Richard Kern

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Richard Kern is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Kern has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 9 papers in Language and Linguistics and 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Richard Kern's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (8 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (6 papers) and Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations (4 papers). Richard Kern is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (8 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (6 papers) and Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations (4 papers). Richard Kern collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. Richard Kern's co-authors include Mark Warschauer, Paige Ware, Nicole Gehring, Mitchell M. Berkun, Joachim Deutscher, Christine Dévelotte, Thomas G. Sticht, Nicolas Guichon, Yogendra Shastri and William D. Bales and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Automatica and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

Richard Kern

38 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Network-Based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400
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. Network-Based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice
    2000 482 citations Mark Warschauer, Richard Kern Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Kern United States 16 1.0k 945 592 470 278 41 2.0k
Martin Lamb United Kingdom 17 1.2k 1.2× 916 1.0× 600 1.0× 424 0.9× 226 0.8× 35 2.0k
Jack Burston Cyprus 14 642 0.6× 363 0.4× 693 1.2× 577 1.2× 845 3.0× 48 1.8k
Ju Seong Lee Hong Kong 27 938 0.9× 600 0.6× 599 1.0× 447 1.0× 511 1.8× 53 2.2k
Paula Winke United States 24 1.3k 1.3× 601 0.6× 412 0.7× 662 1.4× 138 0.5× 69 1.9k
Martha C. Pennington Hong Kong 25 1.1k 1.1× 592 0.6× 608 1.0× 451 1.0× 118 0.4× 95 1.9k
Carol Herron United States 21 1.4k 1.3× 740 0.8× 456 0.8× 728 1.5× 124 0.4× 42 1.9k
Steven L. Thorne United States 26 2.4k 2.3× 1.9k 2.0× 1.1k 1.8× 1.4k 3.1× 373 1.3× 58 4.2k
Paul Seedhouse United Kingdom 23 1.9k 1.9× 1.2k 1.3× 311 0.5× 425 0.9× 103 0.4× 81 2.3k
Ali H. Al‐Hoorie Saudi Arabia 23 1.1k 1.0× 602 0.6× 703 1.2× 801 1.7× 171 0.6× 66 2.4k
Andrew D. Cohen United States 22 1.9k 1.8× 1.1k 1.2× 593 1.0× 1.5k 3.2× 168 0.6× 52 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Kern

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Kern

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Kern. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Kern based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Richard Kern. Richard Kern is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kern, Richard. (2021). Twenty-five years of digital literacies in CALL. Language learning & technology. 25(3). 132–150. 15 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard, et al.. (2018). Design and Experimental Validation of an Output Feedback Controller for a Pneumatic System with Distributed Parameters. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 2 indexed citations
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Deutscher, Joachim, Nicole Gehring, & Richard Kern. (2018). Output feedback control of general linear heterodirectional hyperbolic ODE–PDE–ODE systems. Automatica. 95. 472–480. 56 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard. (2017). Physical modelling of a long pneumatic transmission line: models of successively decreasing complexity and their experimental validation. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems. 23(5). 536–553. 5 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard. (2014). Technology asPharmakon: The Promise and Perils of the Internet for Foreign Language Education. Modern Language Journal. 98(1). 340–357. 115 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard, et al.. (2013). Sentencing Guidelines with Integrated Offender Risk Assessment. Federal Sentencing Reporter. 25(3). 176–180. 1 indexed citations
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Dévelotte, Christine, Richard Kern, & Marie‐Noëlle Lamy. (2011). Décrire la conversation en ligne: le face-à-face distanciel. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 224. 6 indexed citations
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Dévelotte, Christine, Nicolas Guichon, & Richard Kern. (2008). "Allo Berkeley ? Ici Lyon… Vous nous voyez bien ?" Étude d'un dispositif de formation en ligne synchrone franco-américain à travers les discours de ses usagers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. Vol. 11, n° 2. 129–156. 30 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard. (2008). Making connections through texts in language teaching. Language Teaching. 41(3). 367–387. 22 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard, et al.. (2005). Beyond Orality: Investigating Literacy and the Literary in Second and Foreign Language Instruction. Modern Language Journal. 89(3). 381–392. 59 indexed citations
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Lier, Leo van, Keith C. Cameron, Robert Dębski, et al.. (2000). Computers and Pedagogy. TESOL Quarterly. 34(3). 617–617. 6 indexed citations
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Warschauer, Mark & Richard Kern. (2000). Network-Based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kern, Richard. (1995). Sentence Reform in Virginia. Federal Sentencing Reporter. 8(2). 84–88. 4 indexed citations
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Wisher, Robert A., et al.. (1995). Modeling acquisition of an advanced skill: The case of Morse code copying. Instructional Science. 23(5-6). 381–403. 3 indexed citations
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Wisher, Robert A., et al.. (1991). Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Call-Up: Skill Decay. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 13 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard & William D. Bales. (1980). Measuring the Severity of Self-Reported Delinquency: The Development of a Seriousness Scale. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-). 71(4). 637–637. 11 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard, et al.. (1975). Guidebook for the Development of Army Training Literature. 16 indexed citations
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Sticht, Thomas G., et al.. (1972). Project REALISTIC: Determination of Adult Functional Literacy Skill Levels. Reading Research Quarterly. 7(3). 424–424. 19 indexed citations
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Sticht, Thomas G. & Richard Kern. (1970). Project Realistic: Determining Literacy Demands of Jobs. Journal of Reading Behavior. 2(3). 191–212. 1 indexed citations
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Kern, Richard. (1968). Experimentelle Studien zum Cortisonglaukom. Ophthalmologica. 156(6). 473–487. 3 indexed citations

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