Margaret Thomas

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Margaret Thomas is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Margaret Thomas has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Language and Linguistics, 14 papers in Linguistics and Language and 10 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Margaret Thomas's work include Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (13 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (13 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (13 papers). Margaret Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (13 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (13 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (13 papers). Margaret Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Margaret Thomas's co-authors include Gary Davis, Lionel W. Rosen, George W. England, Donald G. Paterson, William Rutherford, Catriona Waddington, Florence Myles, Melinda Whong, Richard Towell and Astrid Ensslin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and Language.

In The Last Decade

Margaret Thomas

59 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Handbook of second language acquisition. Ed. by William C. Ritchie and Tej K. Bhatia San Diego: Academic Press, 1996. Pp. xxv, 758. $69.95.

1999 517 citations Margaret Thomas Language profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Margaret Thomas United States	18	1.3k	1.3k	491	377	356	64	2.1k
Kevin R. Gregg United Kingdom	11	2.5k 1.8×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 2.9×	514 1.4×	314 0.9×	21	3.3k
John H. Schumann United States	20	1.1k 0.9×	606 0.5×	573 1.2×	523 1.4×	222 0.6×	46	1.8k
Thomas Scovel United States	11	1.3k 1.0×	657 0.5×	572 1.2×	412 1.1×	532 1.5×	26	2.0k
Roy C. Major United States	21	1.5k 1.1×	670 0.5×	366 0.7×	1.2k 3.3×	1.4k 4.1×	40	2.8k
Gillian Wigglesworth Australia	24	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 2.2×	404 1.1×	146 0.4×	86	2.4k
Barbara A. Fox United States	24	1.4k 1.1×	275 0.2×	490 1.0×	266 0.7×	804 2.3×	59	1.8k
Barbara F. Freed United States	18	2.0k 1.5×	893 0.7×	1.3k 2.6×	912 2.4×	353 1.0×	34	2.6k
Rob Schoonen Netherlands	26	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	589 1.2×	254 0.7×	257 0.7×	51	2.4k
Kathleen Bardovi‐Harlig United States	35	3.4k 2.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 3.5×	744 2.0×	767 2.2×	88	3.9k
Evelyn Hatch United States	15	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	787 1.6×	418 1.1×	248 0.7×	21	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Margaret Thomas

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Bowern, Claire, Margaret Thomas, Andrew Garrett, et al.. (2024). Diachrony and Diachronica. Diachronica. 41(4). 556–574. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Margaret. (2018). COMMUNICATING IN THE VERNACULAR: DIGITAL TYPE AND DESIGN IN TAMIL CINEMA ADVERTISING. 67–75.

Ebel, John E., et al.. (2016). THE 2015 PLAINFIELD, CT EARTHQUAKE SWARM. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Margaret. (2009). Ethical issues in the study of second language acquisition: Resources for researchers. 2 indexed citations

Thomas, Margaret. (2008). Revisiting the Origins of Modern Study of Second-Language Acquisition : Contributions from the Japanese Context, 1956-1959. Language. 7. 3–21. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Margaret. (2000). The crosslinguistic study of language acquisition . Vol. 4. Ed. by Dan Isaac Slobin. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1997. Pp. xvi, 454. Cloth $99.95. - The crosslinguistic study of language acquisition . Vol. 5: Expanding the contexts. Ed. by Dan Isaac Slobin. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1997. Pp. xvi, 339. Cloth $89.95. Language. 76(1). 156–158. 139 indexed citations

Thomas, Margaret. (2000). Handbook of child language acquisition . Ed. by William C. Ritchie and Tej K. Bhatia. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1999. Pp. xxi, 740. $99.95.. Language. 76(3). 718–720. 125 indexed citations

Thomas, Margaret. (1999). Language and linguistics: Aims, perspectives, and duties of linguistics. Ed. by Pierre Swiggers. Leuven: Peeters, 1997. Pp. xvii, 90.. Language. 75(1). 178–179. 1 indexed citations

Thomas, Margaret. (1999). Handbook of second language acquisition. Ed. by William C. Ritchie and Tej K. Bhatia San Diego: Academic Press, 1996. Pp. xxv, 758. $69.95.. Language. 75(1). 128–130. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Margaret. (1999). Generative perspectives on language acquisition. Ed. by Harald Clahsen. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1996. Pp. xxviii, 499. Cloth $115.00, paper $29.95.. Language. 75(1). 177–178. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1999). Histoire de la linguistique: Des origines au XX e siècle By Georges Mounin (review). Language. 75(1). 216–217.

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Thomas, Margaret, et al.. (1998). Approaches to second language acquisition. Ed. By Kari Sajavaara and Courtney Fairweather. Jyväskylä, Finland: University of Jyväskylä, 1996. Pp. 269.. Language. 74(2). 429–430. 13 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1997). Second language acquisition theory and pedagogy . Ed. by Fred R. Eckman, Diane Highland, Peter W. Lee, Jean Mileham, and Rita Rutkowski Weber. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995. Pp. xvii, 326. Cloth $69.95.. Language. 73(1). 211–212. 75 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1997). Implicit and explicit learning of languages . Ed. by Nick C. Ellis. London: Academic Press, 1994. Pp. vii, 599. Cloth $75.00.. Language. 73(2). 420–421. 411 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1996). Early language development in full-term and premature infants. By Paula Menyuk, Jacqueline W. Liebergott, and Martin C. Schultz. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995. Pp. viii, 248. Paper $24.50.. Language. 72(4). 888–889. 20 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1995). The crosslinguistic study of language acquisition : vol. 3. Ed. by Dan Isaac Slobin. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1992. Pp. xi, 655. Cloth $135.00.. Language. 71(2). 424–425. 66 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1992). Learning to Use Simplified English: A Preliminary Study.. Technical Communication. 39(1). 69–73. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1991). Universal Grammar and the interpretation of reflexives in a second language. Language. 67(2). 211–239. 11 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1991). Universal grammar and knowledge of reflexives in a second language. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Margaret. (1991). Universal Grammar and the interpretation of reflexives in a second language. Language. 67(2). 211–239. 73 indexed citations

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