Betsy Rymes

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Betsy Rymes is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Betsy Rymes has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Linguistics and Language, 16 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 16 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Betsy Rymes's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (19 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (11 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (10 papers). Betsy Rymes is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (19 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (11 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (10 papers). Betsy Rymes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Betsy Rymes's co-authors include Kris D. Gutiérrez, Joanne Larson, Mariana Souto‐Manning, Melisa Cahnmann‐Taylor, Kate T. Anderson, Anne Pomerantz, Nelson Flores, Allan Luke, Christopher Hart and Stanton Wortham and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, TESOL Quarterly and Annual Review of Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Betsy Rymes

36 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Script, Counterscript, and Underlife in the Classroom: James Brown versus Brown v. Board of Education

1995 519 citations Kris D. Gutiérrez, Betsy Rymes et al. Harvard Educational Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Betsy Rymes United States	15	507	505	463	451	301	38	1.2k
Janet Maybin United Kingdom	19	399 0.8×	462 0.9×	384 0.8×	473 1.0×	211 0.7×	41	1.2k
Joanne Larson United States	14	756 1.5×	447 0.9×	267 0.6×	188 0.4×	309 1.0×	33	1.2k
Sarah Benesch United States	17	671 1.3×	796 1.6×	421 0.9×	914 2.0×	303 1.0×	30	1.7k
Arnetha F. Ball United States	20	971 1.9×	446 0.9×	586 1.3×	359 0.8×	564 1.9×	42	1.7k
Yasuko Kanno United States	16	721 1.4×	778 1.5×	847 1.8×	790 1.8×	275 0.9×	33	1.6k
Manka Varghese United States	13	795 1.6×	522 1.0×	468 1.0×	583 1.3×	288 1.0×	27	1.3k
Carlos Tejeda Spain	5	478 0.9×	232 0.5×	256 0.6×	169 0.4×	174 0.6×	13	841
Carole Edelsky United States	17	578 1.1×	631 1.2×	481 1.0×	675 1.5×	217 0.7×	43	1.6k
Caroline Coffin United Kingdom	22	635 1.3×	879 1.7×	166 0.4×	560 1.2×	290 1.0×	52	1.6k
Wan Shun Eva Lam United States	14	514 1.0×	848 1.7×	603 1.3×	540 1.2×	553 1.8×	25	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Betsy Rymes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Betsy Rymes

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

All Works

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Rymes, Betsy, et al.. (2024). Language and Education: Ideologies of Correctness. Annual Review of Anthropology. 53(1). 183–197. 2 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2020). How We Talk about Language: Exploring Citizen Sociolinguistics. 14 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2018). Translanguaging is Everywhere. Anthropology News. 59(2). 1 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy, Nelson Flores, & Anne Pomerantz. (2016). The Common Core State Standards and English learners: Finding the silver lining. Language. 92(4). e257–e273. 11 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2015). Classroom Discourse Analysis. 39 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2014). Communicating Beyond Language. 85 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2012). Recontextualizing YouTube: From Macro–Micro to Mass‐Mediated Communicative Repertoires. Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 43(2). 214–227. 42 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2009). Classroom Discourse Analysis: A Tool for Critical Reflection. Swarthmore College Works (Swarthmore College Libraries). 133 indexed citations

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Cahnmann‐Taylor, Melisa, Betsy Rymes, & Mariana Souto‐Manning. (2005). Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Understand and Facilitate Identification Processes of Bilingual Adults Becoming Teachers. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. 2(4). 195–213. 2 indexed citations

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Cahnmann‐Taylor, Melisa, Betsy Rymes, & Mariana Souto‐Manning. (2005). Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Understand and Facilitate Identification Processes of Bilingual Adults Becoming Teachers. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. 2(4). 195–213. 16 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy & Kate T. Anderson. (2004). Second Language Acquisition for All: Understanding the Interactional Dynamics of Classrooms in Which Spanish and AAE Are Spoken. Research in the Teaching of English. 39(2). 107–135. 11 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2003). Contrasting Zones of Comfortable Competence: Popular Culture in a Phonics Lesson. Linguistics and Education. 14(3-4). 321–335. 16 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (2002). Relating Word to World: Indexicality During Literacy Events. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 9 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy, et al.. (2001). Questioning Identity: The Case of One Second‐Language Learner. Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 32(3). 276–300. 39 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (1997). Dropping out and dropping in : discourse genres in an urban charter school. UMI eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (1997). Second Language Socialization: A New Approach to Second Language Acquisition Research.. 11. 12 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (1996). Rights to advise: Advice as an emergent phenomenon in student-teacher talk. Linguistics and Education. 8(4). 409–437. 7 indexed citations

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Rymes, Betsy. (1996). "Friends aren't friends, homes": A Working Vocabulary for Referring to Rolldogs and Chuchos. Issues in Applied Linguistics. 7(1). 2 indexed citations

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Gutiérrez, Kris D., Betsy Rymes, & Joanne Larson. (1995). Script, Counterscript, and Underlife in the Classroom: James Brown versus Brown v. Board of Education. Harvard Educational Review. 65(3). 445–472. 519 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rymes, Betsy. (1995). African American English: An Interview with Marcyliena Morgan. Issues in Applied Linguistics. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

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