Roger W. Wescott

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Roger W. Wescott is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger W. Wescott has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 7 papers in Language and Linguistics and 4 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Roger W. Wescott's work include Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 papers), Linguistics and language evolution (3 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers). Roger W. Wescott is often cited by papers focused on Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 papers), Linguistics and language evolution (3 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers). Roger W. Wescott collaborates with scholars based in United States. Roger W. Wescott's co-authors include Philip Lieberman, Gordon W. Hewes, Grover S. Krantz, Louis Carini, S. L. Washburn, J. William Pfeiffer, G. McBride, Fernando Nottebohm, Horst D. Steklis and Richard Andrew and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Language and American Anthropologist.

In The Last Decade

Roger W. Wescott

23 papers receiving 860 citations

Hit Papers

Primate Communication and... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]
    1973 455 citations Gordon W. Hewes, Richard Andrew et al. Current Anthropology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roger W. Wescott United States 12 365 309 306 241 174 30 1.0k
J. Marshall Unger United States 12 192 0.5× 134 0.4× 135 0.4× 219 0.9× 152 0.9× 32 901
Francine Patterson United States 11 191 0.5× 566 1.8× 408 1.3× 230 1.0× 233 1.3× 19 997
John Blacking South Africa 21 234 0.6× 59 0.2× 208 0.7× 104 0.4× 321 1.8× 74 1.5k
Mary LeCron Foster United States 5 95 0.3× 146 0.5× 133 0.4× 162 0.7× 52 0.3× 15 423
Merlin Donald Canada 11 280 0.8× 285 0.9× 258 0.8× 224 0.9× 306 1.8× 31 966
Göran Sonesson Sweden 17 350 1.0× 131 0.4× 187 0.6× 144 0.6× 117 0.7× 117 873
Sonia Ragir United States 8 71 0.2× 187 0.6× 186 0.6× 119 0.5× 88 0.5× 12 422
Damián E. Blasí United States 17 705 1.9× 317 1.0× 173 0.6× 495 2.1× 239 1.4× 43 1.6k
Bruno Nettl United States 21 197 0.5× 50 0.2× 143 0.5× 134 0.6× 437 2.5× 166 1.9k
Derek Bickerton United States 19 715 2.0× 803 2.6× 265 0.9× 1.0k 4.3× 251 1.4× 87 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger W. Wescott

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wescott, Roger W.. (2016). Introducing Coenetics A Biosocial Analysis of Communication. 364. l651–l651.
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Wescott, Roger W.. (2000). Comparing civilizations : an unconsensual view of culture-history. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Milo, Richard G., Duane Quiatt, Leslie C. Aiello, et al.. (1993). Glottogenesis and Anatomically Modern Homo Sapiens: The Evidence for and Implications of a Late Origin of Vocal Language [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 34(5). 569–598. 13 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1975). Tonal iconicity in Bini colour terms. African Studies. 34(3). 185–192. 1 indexed citations
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Emeneau, M. B., William H. Jacobsen, F. B. J. Kuiper, et al.. (1975). Elamite and Dravidian: Further Evidence of Relationship [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 16(1). 105–115. 3 indexed citations
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Ríos, Marlene Dobkin de, N. Ross Crumrine, Peter T. Furst, et al.. (1974). The Influence of Psychotropic Flora and Fauna on Maya Religion [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 15(2). 147–164. 43 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1974). BINI NAMES IN NIGERIA AND GEORGIA. Linguistics. 12(124). 1 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1973). Tonal Icons in Bini.. Studies in African Linguistics. 4(2). 197–205. 6 indexed citations
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Hewes, Gordon W., Richard Andrew, Louis Carini, et al.. (1973). Primate Communication and the Gestural Origin of Language [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 14(1/2). 5–24. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1971). Linguistic Iconism. Language. 47(2). 416–416. 33 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1971). Labio-Velarity and Derogation in English: A Study in Phonosemic Correlation. American Speech. 46(1/2). 123–123. 4 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1970). The Enumeration of Civilizations. History and Theory. 9(1). 59–59. 2 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1970). Types of Vowel Alternation in English. WORD. 26(3). 309–343. 3 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W. & David A. Munro. (1970). English-Edo Wordlist: An Index to Melzian's Bini-English Dictionary. Language. 46(1). 209–209. 2 indexed citations
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Colby, Benjamin N., Ethel M. Albert, Wallace Chafe, et al.. (1966). Ethnographic Semantics: A Preliminary Survey [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology. 7(1). 3–32. 20 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W., et al.. (1965). Le parler ngbaka de Bokanga: Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax. Language. 41(2). 346–346. 15 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W., Gertrude E. Dole, Robert L. Carneiro, et al.. (1961). Essays in the Science of Culture in Honor of Leslie A. White.. American Sociological Review. 26(3). 475–475. 62 indexed citations
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Wescott, Roger W.. (1961). Ancient Egypt and Modern Africa. The Journal of African History. 2(2). 311–321. 8 indexed citations

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