Cynthia Butcher

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 844 citations indexed

About

Cynthia Butcher is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia Butcher has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 844 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 1 paper in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Cynthia Butcher's work include Hearing Impairment and Communication (5 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (1 paper) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (1 paper). Cynthia Butcher is often cited by papers focused on Hearing Impairment and Communication (5 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (1 paper) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (1 paper). Cynthia Butcher collaborates with scholars based in United States. Cynthia Butcher's co-authors include David McNeill, Susan Goldin‐Meadow, Carolyn Mylander, John B. Haviland, Jan P. de Ruiter, Scott K. Liddell, Charles Goodwin, Rachel I. Mayberry, Shuichi Nobe and Elena T. Levy and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognition, Cognitive Psychology and Pediatric Research.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia Butcher

6 papers receiving 734 citations

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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.

Language and Gesture

2000 630 citations David McNeill, David McNeill et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cynthia Butcher United States	4	605	381	342	223	136	6	844
Elena T. Levy United States	11	654 1.1×	544 1.4×	428 1.3×	198 0.9×	165 1.2×	20	1.1k
Shuichi Nobe Japan	3	417 0.7×	310 0.8×	229 0.7×	148 0.7×	124 0.9×	4	637
Nobuhiro Furuyama Japan	7	495 0.8×	379 1.0×	285 0.8×	186 0.8×	163 1.2×	27	819
Kensy Cooperrider United States	17	438 0.7×	611 1.6×	305 0.9×	97 0.4×	162 1.2×	37	932
Pamela Perniss United Kingdom	19	948 1.6×	997 2.6×	480 1.4×	325 1.5×	163 1.2×	38	1.4k
Richard P. Meier United States	18	1.1k 1.9×	418 1.1×	547 1.6×	361 1.6×	57 0.4×	45	1.4k
Patricia Siple United States	11	1.0k 1.7×	415 1.1×	434 1.3×	478 2.1×	127 0.9×	18	1.3k
Ceil Lucas United States	18	967 1.6×	301 0.8×	794 2.3×	401 1.8×	30 0.2×	38	1.3k
Robin L. Thompson United Kingdom	17	994 1.6×	811 2.1×	353 1.0×	435 2.0×	152 1.1×	38	1.5k
Heather Shovelton United Kingdom	12	553 0.9×	429 1.1×	240 0.7×	204 0.9×	188 1.4×	18	738

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cynthia Butcher

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

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McNeill, David, David McNeill, David McNeill, et al.. (2000). Language and Gesture. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 630 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Meadow, William, et al.. (1996). DOES BIRTH ASPHYXIA `SHAKE LOOSE' NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS (NRBCs)? IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORIES OF TIMING AND CAUSATION IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ALLEGATIONS. 1362. Pediatric Research. 39. 230–230. 1 indexed citations

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Goldin‐Meadow, Susan, Carolyn Mylander, & Cynthia Butcher. (1995). The resilience of combinatorial structure at the word level: morphology in self-styled gesture systems. Cognition. 56(3). 195–262. 75 indexed citations

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Goldin‐Meadow, Susan, et al.. (1994). Nouns and Verbs in A Self-Styled Gesture System: What′s in A Name?. Cognitive Psychology. 27(3). 259–319. 92 indexed citations

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Butcher, Cynthia & Susan Goldin‐Meadow. (1993). From One Spoken Word to Two: Exploring the Changing Nature of Gesture.. 1 indexed citations

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Butcher, Cynthia, Carolyn Mylander, & Susan Goldin‐Meadow. (1991). Displaced communication in a self-styled gesture system: Pointing at the nonpresent. Cognitive Development. 6(3). 315–342. 45 indexed citations

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