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Researcher · University of Newcastle Australia · Australia

Alison Ferguson

Alison Ferguson publishes mostly in Language and Linguistics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies.

ORCID 0000-0002-6491-996X OpenAlex
World rank
#186,870
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Australia
#5,341
of 35,497
Works
28
Citations
90
Citations per work
3.2

What does Alison Ferguson research?

Language and Linguistics: 19.0%Cognitive Neuroscience: 14.3%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9.5%General Health Professions: 9.5%other fields: 47.7%19%top field
Language and Linguistics19.0%Cognitive Neuroscience14.3%Experimental and Cognitive Psychology9.5%General Health Professions9.5%other fields47.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Language and Linguistics19% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience14% of their works
  3. 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology10% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions10% of their works
  5. 5Occupational Therapy10% of their works
  6. 6Developmental and Educational Psychology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alison Ferguson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neural Basis, Language Processing, Semantic Memory, Assistive Technology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Conversation Analysis, Interactional Linguistics and Metaphor.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Neural Basis52 topics
  2. Language Processing31 topic
  3. Semantic Memory31 topic
  4. Assistive Technology21 topic
  5. Augmentative and Alternative Communication21 topic
  6. Conversation Analysis21 topic
  7. Interactional Linguistics21 topic
  8. Metaphor21 topic
  9. Time21 topic
  10. Ethical Climate11 topic
  11. HIF-111 topic
  12. Language Barriers11 topic
  13. Medical Interpreters11 topic
  14. Moral Distress11 topic
  15. Parkinson's Disease11 topic
  16. Voice Disorders11 topic
  17. Warburg Effect11 topic

Where does Alison Ferguson work?

Alison Ferguson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Newcastle Australia, Australia.

How many publications and citations does Alison Ferguson have?

Science Explorer counts 28 works and 90 citations for Alison Ferguson, ranking #186,870 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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