Björn Lindblom

12.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
106 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Björn Lindblom is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Björn Lindblom has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 55 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 35 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Björn Lindblom's work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (76 papers), Speech Recognition and Synthesis (46 papers) and Speech and Audio Processing (31 papers). Björn Lindblom is often cited by papers focused on Phonetics and Phonology Research (76 papers), Speech Recognition and Synthesis (46 papers) and Speech and Audio Processing (31 papers). Björn Lindblom collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and France. Björn Lindblom's co-authors include Michael Studdert‐Kennedy, Francisco Lacerda, Patricia K. Kuhl, Kenneth N. Stevens, Peter F. MacNeilage, Johan Liljencrants, Johan Sundberg, Seung-Jae Moon, James Lubker and Gunnar Fant and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Radiology and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Björn Lindblom

100 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Linguistic Experience Alters Phonetic Percepti... 1963 2026 1984 2005 1992 1963 1987 400 800 1.2k
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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. Linguistic Experience Alters Phonetic Perception in Infants by 6 Months of Age
    1992 1.3k citations Patricia K. Kuhl, Francisco Lacerda et al. Science profile →
  2. Spectrographic Study of Vowel Reduction
    1963 624 citations Björn Lindblom The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America profile →
  3. Primate handedness reconsidered
    1987 535 citations Peter F. MacNeilage, Michael Studdert‐Kennedy et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →

Peers

Björn Lindblom
Kenneth N. Stevens United States
Carol A. Fowler United States
Sheila E. Blumstein United States
Dennis H. Klatt United States
Michael Studdert‐Kennedy United States
Keith Johnson United States
Paul Boersma Netherlands
Peter Ladefoged United States
D. H. Whalen United States
Kevin G. Munhall Canada
Kenneth N. Stevens United States
Björn Lindblom
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Countries citing papers authored by Björn Lindblom

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Fields of papers citing papers by Björn Lindblom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Björn Lindblom

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hartelius, Lena, et al.. (2010). Formant Transitions in Ataxic Speech : The Shape and Speed of Formant Trajectories in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and Control Speakers. 18(4). 54–60. 2 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn. (2009). Laryngeal mechanisms in speech: The contributions of Jan Gauffin. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology. 34(4). 149–156. 5 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn, et al.. (2008). Do ‘Dominant Frequencies’ explain the listener’s response to formant and spectrum shape variations?. Speech Communication. 51(7). 622–629. 9 indexed citations
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Diehl, Randy L., et al.. (2003). Increasing Realism of Auditory Representations Yields Further Insights into Vowel Phonetics. Radiology. 267(2). 422–31. 17 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn, et al.. (2002). The Trough Effect: Implications for Speech Motor Programming. Phonetica. 59(4). 245–262. 20 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn. (1996). Role of articulation in speech perception: Clues from production. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 99(3). 1683–1692. 111 indexed citations
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Keating, Patricia, Björn Lindblom, James Lubker, & Jody Kreiman. (1994). Variability in jaw height for segments in English and Swedish VCVs. Journal of Phonetics. 22(4). 407–422. 68 indexed citations
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Kuhl, Patricia K., et al.. (1992). Linguistic Experience Alters Phonetic Perception in Infants by 6 Months of Age. Science. 255(5044). 606–608. 1272 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lindblom, Björn. (1990). On the notion of “possible speech sound”. Journal of Phonetics. 18(2). 135–152. 49 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn & Olle Engstrand. (1989). In what sense is speech quantal?. Journal of Phonetics. 17(1-2). 107–121. 53 indexed citations
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House, David, Gösta Bruce, Francisco Lacerda, & Björn Lindblom. (1987). Automatic prosodic analysis for Swedish speech recognition. 1215–1218. 2 indexed citations
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MacNeilage, Peter F., Michael Studdert‐Kennedy, & Björn Lindblom. (1987). Primate handedness reconsidered. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 10(2). 247–263. 535 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lindblom, Björn, et al.. (1986). Precursors of early speech : proceedings of an international symposium held at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, September 19-22, 1984. 1 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn & Peter F. MacNeilage. (1986). Action theory: problems and alternative approaches. Journal of Phonetics. 14(1). 117–132. 8 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn. (1980). The Goal of Phonetics, Its Unification and Application. Phonetica. 37(1-2). 7–26. 31 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn, Sven Öhman, & Gunnar Fant. (1980). Frontiers of Speech Communication Research. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 293 indexed citations
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Lindblom, Björn, James Lubker, & Thomas Gay. (1979). Formant frequencies of some fixed-mandible vowels and a model of speech motor programming by predictive simulation. Journal of Phonetics. 7(2). 147–161. 161 indexed citations
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Lubker, James, Robert McAllister, & Björn Lindblom. (1977). On the notion of inter-articulator programming. Journal of Phonetics. 5(3). 213–226. 6 indexed citations
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Liljencrants, Johan & Björn Lindblom. (1972). Numerical Simulation of Vowel Quality Systems: The Role of Perceptual Contrast. Language. 48(4). 839–839. 470 indexed citations

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