Dorothy Bishop

50.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
383 papers, 33.3k citations indexed

About

Dorothy Bishop is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothy Bishop has authored 383 papers receiving a total of 33.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 248 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 211 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 64 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dorothy Bishop's work include Language Development and Disorders (179 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (141 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (71 papers). Dorothy Bishop is often cited by papers focused on Language Development and Disorders (179 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (141 papers) and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (71 papers). Dorothy Bishop collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Dorothy Bishop's co-authors include Courtenay Norbury, Margaret J. Snowling, Catherine Adams, Paul A. Thompson, Andrew Whitehouse, Genevieve McArthur, Trisha Greenhalgh, Susan E. Stothard, Chris Donlan and Kate Nation and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Dorothy Bishop

368 papers receiving 31.3k citations

Hit Papers

A manifesto for reproduci... 1987 2026 2000 2013 2017 2017 2004 1990 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. A manifesto for reproducible science
    2017 1.7k citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  2. Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development: Terminology
    2017 973 citations Dorothy Bishop, Paul A. Thompson et al. profile →
  3. Developmental Dyslexia and Specific Language Impairment: Same or Different?
    2004 908 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  4. A Prospective Study of the Relationship between Specific Language Impairment, Phonological Disorders and Reading Retardation
    1990 802 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  5. Language-Impaired Preschoolers
    1998 651 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  6. A practical guide to the selection of independent components of the electroencephalogram for artifact correction
    2015 581 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  7. Language-Impaired 4-Year-Olds
    1987 543 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  8. Nonword Repetition as a Behavioural Marker for Inherited Language Impairment: Evidence From a Twin Study
    1996 528 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  9. CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children
    2016 524 citations Dorothy Bishop, Paul A. Thompson et al. profile →
  10. Evidence from Turner's syndrome of an imprinted X-linked locus affecting cognitive function
    1997 522 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →
  11. Uncommon Understanding: Development and Disorders of Language Comprehension in Children
    1997 517 citations Dorothy Bishop profile →
  12. ‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
    2025 16 citations Dorothy Bishop et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dorothy Bishop 21.5k 17.2k 4.5k 4.0k 3.7k 383 33.3k
Bruce F. Pennington 17.3k 0.8× 15.9k 0.9× 5.1k 1.1× 4.5k 1.1× 4.6k 1.2× 257 32.5k
Mark H. Johnson 9.5k 0.4× 21.1k 1.2× 4.3k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 3.8k 1.0× 492 37.2k
Francesca Happé 10.8k 0.5× 26.0k 1.5× 9.7k 2.2× 5.4k 1.3× 4.7k 1.3× 330 33.0k
Jack Μ. Fletcher 19.4k 0.9× 10.0k 0.6× 2.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.3× 7.7k 2.1× 502 35.5k
Uta Frith 19.7k 0.9× 32.0k 1.9× 7.9k 1.8× 3.7k 0.9× 5.4k 1.5× 224 44.6k
Akira Miyake 8.4k 0.4× 15.0k 0.9× 5.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.3× 3.0k 0.8× 357 34.7k
Adele Diamond 10.5k 0.5× 9.6k 0.6× 5.4k 1.2× 626 0.2× 5.8k 1.6× 102 26.7k
Marcel Adam Just 11.1k 0.5× 19.0k 1.1× 918 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 1.7k 0.5× 178 29.3k
Patricia Howlin 5.4k 0.3× 14.0k 0.8× 8.6k 1.9× 3.2k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 248 18.6k
Andrew N. Meltzoff 15.5k 0.7× 13.6k 0.8× 3.4k 0.8× 858 0.2× 4.6k 1.3× 292 31.7k

