Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bethwyn Evans Australia 6 158 154 98 71 38 11 312
Yunfan Lai Germany 7 122 0.8× 120 0.8× 90 0.9× 37 0.5× 47 1.2× 25 258
Alexander Adelaar Australia 6 93 0.6× 124 0.8× 35 0.4× 37 0.5× 21 0.6× 16 270
Paul Heggarty Germany 14 152 1.0× 137 0.9× 190 1.9× 52 0.7× 55 1.4× 29 436
Matthias Urban Germany 10 97 0.6× 119 0.8× 114 1.2× 90 1.3× 48 1.3× 39 313
Angela Terrill Netherlands 12 242 1.5× 231 1.5× 221 2.3× 145 2.0× 76 2.0× 26 535
Tom Güldemann Germany 13 220 1.4× 302 2.0× 95 1.0× 109 1.5× 31 0.8× 48 597
Paul Proulx 7 117 0.7× 150 1.0× 84 0.9× 64 0.9× 43 1.1× 34 257
Erich R. Round Australia 11 117 0.7× 100 0.6× 70 0.7× 101 1.4× 63 1.7× 36 262
Larry Trask 3 84 0.5× 95 0.6× 88 0.9× 28 0.4× 42 1.1× 5 201
Willem F. H. Adelaar Netherlands 8 167 1.1× 235 1.5× 96 1.0× 64 0.9× 43 1.1× 28 365

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bethwyn Evans

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bethwyn Evans

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All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Passmore, Sam, et al.. (2025). English-based acoustic models perform well in the forced alignment of two English-based Pacific Creoles. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 31172–31183.
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Evans, Bethwyn. (2018). Discovering history through language: papers in honour of Malcolm Ross. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 8 indexed citations
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Duggan, Ana T., Bethwyn Evans, Françoise R. Friedlaender, et al.. (2014). Maternal History of Oceania from Complete mtDNA Genomes: Contrasting Ancient Diversity with Recent Homogenization Due to the Austronesian Expansion. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 94(5). 721–733. 44 indexed citations
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Bowern, Claire & Bethwyn Evans. (2014). The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Evans, Bethwyn & Bill Palmer. (2011). Contact-Induced Change in Southern Bougainville. Oceanic Linguistics. 50(2). 483–523. 4 indexed citations
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Bowern, Claire, et al.. (2008). Morphology and Language History: in honour of Harold Koch. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 6 indexed citations
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Evans, Bethwyn. (2008). Subject Agreement in Marovo: Diachronic Explanations of Synchronic Conditions. Oceanic Linguistics. 47(2). 383–408. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Bethwyn & Francésca Merlan. (2004). Stop contrasts in languages of Arnhem Land: From the perspective of Jawoyn, Southern Arnhem Land. Australian Journal of Linguistics. 24(2). 185–224. 3 indexed citations
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Evans, Bethwyn. (2001). A Study of valency-changing devices in Proto Oceanic. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 26 indexed citations
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Evans, Bethwyn & Malcolm Ross. (2001). The History of Proto-Oceanic *ma-. Oceanic Linguistics. 40(2). 269–269. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Bethwyn & Malcolm Ross. (2001). The History of Proto-Oceanic *ma-. Oceanic Linguistics. 40(2). 269–290. 11 indexed citations

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