Frans Plank

3.0k total citations
59 papers, 741 citations indexed

About

Frans Plank is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frans Plank has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 741 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Language and Linguistics, 18 papers in Linguistics and Language and 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Frans Plank's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (18 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers) and Linguistic research and analysis (12 papers). Frans Plank is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (18 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (16 papers) and Linguistic research and analysis (12 papers). Frans Plank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Frans Plank's co-authors include Jerold A. Edmondson, Aditi Lahiri, Miriam Butt, Thomas U. Mayer, Daniel A. Keim, Christian Rohrdantz, Edith A. Moravcsik, Annette Hautli-Janisz, Peter Michael Bak and Nigel Vincent and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Theoretical Biology, Lingua and Linguistics and Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Frans Plank

53 papers receiving 571 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frans Plank Germany 15 603 288 212 186 74 59 741
Elly van Gelderen United States 18 853 1.4× 441 1.5× 198 0.9× 210 1.1× 66 0.9× 75 957
Sam Mchombo United States 10 676 1.1× 270 0.9× 213 1.0× 309 1.7× 40 0.5× 21 813
Werner Abraham Netherlands 15 581 1.0× 233 0.8× 190 0.9× 154 0.8× 30 0.4× 117 664
Ans van Kemenade Netherlands 11 897 1.5× 532 1.8× 221 1.0× 253 1.4× 50 0.7× 36 971
Olga Fischer Netherlands 14 615 1.0× 360 1.3× 171 0.8× 113 0.6× 30 0.4× 49 699
Daniel Harbour United Kingdom 13 555 0.9× 187 0.6× 186 0.9× 207 1.1× 61 0.8× 26 609
Robert D. Borsley United Kingdom 17 680 1.1× 277 1.0× 163 0.8× 293 1.6× 26 0.4× 70 769
Andrej Malchukov Germany 15 557 0.9× 206 0.7× 226 1.1× 159 0.9× 64 0.9× 38 654
Violeta Demonte Spain 12 756 1.3× 226 0.8× 241 1.1× 179 1.0× 30 0.4× 45 823
Anna Roussou Greece 12 862 1.4× 367 1.3× 220 1.0× 253 1.4× 48 0.6× 23 942

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frans Plank

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frans Plank

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frans Plank. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frans Plank 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 Frans Plank. Frans Plank 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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Plank, Frans. (2025). Typology re-done: Greenberg Nos. 37, 45, 34. Linguistic Typology.
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Plank, Frans. (2017). The selective elaboration of nominal or pronominal inflection. Linguistic Typology. 21(2017). 2 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (2016). Editorial Report. Linguistic Typology. 20(3).
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Rohrdantz, Christian, Annette Hautli-Janisz, Thomas U. Mayer, et al.. (2011). Towards Tracking Semantic Change by Visual Analytics. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 305–310. 14 indexed citations
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Mayer, Thomas U., et al.. (2010). Consonant Co-Occurrence in Stems across Languages: Automatic Analysis and Visualization of a Phonotactic Constraint. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 238(1). 70–78. 6 indexed citations
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Mayer, Thomas U., Christian Rohrdantz, Miriam Butt, Frans Plank, & Daniel A. Keim. (2010). Visualizing Vowel Harmony. 4. 13 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (2005). The Prosodic Contribution of Clitis: Focus on Latin. 281–292. 3 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (2005). Delocutive verbs, crosslinguistically. Linguistic Typology. 9(3). 9 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (2003). Theres more than one way to make sense of one-way implications and sense they need to be made of. Linguistic Typology. 7(1). 2 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1999). Split morphology: How agglutination and flexion mix. Linguistic Typology. 3(3). 28 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans & Edith A. Moravcsik. (1996). The Maltese article: language-particulars and universals. The Italian Journal of Linguistics. 8(1). 183–212. 7 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1995). Professor Pott und die Lehre der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft. 145(2). 328–364. 2 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1995). Double case : agreement by Suffixaufnahme. Oxford University Press eBooks. 47 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1986). PARADIGM SIZE, MORPHOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY, AND UNIVERSAL ECONOMY. Folia Linguistica. 20(1-2). 10 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans, et al.. (1985). Relational Typology. 5 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1985). DIE ORDNUNG DER PERSONEN. Folia Linguistica. 19(1-2). 9 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1984). Romance disagreements: phonology interfering with syntax. Journal of Linguistics. 20(2). 329–349. 11 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1981). Morphologische (Ir-)Regularitäten : Aspekte der Wortstrukturtheorie. Narr eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Plank, Frans. (1979). Ergativity : towards a theory of grammatical relations. Academic Press eBooks. 112 indexed citations
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Edmondson, Jerold A. & Frans Plank. (1976). Auxiliaries and main verbs reconsidered. Lingua. 38(2). 109–123. 1 indexed citations

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