Rita Simpson‐Vlach

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 837 citations indexed

About

Rita Simpson‐Vlach is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Simpson‐Vlach has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 837 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 3 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 2 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Rita Simpson‐Vlach's work include Second Language Acquisition and Learning (3 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (1 paper). Rita Simpson‐Vlach is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Acquisition and Learning (3 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 papers) and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (1 paper). Rita Simpson‐Vlach collaborates with scholars based in United States and Colombia. Rita Simpson‐Vlach's co-authors include Nick C. Ellis and has published in prestigious journals such as TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.

In The Last Decade

Rita Simpson‐Vlach

5 papers receiving 720 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.

An Academic Formulas List: New Methods in Phraseology Research

2010 427 citations Rita Simpson‐Vlach, Nick C. Ellis Applied Linguistics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Simpson‐Vlach United States	5	641	487	407	309	101	5	837
Magali Paquot Belgium	16	713 1.1×	569 1.2×	491 1.2×	392 1.3×	62 0.6×	70	1.0k
Fanny Meunier Belgium	10	372 0.6×	332 0.7×	275 0.7×	202 0.7×	64 0.6×	39	593
Beatrice Warren Sweden	7	363 0.6×	472 1.0×	301 0.7×	154 0.5×	158 1.6×	13	738
Henrik Gyllstad Sweden	13	871 1.4×	549 1.1×	464 1.1×	162 0.5×	142 1.4×	41	1.0k
Philip Durrant United Kingdom	14	919 1.4×	615 1.3×	584 1.4×	394 1.3×	137 1.4×	32	1.2k
Britt Erman Sweden	7	535 0.8×	666 1.4×	311 0.8×	384 1.2×	195 1.9×	16	996
Murielle Demecheleer New Zealand	9	528 0.8×	485 1.0×	228 0.6×	157 0.5×	156 1.5×	12	668
Nadja Nesselhauf Germany	8	830 1.3×	817 1.7×	534 1.3×	243 0.8×	87 0.9×	12	1.1k
Hélène Stengers Belgium	10	550 0.9×	501 1.0×	201 0.5×	144 0.5×	147 1.5×	22	668
Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman United States	7	634 1.0×	484 1.0×	226 0.6×	219 0.7×	46 0.5×	14	773

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Simpson‐Vlach

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Simpson‐Vlach, Rita & Nick C. Ellis. (2010). An Academic Formulas List: New Methods in Phraseology Research. Applied Linguistics. 31(4). 487–512. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ellis, Nick C. & Rita Simpson‐Vlach. (2009). Formulaic language in native speakers: Triangulating psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, and education. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory. 5(1). 55 indexed citations

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Ellis, Nick C., et al.. (2008). Formulaic Language in Native and Second Language Speakers: Psycholinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and TESOL. TESOL Quarterly. 42(3). 375–396. 326 indexed citations

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Simpson‐Vlach, Rita, et al.. (2006). The MICASE Handbook. 15 indexed citations

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Simpson‐Vlach, Rita, et al.. (2006). The MICASE Handbook: A Resource for Users of the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 14 indexed citations

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