Robbin Battison

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 847 citations indexed

About

Robbin Battison is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Robbin Battison has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 847 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 5 papers in Language and Linguistics and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Robbin Battison's work include Hearing Impairment and Communication (10 papers), Speech and dialogue systems (3 papers) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (3 papers). Robbin Battison is often cited by papers focused on Hearing Impairment and Communication (10 papers), Speech and dialogue systems (3 papers) and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (3 papers). Robbin Battison collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Robbin Battison's co-authors include I. King Jordan, Harlan Lane, William C. Stokoe, Howard Poizner, Doreen Kimura, François Grosjean and Chris Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance, Brain and Language and Sign language studies.

In The Last Decade

Robbin Battison

14 papers receiving 627 citations

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Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language

1978 418 citations Robbin Battison et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robbin Battison United States	10	753	369	321	231	171	15	847
Markus Steinbach Germany	14	524 0.7×	244 0.7×	444 1.4×	216 0.9×	86 0.5×	53	687
Kearsy Cormier United Kingdom	18	912 1.2×	426 1.2×	560 1.7×	464 2.0×	107 0.6×	46	1.0k
Onno Crasborn Netherlands	18	871 1.2×	520 1.4×	542 1.7×	291 1.3×	80 0.5×	87	1.0k
Cynthia Butcher United States	4	605 0.8×	223 0.6×	342 1.1×	381 1.6×	134 0.8×	6	844
Ulrike Zeshan Netherlands	15	687 0.9×	372 1.0×	553 1.7×	243 1.1×	50 0.3×	39	887
Charlotte Baker-Shenk United Kingdom	5	361 0.5×	168 0.5×	207 0.6×	84 0.4×	38 0.2×	6	432
Carlo Geraci France	12	363 0.5×	133 0.4×	236 0.7×	168 0.7×	122 0.7×	41	470
Clayton Valli United States	6	347 0.5×	173 0.5×	210 0.7×	58 0.3×	43 0.3×	7	420
Benjamin Bahan United States	8	357 0.5×	161 0.4×	252 0.8×	108 0.5×	60 0.4×	13	443
Naomi Caselli United States	16	641 0.9×	376 1.0×	165 0.5×	193 0.8×	240 1.4×	27	798

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Jordan, I. King & Robbin Battison. (1987). A Referential Communication Experiment with Foreign Sign Languages. Sign language studies. 56(1). 275–287. 33 indexed citations

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Battison, Robbin, et al.. (1981). Clear Writing Today. Journal of Business Communication. 18(4). 5–16. 9 indexed citations

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Lane, Harlan, et al.. (1981). The invariance of sentence performance structures across language modality.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 7(1). 216–230. 10 indexed citations

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Grosjean, François, et al.. (1981). The invariance of sentence performance structures across language modality.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 7(1). 216–230. 6 indexed citations

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Battison, Robbin, et al.. (1980). A Computerized Lexicon of American Sign Language: The DASL 1965 in FORTRAN. Sign language studies. 29(1). 349–369. 6 indexed citations

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Stokoe, William C., et al.. (1980). Sign Language and the Deaf Community Essays in Honor of William C. Stokoe. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 53 indexed citations

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Poizner, Howard, Robbin Battison, & Harlan Lane. (1979). Cerebral asymmetry for American Sign Language: The effects of moving stimuli. Brain and Language. 7(3). 351–362. 45 indexed citations

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Poizner, Howard & Robbin Battison. (1979). L'asymetrie cerebrale et la langue des signes: Etudes cliniques et experimentales (Cerebral Asymmetry and Sign Language: Clinical and Experimental Studies)..

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Battison, Robbin, et al.. (1978). Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 418 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bradley, Chris, et al.. (1977). A project for standardization and development of technical signs.. PubMed. 122(1). 44–9. 7 indexed citations

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Battison, Robbin. (1977). Lexical borrowing in American sign language : phonological and morphological restructuring. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations

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Battison, Robbin & I. King Jordan. (1976). Cross-Cultural Communication with Foreign Signers: Fact and Fancy. Sign language studies. 10(1). 53–68. 56 indexed citations

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Kimura, Doreen, et al.. (1976). Impairment of nonlinguistic hand movements in a deaf aphasic. Brain and Language. 3(4). 566–571. 30 indexed citations

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Battison, Robbin, et al.. (1976). A Referential Communication Experiment with Foreign Sign Languages. Sign language studies. 10(1). 69–80. 38 indexed citations

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Battison, Robbin. (1974). Phonological Deletion in American Sign Language. Sign language studies. 5(1). 1–19. 129 indexed citations

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