Simon Kirby

457 total papers · 13.3k total citations
225 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Kirby is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Economics and Econometrics and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Kirby has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Cultural Studies, 43 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 35 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Simon Kirby's work include Language and cultural evolution (98 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (27 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (26 papers). Simon Kirby is often cited by papers focused on Language and cultural evolution (98 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (27 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (26 papers). Simon Kirby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Simon Kirby's co-authors include Kenny Smith, Hannah Cornish, Jennifer Culbertson, Mónica Tamariz, Henry Brighton, Marieke Schouwstra, Morten H. Christiansen, Thomas L. Griffiths, Thomas C. Scott‐Phillips and Christine Cuskley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Kirby

204 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society

2017 601 citations Marieke Schouwstra, Jennifer Culbertson et al. profile →
Cumulative cultural evolution in the laboratory: An experimental approach to the origins of structure in human language

2008 522 citations Simon Kirby, Hannah Cornish et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Compression and communication in the cultural evolution of linguistic structure

2015 257 citations Simon Kirby, Mónica Tamariz et al. Cognition profile →
Innateness and culture in the evolution of language

2007 249 citations Simon Kirby, Mike Dowman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Iterated learning and the evolution of language

2014 147 citations Simon Kirby, Thomas L. Griffiths et al. Current Opinion in Neurobiology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Kirby	3.2k	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	225	6.0k
Charles F. Hockett	951 0.3×	1.8k 1.1×	773 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	64	5.1k
Morten H. Christiansen	2.5k 0.8×	3.1k 1.8×	2.6k 1.9×	2.0k 1.6×	5.7k 4.9×	222	10.9k
Rick Dale	735 0.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	704 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	153	6.8k
Luc Steels	1.9k 0.6×	687 0.4×	2.6k 2.0×	735 0.6×	465 0.4×	209	5.5k
Gary Lupyan	822 0.3×	2.8k 1.7×	502 0.4×	474 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	141	4.9k
Simon Garrod	937 0.3×	3.8k 2.3×	2.6k 2.0×	2.3k 1.9×	2.8k 2.4×	87	9.4k
Domenico Parisi	841 0.3×	680 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	399 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	133	6.9k
Michael C. Frank	647 0.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	801 0.6×	3.6k 3.1×	243	7.7k
Steven T. Piantadosi	716 0.2×	870 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	562 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	103	4.5k
Nick Chater	1.8k 0.6×	2.7k 1.6×	4.7k 3.6×	948 0.8×	4.4k 3.8×	320	16.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Kirby

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Kirby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Kirby

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