Samuel Jay Keyser

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Samuel Jay Keyser is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Jay Keyser has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Language and Linguistics, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 9 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Samuel Jay Keyser's work include Linguistics and language evolution (8 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (8 papers). Samuel Jay Keyser is often cited by papers focused on Linguistics and language evolution (8 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (8 papers). Samuel Jay Keyser collaborates with scholars based in United States. Samuel Jay Keyser's co-authors include Ken Hale, George N. Clements, Kenneth N. Stevens, Thomas Roeper, Morris Halle, Hans Kurath, Raven I. McDavid, Steven Pinker, Ray Jackendoff and Eric Reuland and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Language and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Jay Keyser

33 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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. Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure
    2002 562 citations Samuel Jay Keyser et al. The MIT Press eBooks profile →

Peers

Samuel Jay Keyser
Michael Kenstowicz United States
David Pesetsky United States
Larry M. Hyman United States
Elisabeth Selkirk United States
Geert Booij Netherlands
Andrew Nevins United Kingdom
Arnold M. Zwicky United States
Ingo Plag Germany
Edith A. Moravcsik United States
George N. Clements France
Michael Kenstowicz United States
Samuel Jay Keyser
Citations per year, relative to Samuel Jay Keyser Samuel Jay Keyser (= 1×) peers Michael Kenstowicz

Countries citing papers authored by Samuel Jay Keyser

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Samuel Jay Keyser's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Samuel Jay Keyser with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Samuel Jay Keyser more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Samuel Jay Keyser

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Samuel Jay Keyser. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Samuel Jay Keyser. The network helps show where Samuel Jay Keyser may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel Jay Keyser

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Samuel Jay Keyser. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Samuel Jay Keyser 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 Samuel Jay Keyser. Samuel Jay Keyser 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
1.
2.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (2020). The Mental Life of Modernism. The MIT Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
3.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (2008). Foundational Issues in Linguistic Theory. The MIT Press eBooks. 241 indexed citations
4.
Keyser, Samuel Jay & Kenneth N. Stevens. (2006). Enhancement and Overlap in the Speech Chain. Language. 82(1). 33–63. 114 indexed citations
5.
Keyser, Samuel Jay & Kenneth N. Stevens. (1994). Feature geometry and the vocal tract. Phonology. 11(2). 207–236. 36 indexed citations
6.
Stevens, Kenneth N. & Samuel Jay Keyser. (1989). Primary Features and Their Enhancement in Consonants. Language. 65(1). 81–106. 208 indexed citations
7.
Keyser, Samuel Jay, et al.. (1985). Rule Generalization and Optionality in Language Change. 25 indexed citations
8.
Keyser, Samuel Jay & Thomas Roeper. (1984). On the middle and ergative constructions in English. Linguistic Inquiry. 15(3). 381–416. 156 indexed citations
9.
Keyser, Samuel Jay, et al.. (1979). Folk Etymology in Sigmund Freud, Christian Morgenstern, and Wallace Stevens. Critical Inquiry. 6(1). 65–78. 3 indexed citations
10.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (1978). Recent transformational studies in European languages. MIT Press eBooks. 118 indexed citations
11.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (1976). Wallace Stevens: Form and Meaning in Four Poems. College English. 37(6). 578–598. 2 indexed citations
12.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (1975). A Partial History of the Relative Clause in English. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 1(1). 2. 7 indexed citations
13.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (1975). Metathesis and Old English Phonology. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 1(1). 7. 9 indexed citations
14.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (1970). The Role of Linguistics in the Elementary School Curriculum.. 5 indexed citations
15.
Keyser, Samuel Jay. (1969). Old English Prosody. College English. 30(5). 331–356. 2 indexed citations
16.
Keyser, Samuel Jay, et al.. (1968). Adverbial Positions in English. Language. 44(2). 357–357. 13 indexed citations
17.
Anderson, Stephen, Ray Jackendoff, & Samuel Jay Keyser. (1968). STUDIES IN TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR AND RELATED TOPICS.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations
18.
Halle, Morris, et al.. (1967). John Hart's Works on English Orthography and Pronunciation, 1551, 1569, 1570: Part II, Phonology. Language. 43(3). 773–773. 2 indexed citations
19.
Halle, Morris & Samuel Jay Keyser. (1966). Chaucer and the Study of Prosody. College English. 28(3). 187–219. 10 indexed citations
20.
Keyser, Samuel Jay, Hans Kurath, & Raven I. McDavid. (1963). The Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States: Based upon the Collections of the Linguistic Atlas of the Eastern United States. Language. 39(2). 303–303. 65 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michael Kenstowicz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by David Pesetsky Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Larry M. Hyman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Elisabeth Selkirk Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Geert Booij Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Andrew Nevins Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Arnold M. Zwicky Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ingo Plag Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Edith A. Moravcsik Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by George N. Clements
Rankless by CCL
2026