Richard J. Gerrig

11.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
93 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

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Richard J. Gerrig is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Gerrig has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 30 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 25 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Gerrig's work include Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (44 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (18 papers) and Media Influence and Health (17 papers). Richard J. Gerrig is often cited by papers focused on Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (44 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (18 papers) and Media Influence and Health (17 papers). Richard J. Gerrig collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Philippines. Richard J. Gerrig's co-authors include Herbert H. Clark, William S. Horton, Deborah A. Prentice, Gail McKoon, David N. Rapp, Raymond W. Gibbs, David Allbritton, Steven B. Greene, Edward J. O’Brien and Daniel S. Bailis and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Neuroscience and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Gerrig

90 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Relating events in narrative: A crosslinguistic developmental study. By Ruth A. Berman and Dan Isaac Slobin. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum, 1994. Pp. xiv, 748. Cloth $99.95.

1995 838 citations Richard J. Gerrig Language profile →
Experiencing Narrative Worlds

1993 682 citations Richard J. Gerrig Yale University Press eBooks profile →
Quotations as Demonstrations

1990 558 citations Herbert H. Clark, Richard J. Gerrig Language profile →
Developing Narrative Structure

1991 544 citations Richard J. Gerrig profile →

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David Crystal United Kingdom

Deirdre Wilson United Kingdom

Sam Glucksberg United States

Aneta Pavlenko United States

Diane L. Schallert United States

Boaz Keysar United States

Tom Trabasso United States

Rachel Giora Israel

Roman Jakobson United States

Lera Boroditsky United States

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Bezdek, Matthew A., et al.. (2015). Neural evidence that suspense narrows attentional focus. Neuroscience. 303. 338–345. 46 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J., et al.. (2014). Flying to Neverland: How readers tacitly judge norms during comprehension. Memory & Cognition. 42(8). 1250–1259. 16 indexed citations

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Finlayson, Mark A., Dedre Gentner, Richard J. Gerrig, et al.. (2013). Computational and Cognitive Aspects of Narrative. Cognitive Science. 35(35). 81–82. 1 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J. & Deborah A. Prentice. (2012). Notes on Audience Response. University of Wisconsin Press eBooks. 388–404. 2 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J., et al.. (2010). The Bushwhacked Piano and the Bushwhacked Reader: The Willing Construction of Disbelief. Style. 44. 189. 3 indexed citations

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Jacovina, Matthew E. & Richard J. Gerrig. (2010). How readers experience characters’ decisions. Memory & Cognition. 38(6). 753–761. 9 indexed citations

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Gordon, Ruthanna, Richard J. Gerrig, & Nancy Franklin. (2009). Qualitative Characteristics of Memories for Real, Imagined, and Media-Based Events. Discourse Processes. 46(1). 70–91. 19 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J., et al.. (2009). How valence affects language processing: Negativity bias and mood congruence in narrative comprehension. Memory & Cognition. 37(5). 547–555. 36 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J., Jessica Love, & Gail McKoon. (2008). Waiting for Brandon: How readers respond to small mysteries. Journal of Memory and Language. 60(1). 144–153. 10 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J., et al.. (2006). Readers' experiences of characters' goals and actions.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 32(6). 1322–1329. 28 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J. & Philip G. Zimbardo. (2003). 心理学与生活=Psychology and life. 1 indexed citations

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Rapp, David N. & Richard J. Gerrig. (2002). Readers’ reality-driven and plot-driven analyses in narrative comprehension. Memory & Cognition. 30(5). 779–788. 60 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J.. (1997). Narrative experiences in the next millennium. 16(1). 129–131.

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Gerrig, Richard J., et al.. (1996). Pronoun resolution without pronouns: Some consequences of memory-based text processing.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 22(4). 919–932. 79 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J.. (1995). Relating events in narrative: A crosslinguistic developmental study. By Ruth A. Berman and Dan Isaac Slobin. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum, 1994. Pp. xiv, 748. Cloth $99.95.. Language. 71(4). 806–808. 838 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allbritton, David, Gail McKoon, & Richard J. Gerrig. (1995). Metaphor-based schemas and text representations: Making connections through conceptual metaphors.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 21(3). 612–625. 86 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J.. (1993). Experiencing Narrative Worlds. Yale University Press eBooks. 682 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clark, Herbert H. & Richard J. Gerrig. (1990). Quotations as Demonstrations. Language. 66(4). 764–805. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gerrig, Richard J. & Michael L. Littman. (1990). Disambiguation by community membership. Memory & Cognition. 18(4). 331–338. 9 indexed citations

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Gerrig, Richard J.. (1984). Lexical innovations and theories of comprehension. UMI eBooks.

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