Gail Jefferson

42.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
47 papers, 19.6k citations indexed

About

Gail Jefferson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gail Jefferson has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 19.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Language and Linguistics, 10 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Gail Jefferson's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (13 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (10 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers). Gail Jefferson is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (13 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (10 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 papers). Gail Jefferson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Gail Jefferson's co-authors include Harvey Sacks, Emanuel A. Schegloff, John Heritage, Paul Drew, Steve Woolgar, Jim Schenkein, Tom Morley, Kuang‐Ting Hsiao, J.L. Bassani and Thomas S. Gates and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Composites Part B Engineering and International Journal of Solids and Structures.

In The Last Decade

Gail Jefferson

46 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Hit Papers

A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-takin... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 1974 1977 1995 1977 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k

Peers

Gail Jefferson
Comparison fields: 5 of 167
  • Language and Linguistics 14.1k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6.5k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 5.8k
  • Artificial Intelligence 2.4k
  • Linguistics and Language 2.3k
Replace Harvey Sacks with:
Harvey Sacks United States
Penelope Brown Netherlands
Emanuel A. Schegloff United States
Charles Goodwin United States
Μ. Α. Κ. Halliday Australia
John J. Gumperz United States
Herbert H. Clark United States
Douglas Biber United States
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen Hong Kong
William Labov United States
Harvey Sacks United States View profile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Gail Jefferson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gail Jefferson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 1
2 1
3 73
4 18
5 6
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Strain and Temperature Sensing Properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Yarn Composites
6
7 12
8
Lectures on Conversation breakdown →
1348
9
Lectures 1964-1965
6
10 86
11 270
12
A technique for inviting laughter and its subsequent acceptance/declination
330
13
The Preference for Self-Correction in the Organization of Repair in Conversation breakdown →
673
14
The preference for self-correction in the organization of repair in conversation breakdown →
2611
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A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation breakdown →
6911
16
A simplest systematics for the organization of turn-taking for conversation breakdown →
4739
17
Anatomy of consciousness.
2
18 23
19 2
20 18

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