James Cummins

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

James Cummins is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, James Cummins has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 12 papers in Linguistics and Language and 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in James Cummins's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (12 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (8 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (8 papers). James Cummins is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (12 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (8 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (8 papers). James Cummins collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Ireland and United Kingdom. James Cummins's co-authors include J. P. Das, Merrill Swain, Robert Mulcahy, John R. Kirby, Ronald F. Jarman, John Macnamara, Stephen Carey, Poh Wee Koh, Xi Chen and Jia Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Review of Educational Research and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

James Cummins

36 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Developmen... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1981 1981 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Cummins Canada 19 2.3k 2.1k 2.0k 1.7k 1.3k 38 4.7k
Barry McLaughlin United States 22 638 0.3× 1.9k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 855 0.5× 542 0.4× 53 3.1k
Sharon Lapkin Canada 29 1.2k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 3.8k 1.9× 3.0k 1.7× 896 0.7× 65 4.7k
Diane August United States 32 1.3k 0.6× 3.8k 1.8× 1.1k 0.5× 659 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 74 4.9k
Guadalupe Valdés United States 31 2.1k 0.9× 757 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 85 3.8k
Patsy M. Lightbown Canada 26 909 0.4× 2.8k 1.3× 3.7k 1.9× 2.3k 1.3× 771 0.6× 56 4.8k
Heidi Byrnes United States 26 677 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 433 0.3× 110 3.1k
Kathryn J Lindholm-Leary United States 19 1.4k 0.6× 685 0.3× 923 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 952 0.7× 40 2.3k
Jasone Cenoz Spain 39 3.3k 1.4× 894 0.4× 3.4k 1.7× 3.7k 2.2× 622 0.5× 123 5.5k
Virginia P. Collier United States 15 1.8k 0.8× 747 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 24 3.0k
Eugene E. García United States 30 841 0.4× 823 0.4× 413 0.2× 428 0.2× 1.5k 1.1× 110 2.6k

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All Works

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Koh, Poh Wee, Xi Chen, James Cummins, & Jia Li. (2017). Literacy Outcomes of a Chinese/English Bilingual Program in Ontario. Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes. 73(3). 343–367. 5 indexed citations
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Carey, Stephen & James Cummins. (1984). Communication Skills in Immersion Programs.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 30(4). 1 indexed citations
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Carey, Stephen & James Cummins. (1983). Achievement, Behavioral Correlates and Teachers' Perceptions of Francophone and Anglophone Immersion Students.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 29(3). 2 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1981). Effects of kindergarten experience on academic progress in French immersion programs. 198. 110832–110832. 1 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1981). Age on Arrival and Immigrant Second Language Learning in Canada: A Reassessment1. Applied Linguistics. II(2). 132–149. 287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cummins, James. (1980). Psychological assessment of immigrant children: Logic or intuition?. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 1(2). 97–111. 66 indexed citations
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Das, J. P., James Cummins, John R. Kirby, & Ronald F. Jarman. (1979). Simultaneous and successive processes, language and mental abilities.. 20(1). 1–11. 23 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1979). Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Development of Bilingual Children. Review of Educational Research. 49(2). 222–222. 204 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1979). Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Development of Bilingual Children. Review of Educational Research. 49(2). 222–251. 1876 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cummins, James & Robert Mulcahy. (1978). Orientation to Language in Ukrainian-English Bilingual Children. Child Development. 49(4). 1239–1239. 43 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1978). Language and Children's Ability to Evaluate Contradictions and Tautologies: A Critique of Osherson and Markman's Findings. Child Development. 49(3). 895–895. 6 indexed citations
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Cummins, James, et al.. (1978). Academic performance and cognitive processes in EMR children.. PubMed. 83(2). 197–9. 17 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1978). Bilingualism and the Development of Metalinguistic Awareness. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 9(2). 131–149. 229 indexed citations
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Cummins, James & J. P. Das. (1977). Cognitive Processing and Reading Difficulties: A Framework for Research.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 31 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1977). Delaying Native Language Reading Instruction in Immersion Programs: A Cautionary Note. Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes. 34(1). 46–49. 5 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1977). Cognitive Factors Associated with the Attainment of Intermediate Levels of Bilingual Skills. Modern Language Journal. 61(1-2). 3–12. 64 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1976). The cognitive basis of the Uznadze illusion. International Journal of Psychology. 11(2). 89–100. 5 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1976). The Influence of Bilingualism on Cognitive Growth: A Synthesis of Research Findings and Explanatory Hypotheses. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 9.. 295 indexed citations
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Cummins, James, et al.. (1974). Bilingual Education and Cognition.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 24 indexed citations
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Cummins, James. (1974). Bilingual Cognition: A Reply to Neufeld. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 4.. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 23(3). 362–372. 2 indexed citations

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