Phil Benson

15.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
176 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Phil Benson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Phil Benson has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Language and Linguistics, 46 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 46 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Phil Benson's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (48 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (39 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (35 papers). Phil Benson is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (48 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (39 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (35 papers). Phil Benson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Australia. Phil Benson's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Journal of Neurophysiology and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Phil Benson

172 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Teaching and Researching: Autono... 1992 2026 2003 2014 2013 1992 2007 2013 2011 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Teaching and Researching: Autonomy in Language Learning
    2013 938 citations Phil Benson profile →
  2. Organization and functions of cells responsive to faces in the temporal cortex
    1992 649 citations David I. Perrett, Jari K. Hietanen et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
  3. Autonomy in language teaching and learning
    2007 469 citations Phil Benson profile →
  4. Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research
    2013 305 citations Gary Barkhuizen, Phil Benson et al. profile →
  5. Teaching and researching autonomy
    2011 240 citations Phil Benson profile →
  6. Research agenda: Language learning beyond the classroom
    2017 156 citations Phil Benson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Phil Benson United Kingdom 45 3.5k 2.5k 2.0k 2.0k 1.5k 176 9.1k
David Rose United Kingdom 36 1.7k 0.5× 732 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 536 0.4× 140 5.7k
W. Nelson Francis United States 19 5.0k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 612 0.3× 376 0.2× 2.5k 1.7× 56 9.9k
Brian MacWhinney United States 55 8.0k 2.3× 4.3k 1.7× 625 0.3× 973 0.5× 4.2k 2.9× 239 17.3k
Jean M. Mandler United States 50 2.5k 0.7× 915 0.4× 617 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 2.9k 2.0× 116 9.1k
Ludo Verhoeven Netherlands 54 2.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 544 0.3× 3.7k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 411 10.9k
Deirdre Wilson United Kingdom 33 1.4k 0.4× 4.4k 1.8× 1.4k 0.7× 323 0.2× 4.3k 2.9× 70 9.8k
Rolf A. Zwaan Netherlands 56 4.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.5× 984 0.5× 717 0.4× 6.7k 4.6× 169 12.9k
Annette Karmiloff‐Smith United Kingdom 65 5.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 217 0.1× 2.1k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 254 17.4k
Morton Ann Gernsbacher United States 54 6.4k 1.8× 1.1k 0.4× 341 0.2× 1.4k 0.7× 3.2k 2.2× 140 11.2k
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff United States 64 2.3k 0.7× 938 0.4× 235 0.1× 5.5k 2.8× 2.1k 1.5× 260 14.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Phil Benson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Phil Benson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barkhuizen, Gary, Phil Benson, & Alice Chik. (2024). Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research. 3 indexed citations
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Chik, Alice, et al.. (2023). The value of multilingualism for sustainable development: a case study of languages in Australia. International Multilingual Research Journal. 17(4). 289–303. 2 indexed citations
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Lyu, Hailong, David St Clair, Renrong Wu, et al.. (2023). Eye Movement Abnormalities Can Distinguish First-Episode Schizophrenia, Chronic Schizophrenia, and Prodromal Patients From Healthy Controls. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open. 4(1). sgac076–sgac076. 7 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil. (2021). Space in narrative inquiry on second language learning. System. 102. 102602–102602. 13 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil. (2019). George Herbert Mead and the Psychology of Language Learning. 1(1). 2–26. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil, et al.. (2018). ELICOS students' out-of-class language learning experiences: an emerging research agenda. 33(2). 43–48. 3 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil, et al.. (2013). The applied linguistic individual : sociocultural approaches to identity, agency and autonomy. 29(11). 1269–1275. 40 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil, et al.. (2013). The applied linguistic individual: Gaining perspective. 178–186. 2 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil. (2012). Autonomy in language learning, learning, and life. 29–39. 18 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil. (2011). Teaching and researching autonomy. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stewart, Arthur D., Phil Benson, Tim Olds, et al.. (2010). Self selection of athletes into sports via skeletal ratios.. Teesside University Research Portal (Teesside University). 5(2). 307–322. 1 indexed citations
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Shephard, Elizabeth, et al.. (2010). Visual scanpaths as a generalised deficit in schizophrenia. Perception. 39. 34–34. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil, et al.. (2010). TESOL after YouTube : fansubbing and informal language learning. 7(2). 1–23. 9 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil, et al.. (2010). Fuzzy scheduling: visual and auditory temporal comparison deficits in developmental dyslexia. Perception. 39. 188–188. 1 indexed citations
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Hendriks, A.W.C.J., et al.. (2002). Do autistics perceive facial expressions in a piecemeal fashion. Perception. 31. 22–22. 1 indexed citations
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Irani, Sarosh R. & Phil Benson. (2000). Stimulus attributes influencing motion integration in the human visual system. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12. 72–72. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, Phil, J L Emery, & Martin J. Tovée. (1999). A computer-graphic technique for the study of body size perception and body types. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 31(3). 446–454. 36 indexed citations
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Perrett, David I., Jari K. Hietanen, Mike W. Oram, & Phil Benson. (1992). Organization and functions of cells responsive to faces in the temporal cortex. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 335(1273). 23–30. 649 indexed citations breakdown →
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Benson, Phil. (1960). Religion in contemporary culture. 1 indexed citations

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