Simon Branford

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 725 citations indexed

About

Simon Branford is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Linguistics and Language and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Branford has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 725 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Environmental Engineering, 3 papers in Linguistics and Language and 3 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Simon Branford's work include Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (3 papers). Simon Branford is often cited by papers focused on Wind and Air Flow Studies (4 papers), Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers) and Language and cultural evolution (3 papers). Simon Branford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Simon Branford's co-authors include Mark Pagel, Andrew Meade, Jon F. Wilkins, Daniel J. Hruschka, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Rébecca Grollemund, Koen Bostoen, Omduth Coceal, T.G. Thomas and Chris Venditti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Biology and Future Generation Computer Systems.

In The Last Decade

Simon Branford

9 papers receiving 701 citations

Hit Papers

Detecting Regular Sound Changes in Linguistics as Events ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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. Detecting Regular Sound Changes in Linguistics as Events of Concerted Evolution
    2014 298 citations Daniel J. Hruschka, Simon Branford et al. Current Biology profile →
  2. Bantu expansion shows that habitat alters the route and pace of human dispersals
    2015 195 citations Rébecca Grollemund, Simon Branford et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Simon Branford
M. Edmunds United Kingdom
Peter Meyer Germany
Valentín Villaverde Bonilla Spain
Chia‐Ying Lee Taiwan
Marie Soressi Germany
Shannon P. McPherron Germany
Hannah M. Lewis United States
Klaus Schmidt‐Koenig United States
Roger Payne United States
Rolando González‐José Argentina
M. Edmunds United Kingdom
Simon Branford
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Countries citing papers authored by Simon Branford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Branford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Branford

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Branford. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Branford 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 Simon Branford. Simon Branford is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Goulart, Elisa Valentim, Omduth Coceal, Simon Branford, T.G. Thomas, & S. E. Belcher. (2016). Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Concentration Field from Localized Releases in a Regular Building Array. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 159(2). 241–257. 8 indexed citations
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Schryver, Gilles-Maurice de, Rébecca Grollemund, Simon Branford, & Koen Bostoen. (2015). Introducing a state-of-the-art phylogenetic classification of the Kikongo Language Cluster. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 21(1). 87–162. 11 indexed citations
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Schryver, Gilles-Maurice de, Rébecca Grollemund, Simon Branford, & Koen Bostoen. (2015). Introducing a state-of-the-art phylogenetic classification of the Kikongo Language Cluster. Persée (Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche). 21(1). 87–162. 19 indexed citations
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Grollemund, Rébecca, Simon Branford, Koen Bostoen, et al.. (2015). Bantu expansion shows that habitat alters the route and pace of human dispersals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(43). 13296–13301. 195 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hruschka, Daniel J., Simon Branford, Jon F. Wilkins, et al.. (2014). Detecting Regular Sound Changes in Linguistics as Events of Concerted Evolution. Current Biology. 25(1). 1–9. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
6.
Coceal, Omduth, Elisa Valentim Goulart, Simon Branford, T.G. Thomas, & Stephen E. Belcher. (2014). Flow structure and near-field dispersion in arrays of building-like obstacles. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 125. 52–68. 59 indexed citations
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Schryver, Gilles-Maurice de, et al.. (2013). Language Dynamics in the Lower Congo Region of Central-Africa: A Phylogenetic Approach. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 28. 1 indexed citations
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Coceal, Omduth, et al.. (2011). Wind-Direction Effects on Urban-Type Flows. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 142(2). 265–287. 50 indexed citations
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Branford, Simon, Omduth Coceal, T.G. Thomas, & S. E. Belcher. (2011). Dispersion of a Point-Source Release of a Passive Scalar Through an Urban-Like Array for Different Wind Directions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 139(3). 367–394. 69 indexed citations
10.
Branford, Simon, et al.. (2007). Monte Carlo methods for matrix computations on the grid. Future Generation Computer Systems. 24(6). 605–612. 15 indexed citations

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