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Most cited papers in Phonetics and Phonology Research

What are the most cited papers in Phonetics and Phonology Research?

The most cited paper in Phonetics and Phonology Research is "The cortical organization of speech processing" (Gregory S. Hickok, David Poeppel, 2007), with 5,693 citations. Next come "Perception of the speech code." (3,759) and "Speech Recognition with Primarily Temporal Cues" (3,139).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 902 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 The cortical organization of speech processing Gregory S. Hickok, David Poeppel · Nature reviews. Neuroscience Review 13 Apr 2007 5,693
2 Perception of the speech code. Alvin M. Liberman, F. S. Cooper, Donald Shankweiler et al. · Psychological Review 1967 3,759
3 Speech Recognition with Primarily Temporal Cues Robert V. Shannon, Fan‐Gang Zeng, Vivek Kamath et al. · Science 13 Oct 1995 3,139
4 The TRACE model of speech perception James L. McClelland, Jeffrey L. Elman · Cognitive Psychology 1986 3,012
5 Agreeing and disagreeing with assessments: some features of preferred/dispreferred turn shapes Anita M. Pomerantz · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 4 Apr 1985 2,904
6 The motor theory of speech perception revised Alvin M. Liberman, Ignatius G. Mattingly · Cognition Oct 1985 2,864
7 Cross-language speech perception: Evidence for perceptual reorganization during the first year of life Janet F. Werker, Richard C. Tees · Infant Behavior and Development 1984 2,827
8 A Cross-Language Study of Voicing in Initial Stops: Acoustical Measurements Leigh Lisker, Arthur S. Abramson · WORD 1964 2,615
9 Intonational phonology D. Robert Ladd 1996 2,543
10 Phonological recoding and self-teaching: sine qua non of reading acquisition David L. Share · Cognition May 1995 2,354
11 Of Human Bonding: Newborns Prefer Their Mothers' Voices Anthony J. DeCasper, William Paul Fifer · Science 6 Jun 1980 2,352
12 Early language acquisition: cracking the speech code Patricia K. Kuhl · Nature reviews. Neuroscience Review 20 Oct 2004 2,319
13 A database of German emotional speech Felix Burkhardt, Astrid Paeschke, Manfred Rolfes et al. Conference paper 4 Sep 2005 2,288
14 Dorsal and ventral streams: a framework for understanding aspects of the functional anatomy of language Gregory S. Hickok, David Poeppel · Cognition 5 Feb 2004 2,261
15 A review and synthesis of the first 20years of PET and fMRI studies of heard speech, spoken language and reading Cathy J. Price · NeuroImage Open access 12 May 2012 2,227
16 The spatial and temporal signatures of word production components Peter Indefrey, Willem J. M. Levelt · Cognition Open access 4 Feb 2004 2,173
17 Speech Perception in Infants Peter D. Eimas, Einar R. Siqueland, Peter W. Jusczyk et al. · Science Open access 22 Jan 1971 2,172
18 Linguistic Experience Alters Phonetic Perception in Infants by 6 Months of Age Patricia K. Kuhl, Karen A. Williams, Francisco P. Lacerda et al. · Science 31 Jan 1992 2,100
19 Acoustic characteristics of American English vowels James M. Hillenbrand, Laura Arlene Getty, Michael J Clark et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America May 1995 2,088
20 Articulatory Phonology: An Overview Catherine P. Browman, Louis Goldstein · Phonetica May 1992 2,001
21 Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition Don X. Sun, Frederick Jelinek · Journal of the American Statistical Association Jun 1999 1,982
22 The Ryerson Audio-Visual Database of Emotional Speech and Song (RAVDESS): A dynamic, multimodal set of facial and vocal expressions in North American English Steven Robert Livingstone, Frank Russo · PLoS ONE Open access 16 May 2018 1,904
23 An Analysis of Perceptual Confusions Among Some English Consonants George Armitage Miller, Patricia E. Nicely · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Mar 1955 1,889
24 Explaining Phonetic Variation: A Sketch of the H&H Theory Björn E. F. Lindblom Book chapter 1990 1,816
