John Macnamara

3.6k total citations
59 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

John Macnamara is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, John Macnamara has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Language and Linguistics, 13 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in John Macnamara's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (5 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (5 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (5 papers). John Macnamara is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (5 papers), Lexicography and Language Studies (5 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (5 papers). John Macnamara collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Ireland and United Kingdom. John Macnamara's co-authors include Ann M. Peters, Nancy Katz, Wallace E. Lambert, Chester L. Olson, Thomas Kellaghan, James Cummins, William F. Mackey, Gonzalo E. Reyes, Brian D. Doan and Erica Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, Child Development and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

John Macnamara

52 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Macnamara Canada 18 1.2k 727 523 440 342 59 2.1k
Ann M. Peters United States 12 1.1k 0.9× 627 0.9× 563 1.1× 460 1.0× 221 0.6× 19 1.7k
Michael P Maratsos United States 28 2.0k 1.7× 872 1.2× 565 1.1× 676 1.5× 244 0.7× 59 2.7k
Clifton Pye United States 14 2.3k 1.9× 929 1.3× 629 1.2× 642 1.5× 426 1.2× 46 3.1k
Nina Hyams United States 15 962 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 399 0.8× 208 0.5× 363 1.1× 38 1.8k
Jacqueline Sachs United States 13 802 0.7× 406 0.6× 402 0.8× 531 1.2× 130 0.4× 19 1.5k
Helen Smith Cairns United States 21 1.7k 1.4× 572 0.8× 778 1.5× 1.5k 3.4× 140 0.4× 51 2.6k
John Neil Bohannon United States 14 982 0.8× 292 0.4× 370 0.7× 540 1.2× 79 0.2× 30 1.5k
David Birdsong United States 19 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 702 1.3× 584 1.3× 675 2.0× 46 2.2k
Chris Sinha United Kingdom 14 589 0.5× 350 0.5× 426 0.8× 252 0.6× 115 0.3× 49 1.3k
T. Givón United States 24 550 0.5× 1.9k 2.6× 937 1.8× 372 0.8× 536 1.6× 55 2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Macnamara

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All Works

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Macnamara, John, et al.. (1993). Proper names and how they are learned. Memory. 1(4). 433–455. 6 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John, et al.. (1993). Physics and plasticine.. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne. 34(3). 225–232. 1 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1993). Cognitive Psychology and the Rejection of Brentano. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 23(2). 117–137. 3 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1991). The Development of Moral Reasoning and the Foundations of Geometry. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 21(2). 125–150. 9 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John, et al.. (1989). Projective invariance and visual shape constancy. Acta Psychologica. 72(1). 65–79. 12 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1988). Review: Kit Fine, Reasoning with Arbitrary Objects. Project Euclid (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1986). Principles and parameters: A response to Chomsky. New Ideas in Psychology. 4(2). 215–222. 5 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1984). Cognitive Basis Of Language Learning In Infants. 4(2). 43–53. 1 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1978). Another unaccommodating look at Piaget.. 19(1). 78–81. 18 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1976). A Reply to Brainerd. Child Development. 47(3). 897–897.
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Macnamara, John, et al.. (1976). Four-Year-Olds' Understanding of Pretend, Forget, and Know: Evidence for Propositional Operations. Child Development. 47(1). 62–70. 54 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1975). A Note on Watt's Economy Criteria.. 1 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1975). A Note on Piaget and Number. Child Development. 46(2). 424–424. 7 indexed citations
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Katz, Nancy, et al.. (1974). What's in a Name? A Study of How Children Learn Common and Proper Names. Child Development. 45(2). 469–469. 255 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1971). Parsimony and the Lexicon. Language. 47(2). 359–359. 9 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1971). The Cognitive Strategies of Language Learning.. 16 indexed citations
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Mackey, William F. & John Macnamara. (1969). Bilingualism and Primary Education: A Study of Irish Experience. Language. 45(1). 225–225. 9 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1967). The Effects of Instruction in a Weaker Language. Journal of Social Issues. 23(2). 121–135. 39 indexed citations
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Macnamara, John. (1964). ZERO ERROR AND PRACTICE EFFECTS IN MORAY HOUSE ENGLISH QUOTIENTS. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 34(3). 315–320. 4 indexed citations

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