Jennifer Coates

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Jennifer Coates is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Cultural Studies and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Coates has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Gender Studies, 14 papers in Cultural Studies and 13 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Coates's work include Gender Studies in Language (12 papers), Asian Culture and Media Studies (12 papers) and Japanese History and Culture (11 papers). Jennifer Coates is often cited by papers focused on Gender Studies in Language (12 papers), Asian Culture and Media Studies (12 papers) and Japanese History and Culture (11 papers). Jennifer Coates collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and United States. Jennifer Coates's co-authors include Deborah Cameron, Joanna Thornborrow, Rachel Sutton‐Spence, Geoffrey Leech, Mary Mostafanezhad, Eyal Ben‐Ari, Ellen Barton, Steven Pinker, Randy Allen Harris and Ronald K. S. Macaulay and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Pragmatics and Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Coates

44 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

The semantics of the modal auxiliaries 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 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. The semantics of the modal auxiliaries
    1983 454 citations Jennifer Coates profile →

Peers

Jennifer Coates
Sally McConnell‐Ginet United States
Jef Verschueren Belgium
Alan Partington Italy
Barbara Johnstone United States
Neal R. Norrick Germany
Joseph Bosco Hong Kong
Carol Myers‐Scotton United States
Stephen C. Levinson Netherlands
Roger W. Shuy United States
Cliff Goddard Australia
Sally McConnell‐Ginet United States
Jennifer Coates
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Countries citing papers authored by Jennifer Coates

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jennifer Coates

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Coates

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All Works

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Coates, Jennifer, et al.. (2023). Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University).
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Coates, Jennifer. (2023). Tsuchi: Earthy Materials in Contemporary Japanese Art. The Journal of Asian Studies. 82(3). 489–491.
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Coates, Jennifer. (2023). Voices from an Unusual Archive: University Film Circle Writings, 1945-1960. Japan focus. 21(8). 1 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer. (2022). Maiko masquerade: crafting geisha girlhood in Japan. Journal of Gender Studies. 31(8). 969–970.
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Coates, Jennifer. (2018). Circular thinking: the Yamanote line on film. Japan Forum. 30(2). 224–239. 1 indexed citations
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Mostafanezhad, Mary, et al.. (2018). Journeys from the east: the popular geopolitics of film motivated Chinese tourism. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 6(3). 219–219. 4 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer. (2017). Making Icons. Hong Kong University Press eBooks.
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Coates, Jennifer. (2013). Victims and bystanders: Women in the Japanese war-retro film. Media War & Conflict. 6(3). 233–248. 1 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer, et al.. (2011). Language and Gender. A Reader. Second Edition. 1 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer. (2006). Talk in a play frame: More on laughter and intimacy. Journal of Pragmatics. 39(1). 29–49. 121 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer, et al.. (1996). An introduction to women's studies. 8 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer & Deborah Cameron. (1988). Women in their speech communities : new perspectives on language and sex. Longman eBooks. 113 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer. (1988). Women's Speech, Women's Strength?.. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 70-72. 267–75. 11 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer. (1986). Women, Men, and Language: A Sociolinguistic Account of Sex Differences in Language. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 282 indexed citations
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Cameron, Deborah & Jennifer Coates. (1985). Some problems in the sociolinguistic explanation of sex differences. Language & Communication. 5(3). 143–151. 42 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer. (1982). THE‐ COMPARATIVE SUFFIX IN CONTEMPORARY KOMI USAGE*. Transactions of the Philological Society. 80(1). 119–129.
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Coates, Jennifer & Geoffrey Leech. (1980). The Meanings of the Modals in British and American English.. 99(812). 816–816. 7 indexed citations
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Coates, Jennifer. (1980). The semantics of the modal auxiliaries : a corpus-based analysis with special reference to contemporary spoken English. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 2 indexed citations

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