John Catford

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

John Catford is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Language and Linguistics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Catford has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Language and Linguistics and 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Catford's work include School Health and Nursing Education (9 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (6 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (5 papers). John Catford is often cited by papers focused on School Health and Nursing Education (9 papers), Health, psychology, and well-being (6 papers) and Child and Adolescent Health (5 papers). John Catford collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. John Catford's co-authors include Don Nutbeam, Cambray Smith, Laurence Moore, David B. Pisoni, Petra Macaskill, Chris Tudor‐Smith, Ian D. Caterson, Judy M. Simpson, John Wilkinson and G.C. Bennet and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Epidemiology, Social Science & Medicine and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

John Catford

71 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A linguistic theory of translation

1965 1.1k citations John Catford profile →
A linguistic theory of translation : an essay in applied linguistics

1965 484 citations John Catford Americanae (AECID Library) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Catford United States	19	1.4k	569	518	466	269	76	2.9k
Diana Slade Australia	18	576 0.4×	465 0.8×	99 0.2×	174 0.4×	164 0.6×	50	1.7k
Alison Pilnick United Kingdom	28	497 0.4×	936 1.6×	33 0.1×	125 0.3×	331 1.2×	77	2.3k
Carole Torgerson United Kingdom	25	177 0.1×	304 0.5×	34 0.1×	88 0.2×	305 1.1×	79	2.4k
Sheida White United States	14	144 0.1×	398 0.7×	88 0.2×	68 0.1×	53 0.2×	32	1.2k
Bernadette Watson Australia	23	238 0.2×	549 1.0×	62 0.1×	98 0.2×	210 0.8×	96	1.8k
Jairo N. Fuertes United States	26	151 0.1×	400 0.7×	26 0.1×	172 0.4×	150 0.6×	61	2.5k
Catherine F. Schryer Canada	19	178 0.1×	379 0.7×	41 0.1×	120 0.3×	344 1.3×	38	1.3k
W. Gill Woodall United States	22	121 0.1×	294 0.5×	47 0.1×	173 0.4×	78 0.3×	50	1.4k
Carel Jansen Netherlands	17	67 0.0×	368 0.6×	114 0.2×	140 0.3×	75 0.3×	103	1.1k
Don A. Klinger Canada	26	127 0.1×	103 0.2×	11 0.0×	172 0.4×	231 0.9×	72	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by John Catford

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Catford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Catford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Catford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Catford based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Catford. John Catford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Catford, John. (2001). A Practical Introduction to Phonetics. 164 indexed citations

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Tudor‐Smith, Chris, Don Nutbeam, Laurence Moore, & John Catford. (1998). Effects of the Heartbeat Wales programme over five years on behavioural risks for cardiovascular disease: quasi-experimental comparison of results from Wales and a matched reference area. BMJ. 316(7134). 818–822. 84 indexed citations

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Catford, John. (1995). Health promotion in the market place: constraints and opportunities. Health Promotion International. 10(1). 41–50. 9 indexed citations

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Catford, John. (1995). The mass media is dead: long live the multimedia. Health Promotion International. 10(4). 247–251. 3 indexed citations

5.

Smith, Christopher, Don Nutbeam, Laurence Moore, Chris Roberts, & John Catford. (1994). Current changes in smoking attitudes and behaviours among adolescents in Wales, 1986–1992. Journal of Public Health. 16(2). 165–171. 12 indexed citations

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Nutbeam, Don & John Catford. (1990). Modifiable risks for cardiovascular disease among general practitioners in Wales. Public Health. 104(5). 353–361. 8 indexed citations

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Elwood, P C, J. W. G. Yarnell, P. D. Oldham, et al.. (1988). BLOOD PRESSURE AND BLOOD LEAD IN SURVEYS IN WALES. American Journal of Epidemiology. 127(5). 942–945. 25 indexed citations

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Catford, John, et al.. (1984). On the state of the public ill health: premature mortality in the United Kingdom and Europe.. BMJ. 289(6459). 1668–1670. 8 indexed citations

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Catford, John, et al.. (1984). Confidential paediatric inquiry into neonatal deaths in Wessex, 1981 and 1982.. BMJ. 288(6425). 1206–1208. 14 indexed citations

10.

Catford, John. (1983). Congenital hip dislocation. BMJ. 286(6365). 639.2–640. 3 indexed citations

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Catford, John, G.C. Bennet, & John Wilkinson. (1982). Congenital hip dislocation: an increasing and still uncontrolled disability?. BMJ. 285(6354). 1527–1530. 62 indexed citations

12.

Catford, John. (1982). Progress in prevention: report of a national workshop on NHS initiatives in health promotion. CrossRef Listing of Deleted DOIs. 4(2). 138–138. 1 indexed citations

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Catford, John. (1980). Uma teoria lingüística da tradução : Um ensaio de lingüística aplicada. 5 indexed citations

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Fowkes, F.G.R., et al.. (1979). Abortion and the NHS: the first decade.. BMJ. 1(6158). 217–219. 5 indexed citations

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Catford, John, et al.. (1975). The Michigan gender identity test (MIGIT). Comprehensive Psychiatry. 16(6). 581–592. 7 indexed citations

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Guiora, Alexander Z., et al.. (1975). LANGUAGE AND PERSON STUDIES IN LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR¹. Language Learning. 25(1). 43–61. 36 indexed citations

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Guiora, Alexander Z., et al.. (1969). The role of personality variables in second language behavior. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 10(6). 463–474. 16 indexed citations

18.

Catford, John. (1966). English Phonology and the Teaching of Pronunciation. College English. 27(8). 605–613. 3 indexed citations

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Lane, Harlan, et al.. (1966). Pattern of Air Flow out of the Mouth during Speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 40(5_Supplement). 1272–1272.

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Catford, John. (1965). A linguistic theory of translation : an essay in applied linguistics. Americanae (AECID Library). 484 indexed citations breakdown →

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