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All Works

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Naudet, Florian, Mark S. Seidenberg, & Dorothy Bishop. (2024). Comment on Le Floch & Ropars (2017) 'Left–right asymmetry of the Maxwell spot centroids in adults without and with dyslexia’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2017). 20232060–20232060. 2 indexed citations
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Bishop, Dorothy, Zoe Woodhead, & Kate E. Watkins. (2024). Approaches to Measuring Language Lateralisation: An Exploratory Study Comparing Two fMRI Methods and Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 409–431. 3 indexed citations
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Frizelle, Pauline, et al.. (2023). How reliable is assessment of children’s sentence comprehension using a self-directed app? A comparison of supported versus independent use. Journal of Child Language. 51(6). 1395–1423. 2 indexed citations
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Vingerhoets, Guy, Helena Verhelst, Robin Gerrits, et al.. (2023). Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 28(2-3). 122–191. 30 indexed citations
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Parker, Adam James, et al.. (2022). Testing the relationship between lateralization on sequence-based motor tasks and language laterality using an online battery. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 28(1). 1–31. 2 indexed citations
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Thompson, Paul A., Kate E. Watkins, Zoe Woodhead, & Dorothy Bishop. (2022). Generalized models for quantifying laterality using functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound. Human Brain Mapping. 44(1). 35–48. 9 indexed citations
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Naudet, Florian, et al.. (2021). A survey of biomedical journals to detect editorial bias and nepotistic behavior. PLoS Biology. 19(11). e3001133–e3001133. 21 indexed citations
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Bruckert, Lisa, Paul A. Thompson, Kate E. Watkins, Dorothy Bishop, & Zoe Woodhead. (2021). Investigating the effects of handedness on the consistency of lateralization for speech production and semantic processing tasks using functional transcranial Doppler sonography. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 26(6). 680–705. 13 indexed citations
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Henderson, Emma, Tamara Kalandadze, Dorothy Bishop, et al.. (2020). Non-Interventional, Reproducible, and Open Systematic Review (NIRO-SR) guidelines. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 7 indexed citations
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Krishnan, Saloni, Salomi S. Asaridou, Gabriel J. Cler, et al.. (2020). Functional organisation for verb generation in children with developmental language disorder. NeuroImage. 226. 117599–117599. 21 indexed citations
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Mountford, Hayley S., Dorothy Bishop, Paul A. Thompson, Nuala H. Simpson, & Dianne F. Newbury. (2020). Copy number variation burden does not predict severity of neurodevelopmental phenotype in children with a sex chromosome trisomy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics. 184(2). 256–266. 6 indexed citations
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Woodhead, Zoe, et al.. (2019). Investigation into inconsistent lateralisation of language functions as a potential risk factor for language impairment. European Journal of Neuroscience. 51(4). 1106–1121. 12 indexed citations
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Wilson, Alexander C. & Dorothy Bishop. (2018). Sex chromosome trisomies are not associated with atypical lateralization for language. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 60(11). 1132–1139. 3 indexed citations
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Krishnan, Saloni, et al.. (2018). The influence of evaluative right/wrong feedback on phonological and semantic processes in word learning. Royal Society Open Science. 5(9). 171496–171496. 7 indexed citations
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Krishnan, Saloni, Kate E. Watkins, & Dorothy Bishop. (2017). The effect of recall, reproduction, and restudy on word learning: a pre-registered study. BMC Psychology. 5(1). 28–28. 15 indexed citations
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Hobson, Hannah & Dorothy Bishop. (2017). The interpretation of mu suppression as an index of mirror neuron activity: past, present and future. Royal Society Open Science. 4(3). 160662–160662. 130 indexed citations
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Bishop, Dorothy, et al.. (2010). Assessment of Cerebral Lateralization in Children using Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound (fTCD). Journal of Visualized Experiments. 20 indexed citations
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Bishop, Dorothy, et al.. (2010). Assessment of Cerebral Lateralization in Children using Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound (fTCD). Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations
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Bishop, Dorothy. (2010). Neurodevelopmental disorders. ˜The œbiomedical & life sciences collection.. 2010(5). e1002441–e1002441.
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Bishop, Dorothy, et al.. (1987). Language impaired four-year olds: distinguishing transient from persistent impairment.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 8 indexed citations

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