Lois Bloom

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Lois Bloom is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Lois Bloom has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 19 papers in Language and Linguistics and 8 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Lois Bloom's work include Language Development and Disorders (26 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (14 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers). Lois Bloom is often cited by papers focused on Language Development and Disorders (26 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (14 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (13 papers). Lois Bloom collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lois Bloom's co-authors include Margaret Lahey, Lois Hood, Karin Lifter, Patsy M. Lightbown, Michael P Maratsos, Lorraine Rocissano, Kathryn Hirsh‐Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Richard Beckwith and Melissa Bowerman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PEDIATRICS and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Lois Bloom

57 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cognition and the develop... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1974 1970 1978 400 800 1.2k
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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. Cognition and the development of language. Ed. by John R. Hayes. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1970. Pp. x, 370. $12.00.
    1974 1.4k citations Lois Bloom Language profile →
  2. Language development: Form and function in emerging grammars
    1970 841 citations Lois Bloom profile →
  3. Language development and language disorders
    1978 542 citations Lois Bloom et al. Language profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lois Bloom 4.4k 1.9k 1.3k 1.0k 639 59 5.9k
Eve V. Clark 3.7k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 832 1.3× 102 5.7k
Julián M. Pine 3.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 803 0.8× 830 1.3× 130 4.7k
Elena Lieven 5.2k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 2.2k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 166 6.6k
Lila R. Gleitman 4.8k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 2.1k 2.1× 1.2k 1.8× 73 7.0k
Virginia A. Marchman 6.3k 1.4× 788 0.4× 2.6k 1.9× 998 1.0× 543 0.8× 106 7.8k
Roger Brown 2.4k 0.5× 850 0.5× 728 0.5× 524 0.5× 307 0.5× 12 3.4k
Dan I. Slobin 4.1k 0.9× 3.1k 1.7× 1.3k 1.0× 2.9k 2.9× 819 1.3× 96 7.2k
Victoria A. Fromkin 1.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 633 1.0× 45 3.5k
Marilyn Shatz 2.3k 0.5× 926 0.5× 405 0.3× 674 0.7× 192 0.3× 54 3.3k
Clifton Pye 2.3k 0.5× 929 0.5× 642 0.5× 629 0.6× 596 0.9× 46 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lois Bloom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lois Bloom

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (2001). I. Introduction. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 66(4). 1–29. 25 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (2001). Abstract. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 66(4). vii–viii. 5 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois. (2000). Pushing the Limits on Theories of Word Learning. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 65(3). 124–135. 13 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois. (1998). Language Development and Emotional Expression. PEDIATRICS. 102(Supplement_E1). 1272–1277. 24 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1996). Early Conversations and Word Learning: Contributions from Child and Adult. Child Development. 67(6). 3154–3154. 38 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois. (1991). On the acquisition of negation in Tamil and English. Journal of Child Language. 18(3). 715–716. 4 indexed citations
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Lifter, Karin & Lois Bloom. (1989). Object knowledge and the emergence of language. Infant Behavior and Development. 12(4). 395–423. 103 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1987). Expression of Affect and the Emergence of Language. Child Development. 58(6). 1513–1513. 65 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1987). Sources of meaning in the acquisition of complex syntax: The sample case of causality. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 43(1). 112–128. 33 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1982). "Wh"-Questions: Linguistic Factors That Contribute to the Sequence of Acquisition. Child Development. 53(4). 1084–1084. 30 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1982). Wh-Questions: Linguistic Factors That Contribute to the Sequence of Acquisition. Child Development. 53(4). 1084–1092. 69 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1981). Further remarks on interpretive analysis: in response to Christine Howe. Journal of Child Language. 8(2). 403–411. 7 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1980). Semantics of Verbs and the Development of Verb Inflection in Child Language. Language. 56(2). 386–412. 68 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, et al.. (1980). Semantics of verbs and the development of verb inflection in child language. Language. 56(2). 386–412. 219 indexed citations
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Hood, Lois, Lois Bloom, & Charles J. Brainerd. (1979). What, When, and How about Why: A Longitudinal Study of Early Expressions of Causality. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 44(6). 1–1. 111 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, Lorraine Rocissano, & Lois Hood. (1976). Adult-child discourse: Developmental interaction between information processing and linguistic knowledge. Cognitive Psychology. 8(4). 521–552. 214 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois. (1976). One Word at a Time. 11 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois, Patsy M. Lightbown, Lois Hood, et al.. (1975). Structure and Variation in Child Language. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 40(2). 1–1. 294 indexed citations
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Bloom, Lois. (1974). Cognition and the development of language. Ed. by John R. Hayes. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1970. Pp. x, 370. $12.00.. Language. 50(2). 398–412. 1407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schachter, Frances Fuchs, et al.. (1974). Everyday Preschool Interpersonal Speech Usage: Methodological, Developmental, and Sociolinguistic Studies. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 39(3). 1–1. 16 indexed citations

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