Bruce Hayes

12.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Bruce Hayes is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Hayes has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 27 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 15 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Bruce Hayes's work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (29 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (19 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (15 papers). Bruce Hayes is often cited by papers focused on Phonetics and Phonology Research (29 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (19 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (15 papers). Bruce Hayes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Bruce Hayes's co-authors include Paul Boersma, Adam Albright, Colin Wilson, Aditi Lahiri, Zsuzsa Londe, James White, Kie Zuraw, Margaret R. MacEachern, Péter Siptár and Abigail Kaun and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Cognition and Language.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Hayes

50 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Metrical Stress Theory: Principles and Case Studies

1995 996 citations Bruce Hayes profile →
Empirical Tests of the Gradual Learning Algorithm

2001 539 citations Bruce Hayes et al. Linguistic Inquiry profile →
Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic Phonology

1989 538 citations Bruce Hayes Linguistic Inquiry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce Hayes United States	25	4.0k	2.4k	2.2k	2.1k	907	56	5.1k
Alan Prince United States	17	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	940 1.0×	30	4.5k
Janet B. Pierrehumbert United States	32	5.6k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	98	7.3k
John J. McCarthy United States	38	5.7k 1.4×	4.1k 1.7×	3.9k 1.7×	2.5k 1.2×	649 0.7×	99	6.9k
Elisabeth Selkirk United States	16	2.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	656 0.7×	25	4.0k
Robert F. Port United States	25	1.9k 0.5×	996 0.4×	495 0.2×	954 0.5×	478 0.5×	58	2.4k
Dwight Bolinger United States	32	2.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	805 0.9×	127	4.6k
George N. Clements France	15	1.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	876 0.4×	739 0.4×	296 0.3×	37	2.0k
Michael Kenstowicz United States	19	1.6k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	834 0.4×	232 0.3×	59	2.3k
Larry M. Hyman United States	30	2.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	860 0.4×	132 0.1×	171	2.7k
Paul Foulkes United Kingdom	21	1.6k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	789 0.4×	699 0.3×	198 0.2×	76	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Hayes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Hayes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Hayes

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Hayes, Bruce, et al.. (2025). Modeling How Suffixes Are Learned in Infancy. Cognitive Science. 49(3). e70047–e70047.

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Hayes, Bruce, et al.. (2020). Phonological markedness effects in sentence formation. Language. 3 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce, et al.. (2020). Phonological Markedness Effects in Sentence Formation. Language. 96(2). 338–370. 7 indexed citations

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Zuraw, Kie & Bruce Hayes. (2017). Intersecting Constraint Families: An Argument for Harmonic Grammar. Language. 93(3). 497–548. 34 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce, et al.. (2014). Historical evolution and present status of general practice in Nepal. 3(4). 1–6. 4 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce, et al.. (2012). Maxent Grammars for the Metrics of Shakespeare and Milton. Language. 88(4). 691–731. 36 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce. (2011). Interpreting Sonority-Projection Experiments: The Role of Phonotactic Modeling.. ICPhS. 835–838. 15 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce. (2011). Hostile Humor in Renaissance France.

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Hume, Elizabeth, C. Brew, Keith Johnson, et al.. (2010). Deconstructing Markedness: A Predictability-Based Approach. 24(6). 565–76. 14 indexed citations

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Albright, Adam, et al.. (2001). Segmental environments of Spanish diphthongization. 20 indexed citations

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Albright, Adam & Bruce Hayes. (1999). An Automated Learner for Phonology and Morphology. 8 indexed citations

12.

Hayes, Bruce & Margaret R. MacEachern. (1998). Quatrain Form in English Folk Verse. Language. 74(3). 473–507. 18 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce & Margaret R. MacEachern. (1998). Quatrain form in English folk verse. Language. 74(3). 473–507. 60 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce & Margaret R. MacEachern. (1996). Are there lines in folk poetry. 5 indexed citations

15.

Hayes, Bruce. (1989). Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic Phonology. Linguistic Inquiry. 20(2). 253–306. 538 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hayes, Bruce. (1986). Inalterability in CV Phonology. Language. 62(2). 321–351. 186 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce. (1986). A Revised Parametric Metrical Theory. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 17(1). 18. 81 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce. (1984). The rhythms of English poetry . By Derek Attridge. (English language series, 14.) London & New York: Longman, 1982. Pp. xiv, 395. Cloth $30.00, paper $17.95.. Language. 60(4). 914–923. 13 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce. (1984). The infl node and the null subject parameter. Linguistic Inquiry. 15(1). 75–102. 137 indexed citations

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Hayes, Bruce. (1983). The Role of Metrical Trees in Rhythmic Adjustment. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 13(1). 10.

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