Phil Benson

15.7k citations

176 papers · 9.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 45

Impact in

Language and Linguistics top 0.1%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Linguistics and Language top 0.2%
- Multilingual Education and Policy

Papers in

Linguistics and Language 36
- Multilingual Education and Policy 35
Language and Linguistics 53
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning 48

Co-authors: David I. Perrett Jari K. Hietanen Mike W. Oram Alice Chik Gary Barkhuizen Rhodri L. T. Bevan Sharon M. Thomas Mark H Harries
Journals: Perception (8 papers)Neuroreport (6 papers)Current Opinion in Neurobiology (4 papers)System (4 papers)European Journal of Neuroscience (3 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Hong Kong Australia

In The Last Decade

Phil Benson

172 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Research agenda: Language learning beyond the classroom 2017 · 156 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Language Teaching
2013 Teaching and Researching: Autonomy in Language Learning
2013 Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research
2011 Teaching and researching autonomy
2007 Language Teaching
1992 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

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Citations

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research Gary Barkhuizen, Phil Benson, Alice Chik	2024	3
2	The value of multilingualism for sustainable development: a case study of languages in Australia International Multilingual Research Journal ·Louise R. Witherell, Alice Chik, Phil Benson	2023	2
3	Eye Movement Abnormalities Can Distinguish First-Episode Schizophrenia, Chronic Schizophrenia, and Prodromal Patients From Healthy Controls Schizophrenia Bulletin Open ·Hailong Lyu, David St Clair, Renrong Wu, Phil Benson, Wenbin Guo, Guodong Wang, Seol Hoon Park, Shaohua Hu, Jingping Zhao	2023	7
4	Space in narrative inquiry on second language learning System ·Phil Benson	2021	13
5	George Herbert Mead and the Psychology of Language Learning Phil Benson	2019	1
6	ELICOS students' out-of-class language learning experiences: an emerging research agenda Xiang Li, Phil Benson, Lynda Yates	2018	3
7	The applied linguistic individual : sociocultural approaches to identity, agency and autonomy Phil Benson, Aleksei Makogon	2013	40
8	The applied linguistic individual: Gaining perspective Phil Benson, Aleksei Makogon	2013	2
9	Autonomy in language learning, learning, and life Phil Benson	2012	18
10	Teaching and researching autonomy Phil Benson Hit paper breakdown →	2011	240
11	Self selection of athletes into sports via skeletal ratios. Teesside University Research Portal (Teesside University) ·Arthur D. Stewart, Phil Benson, Tim Olds, Michael Marfell-Jones, Alasdair MacSween, Alan Nevill	2010	1
12	Visual scanpaths as a generalised deficit in schizophrenia Perception ·Postma, Elizabeth Shephard, Ina Giegling, Dan Rujescu, David M. St. Clair, Phil Benson	2010	1
13	TESOL after YouTube : fansubbing and informal language learning Phil Benson, Thomas Michael Taylor	2010	9
14	Fuzzy scheduling: visual and auditory temporal comparison deficits in developmental dyslexia Perception ·Phil Benson, Lisa Wallace, Postma	2010	1
15	Do autistics perceive facial expressions in a piecemeal fashion Perception ·A.W.C.J. Hendriks, Phil Benson, 张玉茹, 백승구	2002	1
16	Stimulus attributes influencing motion integration in the human visual system European Journal of Neuroscience ·Sarosh R. Irani, Phil Benson	2000	1
17	A computer-graphic technique for the study of body size perception and body types Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers ·Phil Benson, J L Emery, Martin J. Tovée	1999	36
18	English and language planning: A Southeast Asian contribution. Ed. by Thiru Kandiah and John Kwan-Terry. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1994. Pp. ix, 309. Language ·Phil Benson	1996	27
19	Organization and functions of cells responsive to faces in the temporal cortex Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·David I. Perrett, Jari K. Hietanen, Mike W. Oram, Phil Benson Hit paper breakdown →	1992	649
20	Religion in contemporary culture Phil Benson	1960	1

About Phil Benson

Phil Benson is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 176 papers that have together received 9.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (48 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (39 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (35 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (26 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (21 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (14 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Language and Linguistics (2.5k citations), Linguistics and Language (914 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (2.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.5k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.4k citations). Phil Benson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Australia. Frequent co-authors include David I. Perrett, Jari K. Hietanen, Mike W. Oram, Alice Chik, Gary Barkhuizen, Rhodri L. T. Bevan, Sharon M. Thomas, Mark H Harries, Hayo Reinders and David Nunan. Their work appears in journals such as Perception, Neuroreport, Current Opinion in Neurobiology, System and European Journal of Neuroscience.

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