25 Functional parallelism in spoken word-recognition William D. Marslen‐Wilson · Cognition Mar 1987 1,784
26 L2 cognitive states and the Full Transfer/Full Access model Bonnie D. Schwartz, Rex A. Sprouse · Second language Research 1996 1,746
27 The discrimination of speech sounds within and across phoneme boundaries. Alvin M. Liberman, Katherine Safford Harris, Howard S. Hoffman et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology 1957 1,718
28 Analysis, synthesis, and perception of voice quality variations among female and male talkers Dennis H. Klatt, Laura C. Klatt · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Feb 1990 1,692
29 Reflexes of grammar in patterns of language change Anthony S. Kroch · Language Variation and Change Oct 1989 1,624
30 Ventral and dorsal pathways for language Dorothee Saur, Björn W. Kreher, Susanne Schnell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Nov 2008 1,603
31 A precursor of language acquisition in young infants Jacques Mehler, Peter W. Jusczyk, Ghislaine Lambertz et al. · Cognition Jul 1988 1,602
32 On derived domains in sentence phonology Elisabeth O. Selkirk · Phonology Yearbook May 1986 1,584
33 Echoes of echoes? An episodic theory of lexical access. Stephen D. Goldinger · Psychological Review 1998 1,567
34 Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners Murray J. Munro, Tracey M. Derwing · Language Learning Mar 1995 1,548
35 Regular morphology and the lexicon Joan Bybee · Language and Cognitive Processes Oct 1995 1,542
36 Cortical language localization in left, dominant hemisphere George A. Ojemann, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Ettore Lettich et al. · Journal of neurosurgery Sep 1989 1,511
37 Neurolinguists, beware! The bilingual is not two monolinguals in one person François Grosjean · Brain and Language 1989 1,486
38 Lateralization of phonetic and pitch discrimination in speech processing Robert J. Zatorre, Alan Charles Evans, Ernst Meyer et al. · Science 8 May 1992 1,453
39 Processing interactions and lexical access during word recognition in continuous speech William D. Marslen‐Wilson, A. H. Welsh · Cognitive Psychology 1978 1,448
40 The anatomy of language: a review of 100 fMRI studies published in 2009 Cathy J. Price · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Mar 2010 1,425
41 The geometry of phonological features George N. Clements · Phonology Yearbook May 1985 1,410
42 Infant sensitivity to distributional information can affect phonetic discrimination Jessica Maye, Janet F. Werker, LouAnn Gerken · Cognition 2002 1,388
43 Explicit syllable and phoneme segmentation in the young child Isabelle Y. Liberman, Donald Shankweiler, Florian Fischer et al. · Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Oct 1974 1,376
44 Human Temporal Lobe Activation by Speech and Nonspeech Sounds Jeffrey R. Binder · Cerebral Cortex May 2000 1,371
45 Human adults and human infants show a “perceptual magnet effect” for the prototypes of speech categories, monkeys do not Patricia K. Kuhl · Perception & Psychophysics Open access Mar 1991 1,342
46 Structural Maturation of Neural Pathways in Children and Adolescents: In Vivo Study Tomáš Paus, Alex P. Zijdenbos, Keith J. Worsley et al. · Science 19 Mar 1999 1,330
47 Effects of an Extensive Program for Stimulating Phonological Awareness in Preschool Children Ingvar Lundberg, Jørgen Frost, Ole-Peter Petersen · Reading Research Quarterly 1988 1,314
48 Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing Jami-Jon Mitchell · Assessment for Effective Intervention Apr 2001 1,313
49 Language-specific phoneme representations revealed by electric and magnetic brain responses Risto Näätänen, Anne Lehtokoski, Mietta Lennes et al. · Nature 1997 1,278
50 Correlates of linguistic rhythm in the speech signal Franck Ramus, Marina Nespor, Jacques Mehler · Cognition Dec 1999 1,278

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