Heather Brookes

1.0k total citations
25 papers, 454 citations indexed

About

Heather Brookes is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Brookes has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 454 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 7 papers in Language and Linguistics and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Heather Brookes's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 papers), Hearing Impairment and Communication (6 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Heather Brookes is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 papers), Hearing Impairment and Communication (6 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Heather Brookes collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Heather Brookes's co-authors include Christine Varga, Linda Richter, Olive Shisana, Guadalupe Valdés, Christina Chávez, Shirley Brice Heath, Leisy Wyman, Clare Bryant, Claus Mayer and Susan A. Berry and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Brookes

22 papers receiving 394 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heather Brookes South Africa 12 106 93 87 73 69 25 454
Lindsey Wilkinson United States 15 27 0.3× 102 1.1× 23 0.3× 18 0.2× 67 1.0× 32 864
Elizabeth Peterson United States 12 103 1.0× 42 0.5× 8 0.1× 22 0.3× 18 0.3× 55 488
Claudia Mitchell‐Kernan United States 14 38 0.4× 157 1.7× 14 0.2× 52 0.7× 21 0.3× 21 780
Jean L. Briggs Canada 10 27 0.3× 148 1.6× 26 0.3× 55 0.8× 20 0.3× 16 625
Samuel Gyasi Obeng United States 13 285 2.7× 93 1.0× 13 0.1× 118 1.6× 10 0.1× 47 541
Stephanie Rudwick South Africa 14 158 1.5× 58 0.6× 10 0.1× 14 0.2× 39 0.6× 35 464
Danling Fu United States 12 114 1.1× 47 0.5× 63 0.7× 7 0.1× 15 0.2× 44 438
Wadiya Udell United States 13 32 0.3× 181 1.9× 399 4.6× 44 0.6× 60 0.9× 25 837
David McNamara United Kingdom 14 40 0.4× 16 0.2× 78 0.9× 10 0.1× 13 0.2× 46 744
Eric J. Johnson United States 12 142 1.3× 16 0.2× 82 0.9× 16 0.2× 6 0.1× 28 466

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Brookes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Brookes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brookes, Heather, et al.. (2025). Instrument adaptation for measuring early child language development across multilingual and sociocultural diverse settings.. Developmental Psychology. 62(1). 288–302. 2 indexed citations
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Southwood, Frenette, et al.. (2025). The psychometric status of child language assessment tools in South Africa’s official languages. South African Journal of Communication Disorders. 72(1). e1–e8.
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Brookes, Heather, et al.. (2024). Mean Length of Utterance: A study of early language development in four Southern Bantu languages. Journal of Child Language. 52(2). 244–269. 3 indexed citations
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Southwood, Frenette, et al.. (2021). Sociocultural Factors Affecting Vocabulary Development in Young South African Children. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 642315–642315. 10 indexed citations
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Mesthrie, Rajend & Heather Brookes. (2021). Práticas de língua e mudança linguística entre migrantes transnacionais para a África do Sul, 1990-2020. Revista da Anpoll. 52(esp). 118–137. 1 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather, et al.. (2020). English in the identity practices of black male township youth in South Africa. World Englishes. 40(1). 52–62.
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Brookes, Heather & Olivier Le Guen. (2019). Gesture studies and anthropological perspectives. Gesture. 18(2-3). 119–141. 4 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather. (2014). Urban Youth Languages in South Africa: A Case Study of Tsotsitaal in a South African Township. Anthropological linguistics. 56(3-4). 356–388. 13 indexed citations
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Hold, Georgina L., Susan A. Berry, Janice E. Drew, et al.. (2014). The TLR4 D299G and T399I SNPs Are Constitutively Active to Up-Regulate Expression of Trif-Dependent Genes. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e111460–e111460. 23 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather, et al.. (2014). Male youth talk in the construction of black lesbian identities. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 32(2). 199–214. 4 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather, et al.. (2014). A social history of urban male youth varieties in Stirtonville and Vosloorus, South Africa. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 32(2). 149–159. 10 indexed citations
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Varga, Christine & Heather Brookes. (2008). Factors Influencing Teen Mothers' Enrollment and Participation in Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Services in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Qualitative Health Research. 18(6). 786–802. 58 indexed citations
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Varga, Christine & Heather Brookes. (2008). Preventing Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Among South African Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Research. 23(2). 172–205. 10 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather. (2005). What gestures do: Some communicative functions of quotable gestures in conversations among Black urban South Africans. Journal of Pragmatics. 37(12). 2044–2085. 20 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather. (2004). A Repertoire of South African Quotable Gestures. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 14(2). 186–224. 51 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather, Olive Shisana, & Linda Richter. (2004). The national household HIV prevalence and risk survey of South African Children. 48 indexed citations
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Wyman, Leisy, et al.. (1999). Leadership Giftedness: Models Revisited. Gifted Child Quarterly. 43(1). 13–24. 49 indexed citations
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Brookes, Heather, et al.. (1994). An investigation to determine the health status of institutionalised street children in a place of safety in Durban.. PubMed. 17(1). 27–31. 12 indexed citations

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