Derek Edwards

14.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Derek Edwards is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Edwards has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Language and Linguistics, 30 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 20 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Derek Edwards's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (42 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (29 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (19 papers). Derek Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (42 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (29 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (19 papers). Derek Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Poland. Derek Edwards's co-authors include Jonathan Potter, Neil Mercer, Elizabeth Stokoe, David Middleton, Malcolm Ashmore, Margaret Wetherell, Rosalind Gill, Alessandra Fasulo, Abigail Locke and Katie MacMillan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Psychological Review and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

Derek Edwards

69 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Discursive psychology 1997 2026 2006 2016 2001 1997 2012 500 1000 1.5k
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. Discursive psychology
    2001 1.9k citations Derek Edwards, Jonathan Potter Continuum eBooks profile →
  2. Discourse and Cognition
    1997 1.3k citations Derek Edwards profile →
  3. Common Knowledge : The Development of Understanding in the Classroom
    2012 292 citations Derek Edwards, Neil Mercer Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Derek Edwards 3.2k 2.0k 1.6k 1.6k 1.5k 72 7.4k
Deborah Tannen 4.0k 1.3× 1.6k 0.8× 2.5k 1.5× 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 103 8.6k
Elinor Ochs 3.9k 1.2× 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 796 0.5× 65 8.5k
Caryl Emerson 1.8k 0.6× 2.3k 1.2× 3.0k 1.8× 709 0.5× 923 0.6× 79 9.3k
M. M. Bakhtin 2.4k 0.8× 3.1k 1.5× 3.8k 2.3× 1.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 39 12.5k
John J. Gumperz 7.6k 2.4× 2.1k 1.0× 3.9k 2.4× 2.4k 1.5× 1.6k 1.1× 71 12.7k
Howard Giles 6.3k 2.0× 5.0k 2.5× 2.5k 1.5× 2.3k 1.5× 3.2k 2.1× 335 16.1k
Michael Bamberg 1.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 845 0.5× 493 0.3× 718 0.5× 61 5.0k
Dell Hymes 4.2k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 2.4k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 596 0.4× 156 9.5k
William B. Gudykunst 1.8k 0.6× 3.8k 1.9× 938 0.6× 631 0.4× 4.3k 2.9× 112 9.7k
Edward A. Tiryakian 1.6k 0.5× 3.4k 1.7× 835 0.5× 751 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 123 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Edwards

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Edwards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Edwards

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Edwards. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Edwards 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 Derek Edwards. Derek Edwards 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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Edwards, Derek, et al.. (2023). Psychologia dyskursowa. Przegląd Socjologiczny. 72(2). 2 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek, et al.. (2023). Dyskurs, poznanie i praktyki społeczne: bogactwo językowej i interakcyjnej powierzchni. Przegląd Socjologiczny. 72(2).
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Butler, Carly W. & Derek Edwards. (2018). Children’s Whining in Family Interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 51(1). 52–66. 16 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek & Neil Mercer. (2013). Common Knowledge (Routledge Revivals). 8 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek. (2012). Discursive and scientific psychology. British Journal of Social Psychology. 51(3). 425–435. 44 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek & Neil Mercer. (2012). Common Knowledge : The Development of Understanding in the Classroom. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stokoe, Elizabeth & Derek Edwards. (2008). `Did you have permission to smash your neighbour's door?' Silly questions and their answers in police—suspect interrogations. Discourse Studies. 10(1). 89–111. 80 indexed citations
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Antaki, Charles, Jonathan Potter, Michael Billig, & Derek Edwards. (2003). El Análisis del discurso implica analizar : crítica de seis atajos analíticos. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Locke, Abigail & Derek Edwards. (2003). Bill and Monica: Memory, emotion and normativity in Clinton's Grand Jury testimony. British Journal of Social Psychology. 42(2). 239–256. 49 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek & Jonathan Potter. (2001). Discursive psychology. Continuum eBooks. 1886 indexed citations breakdown →
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Edwards, Derek. (2000). Extreme Case Formulations: Softeners, Investment, and Doing Nonliteral. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 33(4). 347–373. 307 indexed citations
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Potter, Jonathan & Derek Edwards. (1999). Social Representations and Discursive Psychology: From Cognition to Action. Culture & Psychology. 5(4). 447–458. 118 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek. (1997). Discourse and Cognition. 1320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Edwards, Derek. (1997). Structure and Function in the Analysis of Everyday Narratives. 7(1-4). 139–146. 3 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek, et al.. (1995). History of the Human. 2 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek. (1995). Two to Tango: Script Formulations, Dispositions, and Rhetorical Symmetry in Relationship Troubles Talk. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 28(4). 319–350. 163 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek. (1994). La psicologia discorsiva: presentazione ed alcune questioni metodologiche. 2 indexed citations
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Howitt, Dennis, Michael Billig, Duncan Cramer, et al.. (1989). Social Psychology: Conflicts and Continuities : An Introductory Textbook. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek & Janet Maybin. (1987). The development of understanding in the classroom. Open University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Edwards, Derek & David Middleton. (1986). Joint remembering: Constructing an account of shared experience through conversational discourse. Discourse Processes. 9(4). 423–459. 125 indexed citations

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