Timothy Light

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Timothy Light is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Sociology and Political Science and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Light has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Language and Linguistics, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Timothy Light's work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers). Timothy Light is often cited by papers focused on Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 papers), Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (2 papers). Timothy Light collaborates with scholars based in United States and Hong Kong. Timothy Light's co-authors include Mark J. Scharf, David W. Hosmer, Jon Kabat‐Zinn, Jeffrey D. Bernhard, Thomas G. Cropley, Brian C. Wilson, E. Thomas Lawson, Stephen Durrant, Nancy H. Ing and Howard Goldblatt and has published in prestigious journals such as Language, Psychosomatic Medicine and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Light

20 papers receiving 823 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Influence of a Mindfulness Meditation-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Rates of Skin Clearing in Patients With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Undergoing Photo Therapy (UVB) and Photochemotherapy (PUVA)

1998 522 citations Jon Kabat‐Zinn, Timothy Light et al. Psychosomatic Medicine profile →
Communicative language teaching : An introduction. By William Littlewood. Cambridge: University Press, 1981. Pp. x, 108.

1983 403 citations Timothy Light Language profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy Light United States	7	366	347	251	146	142	22	1.0k
R. William Doherty United States	8	190 0.5×	33 0.1×	50 0.2×	64 0.4×	155 1.1×	11	845
Kathleen Dillon United States	14	100 0.3×	57 0.2×	81 0.3×	36 0.2×	76 0.5×	33	654
Jasper von Grumbkow Netherlands	9	41 0.1×	141 0.4×	100 0.4×	32 0.2×	87 0.6×	18	868
Hans Kreitler Israel	19	210 0.6×	29 0.1×	35 0.1×	152 1.0×	331 2.3×	75	1.1k
Robert Ayres United States	11	70 0.2×	74 0.2×	46 0.2×	86 0.6×	25 0.2×	22	399
George Saslow United States	19	429 1.2×	72 0.2×	32 0.1×	190 1.3×	138 1.0×	49	1.1k
David S. Kreiner United States	15	47 0.1×	58 0.2×	31 0.1×	298 2.0×	164 1.2×	65	749
Pino Cutrone Japan	8	151 0.4×	103 0.3×	67 0.3×	33 0.2×	123 0.9×	22	446
Jean Stephenson Spain	5	59 0.2×	118 0.3×	72 0.3×	78 0.5×	46 0.3×	8	705
Dana Markow United States	8	55 0.2×	57 0.2×	13 0.1×	530 3.6×	183 1.3×	11	912

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy Light

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20 of 20 papers shown

Light, Timothy, et al.. (2020). Using Microlending to Achieve SDG 2: A Qualitative Exploration of the Nutrition-Related Impacts of Microlending Participation in Manila, Philippines. Montana State University ScholarWorks (Montana State University). 2(2). 1 indexed citations

Light, Timothy. (2020). Our mindset, our behavior and our future. Geography and sustainability. 1(2). 127–131. 1 indexed citations

Lawson, E. Thomas, Timothy Light, & Brian C. Wilson. (2004). Religion as a human capacity : a festschrift in honor of E. Thomas Lawson. BRILL eBooks. 10 indexed citations

Light, Timothy. (2000). Orthosyncretism: an Account of Melding in Religion'. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 12(1-4). 162–186. 1 indexed citations

Kabat‐Zinn, Jon, Timothy Light, Mark J. Scharf, et al.. (1998). Influence of a Mindfulness Meditation-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Rates of Skin Clearing in Patients With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Undergoing Photo Therapy (UVB) and Photochemotherapy (PUVA). Psychosomatic Medicine. 60(5). 625–632. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

Light, Timothy, et al.. (1996). Chinese in Plain English: The Easiest Way to Learn the Language. Modern Language Journal. 80(3). 408–408. 1 indexed citations

Light, Timothy, et al.. (1993). Encountering the Chinese: A Guide for Americans. Modern Language Journal. 77(3). 376–376. 39 indexed citations

Light, Timothy. (1993). Erasing Borders: The Changing Role of American Higher Education in the World. European Journal of Education. 28(3). 253–253. 8 indexed citations

Light, Timothy, et al.. (1984). Chinese Dictionaries: An Extensive Bibliography of Dictionaries in Chinese and Other Languages. Modern Language Journal. 68(3). 282–282. 2 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1983). Communicative language teaching : An introduction. By William Littlewood. Cambridge: University Press, 1981. Pp. x, 108.. Language. 58(4). 952–953. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

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Light, Timothy. (1979). Word Order and Word Order Change in Mandarin Chinese.. Journal of Chinese linguistics. 7(2). 1798–9. 15 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1979). A Handbook on Chinese Language Structure. By Henry Henne, Ole Bjorn Rongen, and Lars Jul Hansen. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, Scandinavian University Books, 1977. xiv, 293 pp. References, Index. $20.00. (Distributed by Columbia University Press.). The Journal of Asian Studies. 38(2). 376–377. 1 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy, et al.. (1979). The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Chinese Literature Essays Articles Reviews (CLEAR). 1. 131–131. 3 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1977). Clairetalk: A Cantonese-Speaking Child's Confrontation with Bilingualism.. Journal of Chinese linguistics. 5 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1977). The Cantonese Final: An Exercise in Indigenous Analysis.. Journal of Chinese linguistics. 5 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1977). A handbook on Chinese language structure. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 18 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1976). The Chinese syllabic final : phonological relativity and constituent analysis. eCommons (Cornell University).

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Light, Timothy. (1976). Comparative Reading Speeds with Romanized and Character Texts.. 4 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1975). Controlled Composition and Reading.. 1 indexed citations

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Light, Timothy. (1968). The Three Dimensions of Grammar for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. TESOL Quarterly. 2(4). 219–219. 2 indexed citations

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