John J. Ohala

11.6k citations

104 papers · 4.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Linguistics and Language top 0.1%
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.2%
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Multisensory perception and integration

Papers in

Linguistics and Language 31
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology 30
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 74
- Phonetics and Phonology Research 70

Co-authors: Louis M. Goldstein Catherine P. Browman William G. Ewan Minoru Hirano Jean-Marie Hombert W. Vennard Masanori Hirano C. Riordan
Journals: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (29 papers)Phonetica (8 papers)Language (2 papers)Speech Communication (2 papers)Journal of Phonetics (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Spain Sweden

In The Last Decade

John J. Ohala

100 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Towards an articulatory phonology 1986 · 546 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1986 Towards an articulatory phonology
1984 Phonetica

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1	Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein: Pioneer in Speech Synthesis. ICPhS ·John J. Ohala	2011	5
2	Accommodation to the Aerodynamic Voicing Constraint and its Phonological Relevance. ICPhS ·John J. Ohala	2011	25
3	Deconstructing Markedness: A Predictability-Based Approach Elizabeth Hume, Lidia SADA, C. Brew, G. Arapantonis, E. Füglein, Е.А. Квятковский, Keith Johnson, Hyun‐Sook Kang, Grant McGuire, Jeff Mielke, Ionel CIOBANU, Marie‐Hélène Côté, Heather Goad, Bruce Hayes, Larry M. Hyman, John J. Ohala	2010	14
4	Languages' Sound Inventories: The Devil in the Details John J. Ohala	2008	3
5	Phonetics and Phonology: then, and then, and now Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) ·John J. Ohala	2004	3
6	Duration related phase realignment of Thai tones John J. Ohala, 朝雄井上	2002	3
7	Phonetics in the free market of scientific ideas and results Journal of the International Phonetic Association ·John J. Ohala	2000	0
8	Aerodynamic characteristics of trills The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ·Maria-Josep Solé, John J. Ohala, Alice Gallmeyer	1998	5
9	A Probable Case of Clicks Influencing the Sound Patterns of Some European Languages Phonetica ·John J. Ohala	1995	27
10	Gesture, Segment, Prosody Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Gerard Docherty, Sarah Hawkins, Catherine P. Browman, Lidia SADA, Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Vaz Carlos Manoel Pedro, Michael Broe, John J. Ohala, John Local, Aditi Lahiri, Francis Nolan, Anne Cutler, Bamrungsap Anchana, D. Robert Ladd, Benjamin D. Sommer, Yin Zhan, Amalia Arvaniti	1992	38
11	Nasal Epenthesis in Hindi Phonetica ·Manjari Ohala, John J. Ohala	1991	24
12	Experimental Phonology Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society ·John J. Ohala	1987	316
13	Against the direct realist view of speech perception Journal of Phonetics ·John J. Ohala	1986	16
14	More on English vowel shift: the back vowel question John J. Ohala, S Srileka., Bruce L. Derwing	1986	13
15	Consumer's guide to evidence in phonology John J. Ohala	1986	45
16	An Ethological Perspective on Common Cross-Language Utilization of F₀ of Voice Phonetica ·John J. Ohala Hit paper breakdown →	1984	427
17	On the Structure of Phonetic Categories Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society ·Jeri J. Jaeger, John J. Ohala	1984	12
18	Phonetic explanations for the development of tones Language ·Jean-Marie Hombert, John J. Ohala, William G. Ewan	1979	283
19	Suprasegmentals . By Ilse Lehiste. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1970. Pp. viii, 194. Language ·John J. Ohala	1975	1
20	An Experimental Investigation of Pitch Change in Speech The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ·John J. Ohala, Minoru Hirano	1967	2

About John J. Ohala

John J. Ohala is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Biology, Language and Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence, having authored 104 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (70 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (30 papers), Speech Recognition and Synthesis (21 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (11 papers), Speech and Audio Processing (7 papers), Voice and Speech Disorders (7 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (6 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (1.7k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (3.3k citations), Developmental Biology (231 citations), Language and Linguistics (1.0k citations) and Artificial Intelligence (1.5k citations). John J. Ohala has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Spain and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Louis M. Goldstein, Catherine P. Browman, William G. Ewan, Minoru Hirano, Jean-Marie Hombert, W. Vennard, Masanori Hirano, C. Riordan, Stefanie Shattuck‐Hufnagel and Manjari Ohala. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Phonetica, Language, Speech Communication and Journal of Phonetics.

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