John Lyons

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

John Lyons is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Civil and Structural Engineering and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, John Lyons has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Language and Linguistics, 2 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 2 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in John Lyons's work include Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (5 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (2 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 paper). John Lyons is often cited by papers focused on Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (5 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (2 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 paper). John Lyons collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Poland. John Lyons's co-authors include R. H. Robins, Leon A. Jakobovits, Danny D. Steinberg, Frederick J. Newmeyer, Simeon Potter, Stanley Starosta, Giulio Lepschy, Frank Palmer, W. Samuel Easterling and Patricia L. Carrell and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

In The Last Decade

John Lyons

28 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics.

1969 1.0k citations John Lyons et al. profile →
Semantics: An Interdisciplinary Reader in Philosophy, Linguistics and Psychology

1973 482 citations John Lyons, Danny D. Steinberg et al. The Modern Language Review profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Lyons	1.4k	705	489	371	330	30	2.3k
Margaret E. Winters	1.9k 1.4×	1.3k 1.9×	563 1.2×	413 1.1×	388 1.2×	30	2.8k
Stephen Wadley	1.2k 0.9×	587 0.8×	486 1.0×	446 1.2×	507 1.5×	8	1.9k
Andrew Radford	1.5k 1.1×	445 0.6×	607 1.2×	651 1.8×	564 1.7×	76	2.2k
Peter Cole	983 0.7×	407 0.6×	339 0.7×	315 0.8×	364 1.1×	73	1.5k
George L. Trager	829 0.6×	612 0.9×	319 0.7×	381 1.0×	452 1.4×	32	1.9k
Frederick J. Newmeyer	2.1k 1.5×	996 1.4×	948 1.9×	757 2.0×	781 2.4×	100	3.3k
Zeno Vendler	2.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.5×	1.0k 2.1×	401 1.1×	409 1.2×	32	3.0k
Eve Sweetser	1.9k 1.4×	2.1k 2.9×	415 0.8×	405 1.1×	270 0.8×	32	3.2k
Jean E. Fox Tree	923 0.7×	870 1.2×	761 1.6×	478 1.3×	192 0.6×	65	2.2k
Thomas Scovel	1.3k 1.0×	532 0.8×	167 0.3×	657 1.8×	412 1.2×	26	2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Lyons

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Lyons

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Lyons. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Lyons 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 Lyons. John Lyons 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

Baktur, Reyhan, et al.. (2016). Transparent reflectarray antenna printed on solar cells. 2610–2612. 9 indexed citations

Lyons, John, et al.. (2011). High Voltage Hybrid Battery Tray Design Optimization. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 2 indexed citations

Lyons, John, et al.. (2002). The FAST solar array: challenging requirements, novel design. 2. 1949–1956. 4 indexed citations

Makepeace, Carol M., et al.. (1996). Comments on "Radiation-Induced Apoptosis in HL60 Cells: Oxygen Effect, Relationship between Apoptosis and Loss of Clonogenicity, and Dependence of Time to Apoptosis on Radiation Dose" by Hopcia et al. (Radiat. Res. 145, 315-323, 1996). Radiation Research. 146(1). 116–116. 1 indexed citations

Palmer, Frank, et al.. (1995). Grammar and Meaning. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations

Lyons, John. (1991). Natural Language and Universal Grammar. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations

Lyons, John. (1990). Reviews. International Journal of Lexicography. 3(3). 204–211. 1 indexed citations

Strang, Barbara M. H., et al.. (1984). An Introduction to the History of the English Language. The Modern Language Review. 79(2). 410–410. 2 indexed citations

Carrell, Patricia L., John Lyons, & Frank Palmer. (1983). Language, Meaning and Context. Modern Language Journal. 67(1). 88–88. 18 indexed citations

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Lyons, John, et al.. (1982). An Introduction to Linguistics. Modern Language Journal. 66(4). 445–445. 9 indexed citations

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Lyons, John. (1981). Language and speech. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 295(1077). 215–222. 1 indexed citations

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Lyons, John, et al.. (1980). Thomas Merton, a pictorial biography. 2 indexed citations

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Lyons, John, et al.. (1978). The New Grammarians' Funeral: A Critique of Noam Chomsky's Linguistics. The Modern Language Review. 73(1). 131–131. 8 indexed citations

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Lyons, John. (1977). Semantics. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 205 indexed citations

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Lyons, John. (1977). Semantics, Vol. 1. 48 indexed citations

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Lyons, John, Danny D. Steinberg, & Leon A. Jakobovits. (1973). Semantics: An Interdisciplinary Reader in Philosophy, Linguistics and Psychology. The Modern Language Review. 68(3). 619–619. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lyons, John, et al.. (1972). The Computer in Literary and Linguistic Research: Papers from a Cambridge Symposium. The Modern Language Review. 67(4). 858–858. 3 indexed citations

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Starosta, Stanley & John Lyons. (1971). Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Language. 47(2). 429–429. 43 indexed citations

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Potter, Simeon & John Lyons. (1970). Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. The Modern Language Review. 65(2). 356–356. 50 indexed citations

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Lyons, John, et al.. (1969). Main Trends in Modern Linguistics. Language. 45(1). 105–105. 2 indexed citations

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