Brett Kessler

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Brett Kessler is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brett Kessler has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 19 papers in Education and 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Brett Kessler's work include Reading and Literacy Development (51 papers), Language Development and Disorders (20 papers) and Writing and Handwriting Education (16 papers). Brett Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (51 papers), Language Development and Disorders (20 papers) and Writing and Handwriting Education (16 papers). Brett Kessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Israel. Brett Kessler's co-authors include Rebecca Treiman, Melvin J. Yap, Michael J. Cortese, David A. Balota, Greg B. Simpson, Douglas L. Nelson, Keith A. Hutchison, James H. Neely, Tatiana Cury Pollo and Hinrich Schütze and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Physics and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Brett Kessler

69 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

The English Lexicon Project 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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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 English Lexicon Project
    2007 2.0k citations David A. Balota, Melvin J. Yap et al. Behavior Research Methods profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Brett Kessler 3.1k 1.9k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 72 4.8k
Paula J. Schwanenflugel 3.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 677 0.7× 105 5.1k
Ram Frost 5.6k 1.8× 4.6k 2.4× 664 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 786 0.8× 106 7.5k
Laurie Beth Feldman 3.2k 1.1× 2.6k 1.4× 412 0.3× 1.1k 0.9× 554 0.5× 83 4.1k
Guy C. Van Orden 3.3k 1.1× 3.4k 1.8× 480 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 747 0.7× 57 5.5k
Marcus Taft 4.5k 1.5× 3.7k 1.9× 496 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 744 0.7× 87 5.4k
Boris New 3.7k 1.2× 4.1k 2.1× 268 0.2× 2.0k 1.8× 1.3k 1.3× 45 6.4k
Ludovic Ferrand 4.3k 1.4× 5.0k 2.6× 445 0.4× 2.3k 2.1× 743 0.7× 133 6.9k
Conrad Perry 5.1k 1.7× 3.8k 2.0× 1.1k 0.9× 925 0.8× 621 0.6× 56 5.8k
Kim Plunkett 5.4k 1.8× 2.7k 1.4× 379 0.3× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 149 7.7k
Virginia A. Mann 3.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.5× 528 0.5× 73 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brett Kessler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brett Kessler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brett Kessler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brett Kessler 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 Brett Kessler. Brett Kessler 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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Treiman, Rebecca, Brett Kessler, Jacqueline Hulslander, et al.. (2024). Measures of the quality of spelling errors as predictors of later spelling performance. Reading and Writing.
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2023). Double trouble: Using spellings of different lengths to represent vowel length in English. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 231. 105649–105649. 4 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2023). Number and syllabification of following consonants influence use of long versus short vowels in English disyllables. Journal of Memory and Language. 129. 104399–104399. 1 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, Brett Kessler, & Tatiana Cury Pollo. (2022). Prephonological spelling and its connections with later word reading and spelling performance. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 218. 105359–105359. 9 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, Brett Kessler, & Markéta Caravolas. (2018). What methods of scoring young children's spelling best predict later spelling performance?. Journal of Research in Reading. 42(1). 80–96. 26 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, Cláudia Cardoso‐Martins, Tatiana Cury Pollo, & Brett Kessler. (2018). Statistical learning and spelling: Evidence from Brazilian prephonological spellers. Cognition. 182. 1–7. 4 indexed citations
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Kessler, Brett. (2015). Computational and Quantitative Approaches to Historical Phonology. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kessler, Brett. (2015). Response to Kassian et al., "proto-Indo-European-Uralic comparison from the probabilistic point of view". 43(3). 357–367. 2 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2015). Variation and repetition in the spelling of young children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 132. 99–110. 15 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2015). Characteristics of print in books for preschool children. PubMed. 8(1). 120–132. 8 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2014). Young children's knowledge about the spatial layout of writing. PubMed. 7(2). 235–244. 10 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2007). Young Children’s Knowledge About Printed Names. Child Development. 78(5). 1458–1471. 52 indexed citations
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Balota, David A., Melvin J. Yap, Keith A. Hutchison, et al.. (2007). The English Lexicon Project. Behavior Research Methods. 39(3). 445–459. 1971 indexed citations breakdown →
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Treiman, Rebecca, Iris Levin, & Brett Kessler. (2006). Learning of letter names follows similar principles across languages: Evidence from Hebrew. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 96(2). 87–106. 47 indexed citations
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Kessler, Brett. (2005). Phonetic comparison algorithms. Transactions of the Philological Society. 103(2). 243–260. 40 indexed citations
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Caravolas, Markéta, Brett Kessler, Charles Hulme, & Margaret J. Snowling. (2005). Effects of orthographic consistency, frequency, and letter knowledge on children’s vowel spelling development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 92(4). 307–321. 67 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2005). Influence of consonantal context on the reading of vowels: Evidence from children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 93(1). 1–24. 47 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca & Brett Kessler. (2004). The Role of Letter Names in the Acquisition of Literacy. Advances in child development and behavior. 31. 105–135. 95 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2003). Influence of consonantal context on the pronunciation of vowels: A comparison of human readers and computational models. Cognition. 88(1). 49–78. 56 indexed citations
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Treiman, Rebecca, et al.. (2000). English speakers’ sensitivity to phonotactic patterns. 29 indexed citations

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