G. B. Milner

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

G. B. Milner is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, G. B. Milner has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Linguistics and Language, 15 papers in Language and Linguistics and 14 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in G. B. Milner's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (16 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (14 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (10 papers). G. B. Milner is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (16 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (14 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (10 papers). G. B. Milner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Romania. G. B. Milner's co-authors include Dell Hymes, John J. Gumperz, David J. Teel, Fred M. Utter, Gary A. Winans, Paul B. Aebersold, W. Stewart Grant, A. Richard Diebold, James E. McClellan and Andrew P. Vayda and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

G. B. Milner

35 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Directions in Sociolinguistics: The Ethnography of Commun... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1974 1968 100 200 300 400
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. Directions in Sociolinguistics: The Ethnography of Communication.
    1974 423 citations G. B. Milner, John J. Gumperz et al. Man profile →
  2. Proxemics [and Comments and Replies]
    1968 384 citations Dell Hymes, G. B. Milner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. B. Milner United States 16 467 396 301 248 195 71 1.8k
Rainer Schulte United States 17 176 0.4× 184 0.5× 824 2.7× 66 0.3× 225 1.2× 79 2.2k
Susan Jones Australia 27 313 0.7× 234 0.6× 427 1.4× 73 0.3× 58 0.3× 150 2.4k
Per‐Olof Wickman Sweden 34 481 1.0× 667 1.7× 55 0.2× 36 0.1× 350 1.8× 96 3.4k
Desmond Morris United Kingdom 22 218 0.5× 214 0.5× 140 0.5× 15 0.1× 377 1.9× 62 2.5k
Tore Kristiansen Norway 30 1.0k 2.2× 130 0.3× 435 1.4× 504 2.0× 37 0.2× 124 3.3k
Xia Hua Australia 23 596 1.3× 516 1.3× 83 0.3× 148 0.6× 215 1.1× 56 2.7k
Thomas A. Sebeok United States 25 44 0.1× 74 0.2× 741 2.5× 251 1.0× 378 1.9× 156 2.9k
Harry J. Crockett United States 16 143 0.3× 28 0.1× 1.0k 3.5× 1.3k 5.4× 531 2.7× 36 2.7k
Kalevi Kull Estonia 29 733 1.6× 100 0.3× 112 0.4× 10 0.0× 301 1.5× 137 2.6k
Jesse G. Delia United States 25 64 0.1× 92 0.2× 473 1.6× 17 0.1× 396 2.0× 56 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by G. B. Milner

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Fields of papers citing papers by G. B. Milner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by G. B. Milner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by G. B. Milner. The network helps show where G. B. Milner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. B. Milner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. B. Milner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. B. Milner 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 G. B. Milner. G. B. Milner 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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Pena, Rodica, G. B. Milner, & Mark Tibbett. (2025). Saprotrophic-ectomycorrhizal fungal interactions affect poplar performance. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 238. 106246–106246.
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Doornik, Donald M. Van, G. B. Milner, & Gary A. Winans. (1995). An improved method of data collection for transferrin polymorphism in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Biochemical Genetics. 33(7-8). 257–260. 1 indexed citations
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Aebersold, Paul B., Gary A. Winans, David J. Teel, G. B. Milner, & Fred M. Utter. (1987). Manual for Starch Gel Electrophoresis: A Method for the Detection of Genetic Variation. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 211 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., et al.. (1984). Cucurbitology!. Journal of Biogeography. 11(4). 365–365. 1 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., John J. Gumperz, & Dell Hymes. (1974). Directions in Sociolinguistics: The Ethnography of Communication.. Man. 9(2). 328–328. 423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Milner, G. B.. (1973). It Is Aspect (Not Voice) Which Is Marked in Samoan. Oceanic Linguistics. 12(1/2). 621–621. 6 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., et al.. (1972). A glossary of the Lancashire dialect. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B.. (1972). Homo Ridens. Towards a Semiotic Theory of Humour and Laughter. Semiotica. 5(1). 1–30. 32 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., et al.. (1972). Samoan Village Economy.. Man. 7(4). 680–680. 24 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., et al.. (1971). World Catalogue of Theses on the Pacific Islands.. Man. 6(2). 330–330. 2 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B.. (1969). Siamese Twins, Birds and the Double Helix. Man. 4(1). 5–5. 9 indexed citations
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Grace, George W., G. B. Milner, & Eugénie J. A. Henderson. (1968). Indo-Pacific Linguistic Studies. Language. 44(1). 168–168. 1 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., et al.. (1968). Linking of Symbols: Polynesian Patterns.. Man. 3(1). 163–163. 1 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., et al.. (1968). Samoa mo Samoa: The Emergence of the Independent State of Western Samoa.. Man. 3(2). 344–344. 14 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B., et al.. (1967). Morpheme and Word in Maori.. Man. 2(3). 492–492. 4 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B.. (1960). Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbekt: Hawaiian-English dictionary, xxx, 362 pp., map [on endpapers]. [Honolulu]: University of Hawaii Press, 1957.. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 23(1). 181–183. 1 indexed citations
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Milner, G. B.. (1958). 16. Some Aspects of Samoan Material Culture.. Man. 58. 28–28. 1 indexed citations

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