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Researcher · Lancaster University Ghana · Ghana

Francis Katamba

Francis Katamba publishes mostly in Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Linguistics and Language, on topics such as Lexicography and Language Studies, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation and Phonetics and Phonology Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#378,983
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#248
of 6,000
Works
73
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
24.1
h-index
20
i10-index 23Top 5.1% in Language and Linguistics
Francis Katamba

What does Francis Katamba research?

Francis Katamba's work is mostly in Arts and Humanities (53%), Social Sciences (16%), Psychology (14%).

Social Sciences: 61 works · 83.2% of their workArts and Humanities: 39 works · 53.1% of their workLanguage and Linguistics: 39 works · 53.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 12 works · 16.1% of their workLinguistics and Language: 10 works · 14.0% of their workAnthropology: 2 works · 2.1% of their workPsychology: 10 works · 14.0% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 works · 14.0% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 10.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 4 works · 4.9% of their workComputer Science: 4 works · 4.9% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 4 works · 4.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 1.4% of their workHealth Professions: 1 works · 1.4% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 1 works · 1.4% of their workTHEIR WORKFrancis Katamba73works
Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences83%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities3953.1%
    2. Social Sciences1216.1%
    3. Psychology1014.0%
  2. Everything else810.5%
    1. Computer Science44.9%
    1. Health Professions11.4%
  1. 1Language and Linguistics53% of their works
  2. 2Experimental and Cognitive Psychology14% of their works
  3. 3Linguistics and Language14% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence5% of their works
  5. 5Anthropology2% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Francis Katamba's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Speech Perception, Dictionaries, Lexicography, Semantics, Syntax, Phonetics, Second Language Learning and Language Contact.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Speech Perception342 topics
  2. Dictionaries201 topic
  3. Lexicography201 topic
  4. Semantics201 topic
  5. Syntax201 topic
  6. Phonetics191 topic
  7. Second Language Learning191 topic
  8. Language Contact182 topics
  9. Sociolinguistics172 topics
  10. Language Change151 topic
  11. Sociolinguistic Variation151 topic
  12. Language Teaching132 topics
  13. Anglicisms121 topic
  14. Linguistic Borrowing121 topic
  15. Linguistic Historiography71 topic
  16. Saussure71 topic
  17. Linguistic Diversity61 topic
  18. Semitic Languages61 topic
  19. Multilingualism51 topic
  20. Translanguaging51 topic

Where does Francis Katamba work?

Francis Katamba's main affiliation in the publication record is Lancaster University Ghana, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Francis Katamba have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 1,761 citations for Francis Katamba, an h-index of 20, ranking #378,983 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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