Roderick A. Jacobs

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Roderick A. Jacobs is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Roderick A. Jacobs has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Linguistics and Language, 2 papers in Language and Linguistics and 1 paper in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Roderick A. Jacobs's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (1 paper) and Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (1 paper). Roderick A. Jacobs is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (1 paper) and Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (1 paper). Roderick A. Jacobs collaborates with scholars based in United States. Roderick A. Jacobs's co-authors include Peter S. Rosenbaum, Donald T. Forman, Peter C. Bjarkman, Frederick J. Newmeyer, Garland Cannon, Ronald Wardhaugh, Gordon W. Groves, Heidi Byrnes, Susan E Jacobs and Elizabeth B. Bernhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Roderick A. Jacobs

13 papers receiving 864 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.

Readings in English Transformational Grammar

1973 689 citations Donald T. Forman, Roderick A. Jacobs et al. Modern Language Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roderick A. Jacobs United States	8	797	322	317	243	148	18	1.1k
Peter S. Rosenbaum United States	9	1.1k 1.4×	478 1.5×	382 1.2×	312 1.3×	195 1.3×	15	1.5k
Pamela Munro United States	9	787 1.0×	245 0.8×	353 1.1×	363 1.5×	158 1.1×	38	1.0k
Edgar N. Mayer	3	578 0.7×	213 0.7×	218 0.7×	166 0.7×	173 1.2×	5	845
Pamela A. Downing United States	9	517 0.6×	306 1.0×	304 1.0×	128 0.5×	208 1.4×	13	924
Masayoshi Shibatani Japan	16	969 1.2×	428 1.3×	516 1.6×	386 1.6×	137 0.9×	40	1.3k
Robert P. Stockwell United States	17	748 0.9×	273 0.8×	474 1.5×	402 1.7×	206 1.4×	53	1.2k
Stephen R. Anderson	2	728 0.9×	325 1.0×	322 1.0×	257 1.1×	149 1.0×	3	975
Dieter Wunderlich Germany	17	740 0.9×	290 0.9×	282 0.9×	220 0.9×	78 0.5×	48	924
R. W. Zandvoort South Africa	5	699 0.9×	211 0.7×	262 0.8×	279 1.1×	194 1.3×	17	1.1k
Manfred Bierwisch Germany	12	469 0.6×	194 0.6×	269 0.8×	94 0.4×	143 1.0×	37	812

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Byrnes, Heidi, et al.. (2002). Perspectives--Language Curricula in Universities: What and How.. Modern Language Journal. 86(2). 1 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1995). English Syntax: A Grammar for English Language Professionals. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 25 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1989). Propositional Content and Interpretation in Expository Text. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa).

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Groves, Gordon W., et al.. (1985). Kiribatese: An outline description. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 17 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1984). Existential there: A synchronic and diachronic study. By Leiv Egil Breivik. (Studia Anglistica Norvegica, 2.) Bergen: Department of English, University of Bergen, 1983. Pp. xiv, 458. Kr. 135.00.. Language. 60(3). 663–664. 37 indexed citations

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Bjarkman, Peter C., Roderick A. Jacobs, & Peter S. Rosenbaum. (1982). Readings in English Transformational Grammar. Modern Language Journal. 66(2). 201–201. 129 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Susan E, et al.. (1977). The College Writer's Handbook. College Composition and Communication. 28(1). 69–69. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1973). Morphologie des Verbs im Cahuilla. Lingua. 32(1-2). 128–134. 1 indexed citations

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Forman, Donald T., Roderick A. Jacobs, & Peter S. Rosenbaum. (1973). Readings in English Transformational Grammar. Modern Language Journal. 57(1/2). 55–55. 689 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1973). Studies in language;: Introductory readings in transformational linguistics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A. & Peter S. Rosenbaum. (1971). Transformations, style, and meaning. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1971). Transformations, Style, and the Writing Experience. The English Journal. 60(4). 481–481.

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Jacobs, Roderick A. & Ronald Wardhaugh. (1970). Reading: A Linguistic Perspective. The English Journal. 59(6). 859–859. 14 indexed citations

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Newmeyer, Frederick J., Roderick A. Jacobs, & Peter S. Rosenbaum. (1970). English Transformational Grammar. Modern Language Journal. 54(7). 530–530. 111 indexed citations

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Cannon, Garland, Roderick A. Jacobs, & Peter S. Rosenbaum. (1970). English Transformational Grammar. College Composition and Communication. 21(1). 81–81. 28 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1969). Linguistic Universals and Their Relevance to TESOL. TESOL Quarterly. 3(2). 117–117. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A.. (1969). Recent Developments in Transformational Grammar.. 19(4). 1 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Roderick A. & Peter S. Rosenbaum. (1967). Grammar : an introduction to transformational grammar. 1 indexed citations

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