Colin Baker

11.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
125 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Colin Baker is a scholar working on Radiation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Baker has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Radiation, 22 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 19 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Colin Baker's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (19 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (18 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (18 papers). Colin Baker is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (19 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (18 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (18 papers). Colin Baker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Colin Baker's co-authors include Shaw N. Gynan, Dan Lu, Gwyn Lewis, Bryn Jones, Christine Campbell, Wayne E. Wright, Ofelia Garcı́a, Leah M. Omilion‐Hodges, Nancy H. Hornberger and Jim Cummins and has published in prestigious journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Modern Language Journal and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Colin Baker

114 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

1994 1.8k citations Colin Baker et al. profile →
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

1997 854 citations Colin Baker et al. profile →
Translanguaging: origins and development from school to street and beyond

2012 513 citations Gwyn Lewis, Colin Baker et al. profile →
Translanguaging: developing its conceptualisation and contextualisation

2012 363 citations Gwyn Lewis, Colin Baker et al. profile →
Attitudes and language

1992 334 citations Colin Baker profile →
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

2021 329 citations Colin Baker, Wayne E. Wright Multilingual Matters eBooks profile →
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

2025 27 citations Wayne E. Wright, Colin Baker Multilingual Matters eBooks profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Baker United Kingdom	28	3.8k	3.2k	3.1k	1.1k	921	125	6.3k
Ryūko Kubota Canada	32	2.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	196 0.2×	76	4.7k
Janet Holmes New Zealand	46	1.9k 0.5×	2.9k 0.9×	4.6k 1.5×	458 0.4×	469 0.5×	158	8.0k
Alastair Pennycook Australia	46	5.8k 1.5×	5.7k 1.8×	5.2k 1.7×	1.8k 1.6×	470 0.5×	130	10.5k
Deborah Cameron United Kingdom	32	1.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	371 0.3×	121 0.1×	141	4.8k
Gordon Wells Canada	35	919 0.2×	1.6k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	4.4k 3.9×	3.6k 3.9×	139	8.3k
Norma González United States	17	1.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	795 0.3×	5.9k 5.1×	882 1.0×	34	8.1k
Adam Jaworski United Kingdom	29	977 0.3×	765 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	130 0.1×	71 0.1×	110	3.2k
Nancy J. Bell United States	20	89 0.0×	187 0.1×	182 0.1×	715 0.6×	383 0.4×	70	2.5k
Rui Yuan Hong Kong	34	299 0.1×	786 0.2×	862 0.3×	1.8k 1.5×	464 0.5×	174	3.5k
Jim Cummins Canada	51	7.5k 2.0×	6.6k 2.1×	6.2k 2.0×	5.6k 4.9×	3.9k 4.2×	168	14.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Baker

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Wright, Wayne E. & Colin Baker. (2025). Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 27 indexed citations breakdown →

Simard, Mikaël, Lennart Volz, Christoph Schuy, et al.. (2025). A generative adversarial network to improve integrated mode proton imaging resolution using paired proton–carbon data. Medical Physics. 52(9). e18081–e18081. 1 indexed citations

Simard, Mikaël, Lennart Volz, Christoph Schuy, et al.. (2025). A comparison of carbon ions versus protons for integrated mode ion imaging. Medical Physics. 52(5). 3097–3106. 2 indexed citations

Ford, Linda, et al.. (2024). Indigenous Australians’ experiences during COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Darwin Region. AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. 20(1). 109–122. 1 indexed citations

Radogna, R., Matthew Warren, R. Saakyan, et al.. (2024). Spread-out Bragg peak measurements using a compact quality assurance range calorimeter at the Clatterbridge cancer centre. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 69(11). 115015–115015. 1 indexed citations

Baker, Colin & Wayne E. Wright. (2017). Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Sixth Edition.. 13(1). 61–4. 1 indexed citations

Baker, Colin & Andrzej Kacperek. (2016). The influence of physical wedges on penumbra and in-field dose uniformity in ocular proton beams. Physica Medica. 32(4). 612–617. 4 indexed citations

Baker, Colin, et al.. (2016). Impact of microscopic disease extension, extra-CTV tumour islets, incidental dose and dose conformity on tumour control probability. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine. 39(2). 493–500. 2 indexed citations

Baker, Colin. (2014). AParents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 21 indexed citations

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Baker, Colin, et al.. (2014). 4D radiobiological modelling of the interplay effect in conventionally and hypofractionated lung tumour IMRT. British Journal of Radiology. 88(1045). 20140372–20140372. 6 indexed citations

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Baker, Colin, et al.. (2010). Adult language learning: a survey of Welsh for Adults in the context of language planning. Evaluation & Research in Education. 24(1). 41–59. 10 indexed citations

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Garcı́a, Ofelia & Colin Baker. (2007). Bilingual education : an introductory reader. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 82 indexed citations

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Irvine, Fiona, et al.. (2006). Communicative sensitivity in the bilingual healthcare setting: A qualitative study of language awareness. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 53(4). 422–434. 25 indexed citations

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Künzli, Beat, Pascal O. Berberat, Thomas Giese, et al.. (2006). Upregulation of CD39/NTPDases and P2 receptors in human pancreatic disease. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 292(1). G223–G230. 113 indexed citations

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Baker, Colin, et al.. (2002). Absorbed dose behind eye shields during kilovoltage photon radiotherapy. British Journal of Radiology. 75(896). 685–688. 11 indexed citations

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Cummins, Jim, Colin Baker, & Nancy H. Hornberger. (2001). An introductory reader to the writings of Jim Cummins. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 103 indexed citations

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Baker, Colin. (1997). Educating for Bilingualism - Key Themes and Issues. 45(7). 788–98. 1 indexed citations

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Garcı́a, Ofelia & Colin Baker. (1995). Policy and practice in bilingual education : a reader extending the foundations. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 24 indexed citations

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Baker, Colin. (1985). Aspects of Bilingualism in Wales. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 32 indexed citations

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Baker, Colin. (1976). The administration of posts and telecommunications 1891-1974. 29(2). 6–33. 1 indexed citations

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