George Major

645 total citations
18 papers, 129 citations indexed

About

George Major is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Language and Linguistics and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Major has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 129 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Language and Linguistics and 7 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in George Major's work include Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (9 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers) and Hearing Impairment and Communication (7 papers). George Major is often cited by papers focused on Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (9 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers) and Hearing Impairment and Communication (7 papers). George Major collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. George Major's co-authors include Jemina Napier, Janet Holmes, Lynda Yates, Lindsay Ferrara, Trevor Johnston, Laurie Bauer, Paul Warren, Maria Stubbe, Ineke H.M. Crezee and Elizabeth Plumridge and has published in prestigious journals such as System, Journal of Pragmatics and Language & Communication.

In The Last Decade

George Major

16 papers receiving 125 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Major New Zealand	7	66	59	33	28	23	18	129
Pamela Pearson United States	6	66 1.0×	27 0.5×	50 1.5×	19 0.7×	15 0.7×	13	162
Elena Davitti United Kingdom	8	141 2.1×	164 2.8×	14 0.4×	4 0.1×	14 0.6×	19	202
Alexander Ziem Germany	9	158 2.4×	12 0.2×	7 0.2×	28 1.0×	22 1.0×	41	227
David Olsher United States	6	216 3.3×	44 0.7×	23 0.7×	49 1.8×	11 0.5×	9	269
Camille Debras France	7	84 1.3×	9 0.2×	56 1.7×	9 0.3×	11 0.5×	15	142
Laura Gavioli Italy	8	172 2.6×	146 2.5×	62 1.9×	4 0.1×	30 1.3×	25	255
Alexander Künzli Switzerland	10	185 2.8×	110 1.9×	24 0.7×	2 0.1×	13 0.6×	24	251
Michaela Albl‐Mikasa Switzerland	8	136 2.1×	161 2.7×	7 0.2×	11 0.4×	5 0.2×	31	190
Angelika Lutz Germany	8	94 1.4×	16 0.3×	7 0.2×	96 3.4×	38 1.7×	21	199
Maurizio Viezzi Italy	7	166 2.5×	192 3.3×	19 0.6×	3 0.1×	23 1.0×	19	248

Countries citing papers authored by George Major

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Major

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Major

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

Major, George, et al.. (2026). Deaf Women’s Health Vocabulary: Challenges for Interpreters Working in a Language of Limited Diffusion. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 12(2). 3.

McKee, Rachel, et al.. (2024). “Two hands are powerful”. Handedness variation and genre in New Zealand Sign Language. Language & Communication. 100. 60–76.

Major, George. (2024). Healthcare interpreting as relational practice: Understanding the interpreter’s role in facilitating rapport in health interactions. Tuwhera (Auckland University of Technology). 4(2). 115–136. 1 indexed citations

Major, George, et al.. (2022). Deaf Students’ Perception of Wellbeing and Social and Emotional Skill Development within School: A Critical Examination of the Literature. International Journal of Disability Development and Education. 71(1). 55–68. 1 indexed citations

Major, George, et al.. (2021). Interpreters, rapport, and the role of familiarity. Journal of Pragmatics. 176. 63–75. 13 indexed citations

Crezee, Ineke H.M. & George Major. (2021). Maintaining Our Resilience as Interpreters. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 13(1). 1–3. 3 indexed citations

Major, George & Jemina Napier. (2021). Interpreting and knowledge mediation in the healthcare setting: What do we really mean by “accuracy”?. Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series – Themes in Translation Studies. 11. 4 indexed citations

Major, George, et al.. (2014). Working it out. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. 37(3). 249–261. 15 indexed citations

Napier, Jemina, George Major, Lindsay Ferrara, & Trevor Johnston. (2014). Medical Signbank as a model for sign language planning? A review of community engagement. Current Issues in Language Planning. 16(3). 279–295. 5 indexed citations

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Yates, Lynda, et al.. (2014). Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) Longitudinal study 2011 – 2014 : final report. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1–168. 3 indexed citations

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Yates, Lynda & George Major. (2014). “Quick-chatting”, “smart dogs”, and how to “say without saying”: Small talk and pragmatic learning in the community. System. 48. 141–152. 15 indexed citations

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Major, George, Jemina Napier, Lindsay Ferrara, & Trevor Johnston. (2013). Exploring lexical gaps in Australian Sign Language for the purposes of health communication. Communication & Medicine. 9(1). 37–47. 17 indexed citations

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Napier, Jemina, George Major, & Maria Stubbe. (2012). ‘What happens truly, not text book!’: Using authentic interactions in discourse training for healthcare interpreters. 27–53. 3 indexed citations

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Napier, Jemina, George Major, & Lindsay Ferrara. (2011). Medical signbank : a cure-all for the aches and pains of medical sign language interpreting?. 110–137. 6 indexed citations

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Major, George & Janet Holmes. (2008). How do nurses describe health care procedures? Analysing nurse-patient interaction in a hospital ward. 25(4). 58–70. 13 indexed citations

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Dew, Kevin, Elizabeth Plumridge, Maria Stubbe, et al.. (2008). ‘You just got to eat healthy’: The topic of CAM in the general practice consultation. Health Sociology Review. 17(4). 396–409. 5 indexed citations

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Bauer, Laurie, et al.. (2007). New Zealand English. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 37(1). 97–102. 21 indexed citations

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Holmes, Janet & George Major. (2002). Nurses communicating on the wards: the human face of hospitals.. PubMed. 8(11). 14–6. 4 indexed citations

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