Thomas Ricento

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Ricento is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ricento has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Linguistics and Language, 16 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 6 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ricento's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (20 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (12 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers). Thomas Ricento is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (20 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (12 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 papers). Thomas Ricento collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Hong Kong. Thomas Ricento's co-authors include David Johnson, Terrence G. Wiley, Peter Ives, Yael Peled, Adrian Holliday, J. Kullman, Wayne E. Wright and Martin Hyde and has published in prestigious journals such as TESOL Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly and Journal of Pragmatics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ricento

32 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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. An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method
    2006 694 citations Thomas Ricento Blackwell eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Ricento Canada 13 1.2k 916 713 318 198 35 1.6k
James W. Tollefson United States 15 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 1.0k 1.5× 351 1.1× 409 2.1× 47 2.2k
Christopher Stroud South Africa 20 1.1k 0.9× 676 0.7× 781 1.1× 187 0.6× 141 0.7× 67 1.5k
Ingrid Gogolin Germany 13 529 0.4× 490 0.5× 519 0.7× 178 0.6× 297 1.5× 68 1.0k
Alexandre Duchêne Switzerland 15 823 0.7× 437 0.5× 501 0.7× 270 0.8× 65 0.3× 41 1.2k
Terrence G. Wiley United States 16 774 0.6× 554 0.6× 426 0.6× 184 0.6× 391 2.0× 43 1.1k
Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu United States 18 605 0.5× 430 0.5× 473 0.7× 117 0.4× 151 0.8× 52 906
Vaidehi Ramanathan United States 12 307 0.3× 360 0.4× 263 0.4× 144 0.5× 275 1.4× 34 744
Tommaso M. Milani Sweden 21 549 0.5× 334 0.4× 427 0.6× 316 1.0× 84 0.4× 92 1.2k
Marnie Holborow Ireland 10 405 0.3× 416 0.5× 272 0.4× 133 0.4× 179 0.9× 18 769
Muhammad Amara Israel 13 581 0.5× 179 0.2× 409 0.6× 296 0.9× 82 0.4× 34 930

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Ricento

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ricento, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Towards a political economy of immigrant languages and multilingualism. Current Issues in Language Planning. 1–24.
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Ricento, Thomas. (2019). Janet Enever: Policy and Politics in Global Primary English. Language Policy. 19(1). 147–149.
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Ricento, Thomas, Yael Peled, & Peter Ives. (2015). Language policy and political theory : building bridges, assessing breaches. Springer eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Johnson, David & Thomas Ricento. (2014). Methodologies of Language Policy Research. 60–71. 3 indexed citations
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Peled, Yael, Peter Ives, & Thomas Ricento. (2014). Introduction to the thematic issue: language policy and political theory. Language Policy. 13(4). 295–300. 12 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (2014). Language policies in education: critical issues. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 36(2). 218–220. 110 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (2014). Refugees in Canada: On the Loss of Social Capital. 147–160. 2 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (2013). The consequences of official bilingualism on the status and perception of non-official languages in Canada. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 34(5). 475–489. 17 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Curriculum Meta-orientations in the LINC Program. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. 24(2). 5 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Language ecology and health care: language varieties and communication in a latino-serving family health center. 45.
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Ricento, Thomas. (2006). An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method. Blackwell eBooks. 694 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ricento, Thomas. (2006). The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 108(1). 70–73. 12 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (2005). Press “ONE” for English: Language Policy, Public Opinion, and American Identity. Political Science Quarterly. 120(4). 706–707. 96 indexed citations
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Wiley, Terrence G. & Thomas Ricento. (2002). Editors' Introduction: Language Rights and Educational Access at the Crossroads, Past and Present. Journal of Language Identity & Education. 1(3). 171–177. 1 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (2002). Introduction. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2002(154). 1–9. 6 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (2000). Historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 4(2). 196–213. 264 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (1995). A Brief History of Language Restrictionism in the United States.. 5 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (1989). An Analysis of the Rhetorical Structures of English and Japanese Editorials.. 4. 51–67. 2 indexed citations
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Ricento, Thomas. (1987). Clausal ellipsis in multi-party conversation in english. Journal of Pragmatics. 11(6). 751–775. 3 indexed citations
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