Peter Backhaus

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 844 citations indexed

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Peter Backhaus is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Backhaus has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 844 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Language and Linguistics, 7 papers in Linguistics and Language and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Backhaus's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 papers). Peter Backhaus is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 papers). Peter Backhaus collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Peter Backhaus's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as Discourse Studies, International Journal of Multilingualism and International Journal of the Sociology of Language.

In The Last Decade

Peter Backhaus

15 papers receiving 725 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.

Linguistic Landscapes: A Comparative Study of Urban Multilingualism in Tokyo

2006 384 citations Peter Backhaus Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essen profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Backhaus Japan	8	597	526	190	106	68	15	844
Ronald R. Butters United States	9	546 0.9×	466 0.9×	175 0.9×	98 0.9×	34 0.5×	39	792
Julia Menard‐Warwick United States	16	463 0.8×	447 0.8×	403 2.1×	134 1.3×	76 1.1×	42	811
Brigitta Busch Austria	11	570 1.0×	478 0.9×	421 2.2×	88 0.8×	19 0.3×	28	797
Francis M. Hult United States	18	664 1.1×	500 1.0×	605 3.2×	98 0.9×	30 0.4×	37	960
James J. Kohn United States	3	644 1.1×	353 0.7×	249 1.3×	115 1.1×	25 0.4×	6	835
Joseph Errington United States	13	368 0.6×	342 0.7×	121 0.6×	128 1.2×	45 0.7×	23	622
Kerry Taylor-Leech Australia	11	369 0.6×	254 0.5×	260 1.4×	92 0.9×	25 0.4×	39	512
Ruanni Tupas United Kingdom	13	366 0.6×	231 0.4×	240 1.3×	106 1.0×	18 0.3×	54	534
Niloofar Haeri United States	10	269 0.5×	231 0.4×	63 0.3×	129 1.2×	21 0.3×	18	477
Suhanthie Motha United States	11	448 0.8×	371 0.7×	392 2.1×	156 1.5×	20 0.3×	20	713

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Backhaus, Peter. (2020). “Harry, You Must Stop Living in the Past:” Names as Acts of Recall in John Updike’s Rabbit Angstrom. Names. 68(4). 210–221. 2 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2017). Reclaiming agency in resident–staff interaction: A case study from a Japanese eldercare facility. Discourse Studies. 20(2). 205–220. 2 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2017). Care Communication: Making a home in a Japanese eldercare facility. 4 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2017). Care Communication. 7 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2013). You’ve got sp@m: a textual analysis of unsolicited Japanese dating invitation mails. Contemporary Japan. 25(1). 1–16. 3 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2011). Communication in Elderly Care: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2010). Multilingualism in Japanese Public Space – Reading the Signs. Japanese Studies. 30(3). 359–372. 10 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2010). Time to get up. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. 20(1). 69–89. 5 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2009). Politeness in institutional elderly care in Japan: A cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Politeness Research. 5(1). 28 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2007). ALPHABET "Ante Portas": How English Text Invades Japanese Public Space.. Visible Language. 41(1). 70–87. 4 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2006). Linguistic Landscapes. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2006). Linguistic Landscapes: A Comparative Study of Urban Multilingualism in Tokyo. Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essen. 384 indexed citations breakdown →

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Backhaus, Peter. (2006). Linguistic Landscapes. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 89 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2006). Multilingualism in Tokyo: A Look into the Linguistic Landscape. International Journal of Multilingualism. 3(1). 52–66. 226 indexed citations

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Backhaus, Peter. (2005). Signs of multilingualism in Tokyo — a diachronic look at the linguistic landscape. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2005(175-176). 62 indexed citations

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