Edgar N. Mayer

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 845 citations indexed

About

Edgar N. Mayer is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Philosophy and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Edgar N. Mayer has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 845 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Language and Linguistics, 2 papers in Philosophy and 1 paper in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Edgar N. Mayer's work include Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (2 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (1 paper). Edgar N. Mayer is often cited by papers focused on Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (2 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (1 paper). Edgar N. Mayer collaborates with scholars based in . Edgar N. Mayer's co-authors include Richard S. Kayne, Noam Chomsky, S. Pit Corder, Eddy Roulet and J. Iriarte and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal and ˜The œFrench review.

In The Last Decade

Edgar N. Mayer

5 papers receiving 659 citations

Hit Papers

French Syntax: The Transformational Cycle 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 100 200 300 400 500
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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. French Syntax: The Transformational Cycle
    1976 515 citations Edgar N. Mayer, Richard S. Kayne Modern Language Journal profile →

Peers

Edgar N. Mayer
Osvaldo A. Jaeggli United States
Roderick A. Jacobs United States
Stephen R. Anderson
Marion Owen United Kingdom
Manfred Bierwisch Germany
Teun Hoekstra Netherlands
Robert Β. Lees United States
Jan Köster Netherlands
Pamela A. Downing United States
Dieter Wunderlich Germany
Osvaldo A. Jaeggli United States
Edgar N. Mayer
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edgar N. Mayer

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
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Mayer, Edgar N., et al.. (1982). The solar laboratory of the University Simon Bolivar.. 3342–3349. 1 indexed citations
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Mayer, Edgar N. & Noam Chomsky. (1981). Rules and Representations. Modern Language Journal. 65(3). 329–329. 301 indexed citations
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Mayer, Edgar N., S. Pit Corder, & Eddy Roulet. (1978). The Notions of Simplification, Interlanguages and Pidgins and Their Relation to Second Language Pedagogy. Modern Language Journal. 62(5/6). 285–285. 27 indexed citations
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Mayer, Edgar N. & Richard S. Kayne. (1976). French Syntax: The Transformational Cycle. Modern Language Journal. 60(7). 413–413. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayer, Edgar N.. (1969). Stems in the French Verb.. ˜The œFrench review. 1 indexed citations

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