Brigitta Busch

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 797 citations indexed

About

Brigitta Busch is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Brigitta Busch has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 797 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Language and Linguistics, 12 papers in Linguistics and Language and 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Brigitta Busch's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (12 papers), Linguistic research and analysis (10 papers) and Linguistic Education and Pedagogy (9 papers). Brigitta Busch is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (12 papers), Linguistic research and analysis (10 papers) and Linguistic Education and Pedagogy (9 papers). Brigitta Busch collaborates with scholars based in Austria, South Africa and Australia. Brigitta Busch's co-authors include Tim McNamara, Neville Alexander, Jürgen Spitzmüller, Mi-Cha Flubacher, Helen Kelly‐Holmes, Thomas Busch, Michał Krzyżanowski and Brigitte Hipfl and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Linguistics, Journal of Sociolinguistics and Language and Education.

In The Last Decade

Brigitta Busch

27 papers receiving 730 citations

Hit Papers

The Linguistic Repertoire Revisited 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2015 100 200 300
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.

  1. The Linguistic Repertoire Revisited
    2012 337 citations Brigitta Busch Applied Linguistics profile →
  2. Expanding the Notion of the Linguistic Repertoire: On the Concept ofSpracherleben—The Lived Experience of Language
    2015 151 citations Brigitta Busch Applied Linguistics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brigitta Busch Austria 11 570 478 421 88 80 28 797
Bernadette O’Rourke United Kingdom 16 698 1.2× 474 1.0× 248 0.6× 77 0.9× 27 0.3× 54 897
Peter Backhaus Japan 8 597 1.0× 526 1.1× 190 0.5× 106 1.2× 16 0.2× 15 844
John C. Maher Japan 10 270 0.5× 341 0.7× 247 0.6× 82 0.9× 68 0.8× 31 610
Julia Menard‐Warwick United States 16 463 0.8× 447 0.9× 403 1.0× 134 1.5× 309 3.9× 42 811
Christina Higgins United States 12 403 0.7× 355 0.7× 292 0.7× 65 0.7× 48 0.6× 37 537
Carolyn McKinney South Africa 16 405 0.7× 334 0.7× 418 1.0× 90 1.0× 162 2.0× 33 660
Ronald R. Butters United States 9 546 1.0× 466 1.0× 175 0.4× 98 1.1× 26 0.3× 39 792
Michèle Koven United States 15 246 0.4× 275 0.6× 152 0.4× 120 1.4× 37 0.5× 26 534
Suzanne García-Mateus United States 7 914 1.6× 714 1.5× 887 2.1× 97 1.1× 231 2.9× 11 1.2k
Ruanni Tupas United Kingdom 13 366 0.6× 231 0.5× 240 0.6× 106 1.2× 97 1.2× 54 534

Countries citing papers authored by Brigitta Busch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brigitta Busch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brigitta Busch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brigitta Busch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brigitta Busch 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 Brigitta Busch. Brigitta Busch 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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Flubacher, Mi-Cha & Brigitta Busch. (2022). Language advocacy in times of securitization and neoliberalization: The Network LanguageRights. Language Policy. 21(4). 545–560. 2 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2021). Mehrsprachigkeit. 4 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2021). The body image: taking an evaluative stance towards semiotic resources. International Journal of Multilingualism. 18(2). 190–205. 19 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta & Tim McNamara. (2020). Language and Trauma: An Introduction. Applied Linguistics. 41(3). 323–333. 37 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2020). Message in a Bottle: Scenic Presentation of the Unsayable. Applied Linguistics. 41(3). 408–427. 9 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta, et al.. (2018). Spaces of Inclusion - An explorative study on needs of refugees and migrants in the domain of media communication and on responses by community media. Bournemouth University Research Online (Bournemouth University). 6 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2017). Mehrsprachigkeit. 12 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2016). REGAINING A PLACE FROM WHICH TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD: IN SEARCH OF A RESPONSE TO THE “VIOLENCE OF VOICELESSNESS”. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus. 49(0). 11 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2015). Expanding the Notion of the Linguistic Repertoire: On the Concept ofSpracherleben—The Lived Experience of Language. Applied Linguistics. amv030–amv030. 151 indexed citations breakdown →
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Busch, Brigitta. (2013). Linguistic rights and language policy: A south–north dialogue. Education as Change. 17(2). 209–218. 3 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2012). The Linguistic Repertoire Revisited. Applied Linguistics. 33(5). 503–523. 337 indexed citations breakdown →
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Busch, Brigitta. (2010). Die Macht präbabylonischer Phantasien. Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik. 40(4). 58–82. 7 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2010). The European public sphere and the media. Europe in crisis. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. 10(2). 257–259. 4 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2009). Local Actors in Promoting Multilingualism. 129–152. 5 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta & Thomas Busch. (2008). Mitten durch meine Zunge : Erfahrungen mit Sprache von Augustinus bis Zaimoğlu. 2 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2008). Mehrsprachigkeit in Kärnten heute. Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online (Institut für kunst- und musikhistorische Forschungen der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften). 54(54). 7–20. 2 indexed citations
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Busch, Brigitta. (2004). Sprachen im Disput : Medien und Öffentlichkeit in multilingualen Gesellschaften. 9 indexed citations

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