Tanya Stivers

13.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
73 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Tanya Stivers is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, General Health Professions and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Tanya Stivers has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Language and Linguistics, 22 papers in General Health Professions and 19 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Tanya Stivers's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (40 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (19 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (18 papers). Tanya Stivers is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (40 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (19 papers) and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (18 papers). Tanya Stivers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Tanya Stivers's co-authors include Jack Sidnell, Federico Rossano, John Heritage, N. J. Enfield, Makoto Hayashi, Jeffrey D. Robinson, Jakob Steensig, Stephen C. Levinson, Stefan Timmermans and Rita Mangione‐Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PEDIATRICS and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Tanya Stivers

70 papers receiving 6.6k 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 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. Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation
    2009 769 citations Tanya Stivers, N. J. Enfield et al. profile →
  2. Stance, Alignment, and Affiliation During Storytelling: When Nodding Is a Token of Affiliation
    2008 746 citations Tanya Stivers Research on Language and Social Interaction profile →
  3. The Morality of Knowledge in Conversation
    2011 447 citations Tanya Stivers, Jakob Steensig et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  4. Mobilizing Response
    2010 446 citations Tanya Stivers et al. Research on Language and Social Interaction profile →
  5. The handbook of conversation analysis
    2014 375 citations Jack Sidnell, Tanya Stivers CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  6. A preference for progressivity in interaction
    2006 343 citations Tanya Stivers et al. profile →
  7. Coding Social Interaction: A Heretical Approach in Conversation Analysis?
    2015 132 citations Tanya Stivers Research on Language and Social Interaction profile →

Peers

Tanya Stivers
Anssi Peräkylä Finland
Paul F. Tremblay Canada
Linda Taylor United States
John Schafer United States
David K. Dickinson United States
Richard B. Slatcher United States
Frances E. Aboud Canada
Arjan E. R. Bos Netherlands
Emily Robinson United Kingdom
M. David Miller United States
Anssi Peräkylä Finland
Tanya Stivers
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stivers, Tanya & Giovanni Rossi. (2025). Finding codability: Ways to code and quantify interaction for Conversation Analysts. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 58(3). 240–257.
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Stivers, Tanya, et al.. (2024). To err is human but to persist is diabolical: Toward a theory of interactional policing. Frontiers in Sociology. 9. 1369776–1369776. 3 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Patients in pain. Communication & Medicine. 19(2). 137–151.
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Stivers, Tanya & Stefan Timmermans. (2021). Arriving at no: Patient pressure to prescribe antibiotics and physicians’ responses. Social Science & Medicine. 290. 114007–114007. 26 indexed citations
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Timmermans, Stefan & Tanya Stivers. (2018). Clinical forecasting: Towards a sociology of prognosis. Social Science & Medicine. 218. 13–20. 15 indexed citations
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Sidnell, Jack & Tanya Stivers. (2014). The handbook of conversation analysis. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 375 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stivers, Tanya, et al.. (2011). The Morality of Knowledge in Conversation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heritage, John, et al.. (2010). Reducing inappropriate antibiotics prescribing: The role of online commentary on physical examination findings. Patient Education and Counseling. 81(1). 119–125. 33 indexed citations
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Enfield, N. J., Tanya Stivers, & Stephen C. Levinson. (2010). Question–response sequences in conversation across ten languages: An introduction. Journal of Pragmatics. 42(10). 2615–2619. 127 indexed citations
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Mangione‐Smith, Rita, Marc N. Elliott, Tanya Stivers, Laurie McDonald, & John Heritage. (2006). Ruling Out the Need for Antibiotics. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 160(9). 945–52. 82 indexed citations
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Stivers, Tanya & Jack Sidnell. (2005). Multimodal interaction. Special issue. Semiotica. 156. 1 indexed citations
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Stivers, Tanya. (2005). Parent Resistance to Physicians' Treatment Recommendations: One Resource for Initiating a Negotiation of the Treatment Decision. Health Communication. 18(1). 41–74. 190 indexed citations
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Stivers, Tanya. (2004). Non-antibiotic treatment recommendations: delivery formats and implications for parent resistance. Social Science & Medicine. 60(5). 949–964. 124 indexed citations
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Stivers, Tanya. (2002). Participating in decisions about treatment: overt parent pressure for antibiotic medication in pediatric encounters. Social Science & Medicine. 54(7). 1111–1130. 139 indexed citations
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Stivers, Tanya. (2002). Presenting the Problem in Pediatric Encounters: "Symptoms Only" Versus "Candidate Diagnosis" Presentations. Health Communication. 14(3). 299–338. 114 indexed citations
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Mangione‐Smith, Rita, Tanya Stivers, Marc N. Elliott, Laurie McDonald, & John Heritage. (2002). Online commentary during the physical examination: a communication tool for avoiding inappropriate antibiotic prescribing?. Social Science & Medicine. 56(2). 313–320. 64 indexed citations
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Stivers, Tanya. (2001). Negotiating Who Presents the Problem: Next Speaker Selection in Pediatric Encounters. Journal of Communication. 51(2). 252–282. 84 indexed citations
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Heritage, John & Tanya Stivers. (1999). Online commentary in acute medical visits: a method of shaping patient expectations. Social Science & Medicine. 49(11). 1501–1517. 229 indexed citations
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Stivers, Tanya. (1998). Prediagnostic Commentary in Veterinarian-Client Interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction. 31(2). 241–277. 24 indexed citations
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Hayes, Bruce & Tanya Stivers. (1996). The phonetics of postnasal voicing. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 8 indexed citations

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