David Crystal

21.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
262 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

David Crystal is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Crystal has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Language and Linguistics, 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Crystal's work include Lexicography and Language Studies (17 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (14 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (14 papers). David Crystal is often cited by papers focused on Lexicography and Language Studies (17 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (14 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (14 papers). David Crystal collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. David Crystal's co-authors include Roy C. Major, Paul Fletcher, Michael Garman, William O. Hendricks, Melanie Killen, Martin D. Ruck, Hirozumi Watanabe, Harold W. Stevenson, Randolph Quirk and Scott L. Montgomery and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Child Development and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

David Crystal

222 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Dictionary of Linguisti... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1992 2001 2003 2008 2012 400 800 1.2k
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. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
    1992 1.4k citations David Crystal et al. profile →
  2. Language and the Internet
    2001 964 citations David Crystal profile →
  3. English as a Global Language
    2003 809 citations David Crystal profile →
  4. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
    2008 671 citations David Crystal profile →
  5. English as a Global Language
    2012 390 citations David Crystal profile →
  6. Investigating English Style
    1971 359 citations David Crystal et al. Language profile →
  7. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
    2018 150 citations David Crystal profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Crystal 4.5k 2.3k 2.2k 1.8k 1.5k 262 9.8k
Deborah Tannen 4.0k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 816 0.4× 1.7k 1.2× 103 8.6k
John J. Gumperz 7.6k 1.7× 3.9k 1.7× 4.0k 1.8× 953 0.5× 2.4k 1.6× 71 12.7k
Charles Goodwin 8.1k 1.8× 3.5k 1.5× 1.5k 0.7× 2.6k 1.5× 4.6k 3.2× 63 14.3k
Elinor Ochs 3.9k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 65 8.5k
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen 6.3k 1.4× 6.6k 2.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 2.8k 1.9× 100 12.9k
M.A.K. Halliday 3.3k 0.7× 3.4k 1.5× 943 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 23 7.5k
Dell Hymes 4.2k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 2.9k 1.3× 644 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 156 9.5k
Penelope Brown 10.6k 2.3× 5.0k 2.2× 2.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 4.7k 3.2× 70 16.6k
Jean‐Marc Dewaele 7.5k 1.7× 3.0k 1.3× 1.8k 0.8× 3.0k 1.7× 2.8k 1.9× 264 14.2k
Geoffrey Leech 9.6k 2.1× 4.7k 2.0× 2.9k 1.3× 2.8k 1.6× 3.6k 2.5× 116 15.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Crystal

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Crystal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Crystal

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

All Works

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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2015). JCL volume 42 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 42(3). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2015). JCL volume 42 issue 5 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 42(5). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2015). JCL volume 42 issue 6 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 42(6). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2015). JCL volume 42 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 42(2). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2014). JCL volume 42 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 42(1). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2014). JCL volume 41 issue S1 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 41(S1). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2014). JCL volume 41 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 41(2). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2014). JCL volume 41 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 41(4). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2014). JCL volume 41 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 41(3). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2014). JCL volume 41 issue 6 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 41(6). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2013). JCL volume 40 issue 4 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 40(4). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2013). JCL volume 40 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 40(2). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2013). JCL volume 40 issue 5 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 40(5). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2013). JCL volume 40 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 40(3). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2012). JCL volume 39 issue 5 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 39(5). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2012). JCL volume 39 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 39(2). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2012). JCL volume 40 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 40(1). f1–f3. 1 indexed citations
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Küntay, Ayli̇n C., et al.. (2012). JCL volume 39 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Child Language. 39(3). f1–f2. 1 indexed citations
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Crystal, David. (1995). Forensic stylistics . By Gerald R. McMenamin Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1993. Pp. xv, 249. $160.00.. Language. 71(2). 381–385. 1 indexed citations
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Bright, William, Los Angeles, David Crystal, et al.. (1972). LSY volume 1 issue 2 Cover and Front matter. Language in Society. 1(2). f1–f6. 1 indexed citations

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