Elinor Ochs

18.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
65 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Elinor Ochs is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Elinor Ochs has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Language and Linguistics, 13 papers in Linguistics and Language and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Elinor Ochs's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (20 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers) and Digital Storytelling and Education (7 papers). Elinor Ochs is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (20 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers) and Digital Storytelling and Education (7 papers). Elinor Ochs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Elinor Ochs's co-authors include Bambi B. Schieffelin, Lisa Capps, Sally Jacoby, Carolyn E. Taylor, Olga Solomon, Tamar Kremer‐Sadlik, Merav Shohet, Ruth C. Smith, Sandra A. Thompson and Karen Gainer Sirota and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Language and Annual Review of Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Elinor Ochs

63 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Interaction and Grammar 1984 2026 1998 2012 1996 1987 2001 1996 1984 250 500 750
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. Interaction and Grammar
    1996 932 citations Elinor Ochs, Sandra A. Thompson et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Language Socialization across Cultures
    1987 881 citations Bambi B. Schieffelin, Elinor Ochs Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  3. Living Narrative: Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling
    2001 861 citations Elinor Ochs, Lisa Capps Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  4. NARRATING THE SELF
    1996 583 citations Elinor Ochs, Lisa Capps profile →
  5. Language acquisition and socialization: Three developmental stories and their implications
    1984 510 citations Bambi B. Schieffelin, Elinor Ochs Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  6. Language Socialization
    1986 473 citations Bambi B. Schieffelin, Elinor Ochs profile →
  7. Constructing Social Identity: A Language Socialization Perspective
    1993 453 citations Elinor Ochs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elinor Ochs United States 35 3.9k 2.1k 2.1k 1.5k 1.5k 65 8.5k
David Crystal United Kingdom 41 4.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 262 9.8k
Deborah Tannen United States 39 4.0k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 970 0.6× 103 8.6k
Kimberly A. Noels Canada 39 4.3k 1.1× 2.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 101 7.8k
Derek Edwards United Kingdom 35 3.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 463 0.2× 2.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 72 7.4k
John J. Gumperz United States 26 7.6k 1.9× 3.9k 1.9× 4.0k 2.0× 2.1k 1.3× 916 0.6× 71 12.7k
Caryl Emerson United States 18 1.8k 0.5× 3.0k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 2.3k 1.5× 2.7k 1.8× 79 9.3k
Richard Clément Canada 34 4.8k 1.2× 2.9k 1.4× 1.5k 0.7× 736 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 101 7.1k
Penelope Brown Netherlands 25 10.6k 2.7× 5.0k 2.4× 2.5k 1.2× 2.3k 1.5× 737 0.5× 70 16.6k
Wallace E. Lambert Canada 44 5.6k 1.4× 3.0k 1.5× 4.2k 2.0× 876 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 156 10.1k
Dell Hymes United States 33 4.2k 1.1× 2.4k 1.2× 2.9k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 899 0.6× 156 9.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ochs, Elinor. (2015). Corporeal Reflexivity and Autism. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 49(2). 275–287. 20 indexed citations
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Avineri, Netta, Eric J. Johnson, Teresa L. McCarty, et al.. (2015). Invited Forum: Bridging the “Language Gap”. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 25(1). 66–86. 130 indexed citations
3.
Ochs, Elinor, et al.. (2014). La estructuración cultural de la socialización durante las comidas. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 259–276. 2 indexed citations
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Campos, Belinda, Shuwen Wang, Tatyana Plaksina, et al.. (2013). Positive and negative emotion in the daily life of dual-earner couples with children.. Journal of Family Psychology. 27(1). 76–85. 24 indexed citations
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Arnold, Jeanne E., et al.. (2012). Life at home in the twenty-first century: 32 families open their doors. Choice Reviews Online. 50(4). 50–2154. 23 indexed citations
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Campos, Belinda, Anthony P. Graesch, Rena L. Repetti, Thomas N. Bradbury, & Elinor Ochs. (2009). Opportunity for interaction? A naturalistic observation study of dual-earner families after work and school.. Journal of Family Psychology. 23(6). 798–807. 55 indexed citations
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Herman, David, Elinor Ochs, & Lisa Capps. (2002). Narrative: A User's Manual. Style. 36(3). 560. 1 indexed citations
8.
Gingrich, André, Elinor Ochs, & Alan C. Swedlund. (2002). Repertoires of Timekeeping in Anthropology. Current Anthropology. 43(S4). S3–S4. 23 indexed citations
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Ochs, Elinor & Lisa Capps. (2001). Living Narrative: Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 861 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ochs, Elinor, Tamar Kremer‐Sadlik, Olga Solomon, & Karen Gainer Sirota. (2001). Inclusion as Social Practice: Views of Children with Autism. Social Development. 10(3). 399–419. 169 indexed citations
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Ochs, Elinor. (1999). Socialization. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 9(1-2). 230–233. 24 indexed citations
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Schieffelin, Bambi B. & Elinor Ochs. (1996). The Microgenesis of Competence: Methodology in Language Socialization. American Ethnologist. 251–286. 20 indexed citations
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Ochs, Elinor, et al.. (1996). Interaction and Grammar. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 932 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ochs, Elinor, Clotilde Pontecorvo, & Alessandra Fasulo. (1996). Socializing taste. Ethnos. 61(1-2). 7–46. 122 indexed citations
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Ochs, Elinor, Sally Jacoby, & Patrick Gonzales. (1994). Interpretive Journeys: How Physicists Talk and Travel through Graphic Space. Configurations. 2(1). 151–171. 114 indexed citations
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Philips, Susan U., Elinor Ochs, Joël Sherzer, et al.. (1987). Language, Gender, and Sex in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 123 indexed citations
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Schieffelin, Bambi B. & Elinor Ochs. (1987). Language Socialization across Cultures. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 881 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ochs, Elinor. (1982). Ergativity and Word Order in Samoan Child Language. Language. 58(3). 646–671. 29 indexed citations
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Ochs, Elinor & Bambi B. Schieffelin. (1982). Language Acquisition and Socialization: Three Developmental Stories and Their Implications. Sociolinguistic Working Paper Number 105.. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 55(9). 1480–2. 5 indexed citations
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Ochs, Elinor, et al.. (1980). Dimensions of Sociolinguistics - Giorgio Raimondo Cardona, Introduzione all'etnolinguistica. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1976.. Language in Society. 9(1). 71–72. 1 indexed citations

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