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Barbara L. Davis publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 107 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Barbara L. Davis D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara L. Davis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Barbara L. Davis is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily centers on phonetics, phonology, and language development, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their main fields of study include Psychology, with subfields that emphasize Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Linguistics and Language, and Signal Processing.

The scientist's research topics cover:

  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
  • Multilingual Education and Policy

Barbara L. Davis has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Bye-Bye Bunny: Place and Manner Sequences in Children's C 1 VC 2 V-Shaped Words" (2023) published in the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • "The development of tonal duration in Mandarin-speaking children" (2021) published in JASA Express Letters
  • "Relationship between the target word form and children's productions: place of articulation in Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (C1VC2) words in American English" (2021) published in Phonetica
  • "Vowel Context Effects on Consonant Repetition in Early Words" (2020) published in the Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • "Revisiting frequencies of phonological sound classes in speech input: Change over time in child-directed speech" (2023) published in the Journal of Child Language

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Katsura Aoyama
  • Rebekka Cassidy
  • Jie Yang
  • Randy L. Diehl
  • Namhee Kim

Barbara L. Davis's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • JASA Express Letters
  • Phonetica
  • Journal of Child Language
  • The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology

Best Publications

  • The articulatory basis of babbling.

    Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. MacNeilage

  • On the Origin of Internal Structure of Word Forms

    Peter F. MacNeilage;Barbara L. Davis

  • Acquisition of speech production: Frames, then content.

    Peter F. MacNeilage;Barbara Davis

  • Acquisition of correct vowel production: a quantitative case study.

    Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. MacNeilage

  • Developmental apraxia of speech: Determiners of differential diagnosis

    Barbara L. Davis;Kathy J. Jakielski;Thomas P. Marquardt

  • The Motor Core of Speech: A Comparison of Serial Organization Patterns in Infants and Languages

    Peter F. MacNeilage;Barbara L. Davis;Ashlynn Kinney;Christine L. Matyear

  • English Speech Sound Development in Preschool-Aged Children From Bilingual English–Spanish Environments

    Christina E. Gildersleeve-Neumann;Ellen S. Kester;Barbara L. Davis;Elizabeth D. Peña

  • Acquisition of serial complexity in speech production: a comparison of phonetic and phonological approaches to first word production.

    Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. MacNeilage;Christine L. Matyear

  • Motor mechanisms in speech ontogeny: phylogenetic, neurobiological and linguistic implications.

    Peter F MacNeilage;Barbara L Davis

  • Is There a "Trochaic Bias" in Early Word Learning? Evidence from Infant Production in English and French.

    Marilyn May Vihman;Rory A. DePaolis;Barbara L. Davis

  • Acquisition of Speech Production: The Achievement of Segmental Independence

    Peter F. MacNeilage;Barbara L. Davis

  • Token-to-token variability in developmental apraxia of speech: three longitudinal case studies.

    Thomas P. Marquardt;Adam Jacks;Barbara L. Davis

  • Differential diagnosis and treatment of developmental apraxia of speech in infants and toddlers

    Barbara L. Davis;Shelley L. Velleman

  • Babbling and first words: phonetic similarities and differences

    Peter F. MacNeilage;Barbara L. Davis;Christine L. Matyear

  • Motor Explanations of Babbling and Early Speech Patterns

    P. F. Macneilage;B. L. Davis

  • The frame/content theory of evolution of speech: A comparison with a gestural-origins alternative

    Peter F. MacNeilage;Barbara L. Davis

  • 5. The internal structure of the syllable

    Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. MacNeilage

  • An embodiment perspective on the acquisition of speech perception.

    Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. MacNeilage

  • Prosodic Correlates of Stress in Babbling: An Acoustical Study

    Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. MacNeilage;Christine L. Matyear;Julia K. Powell

  • Universal production patterns and ambient language influences in babbling: a cross-linguistic study of Korean- and English-learning infants.

    Sue Ann S. Lee;Barbara Davis;Peter Macneilage

  • Effects on L1 during early acquisition of L2: Speech changes in Spanish at first English contact

    Christina E. Gildersleeve-Neumann;Elizabeth D. Peña;Barbara L. Davis;Ellen S. Kester

  • Vowel patterns in developmental apraxia of speech: three longitudinal case studies.

    Barbara L. Davis;Adam Patrick Jacks;Thomas P. Marquardt

  • Auditory Sensitivity and the Prelinguistic Vocalizations of Early-Amplified Infants

    Deborah von Hapsburg;Barbara L. Davis

  • Organization Of Babbling: A Case Study

    Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. Macneilage

  • Multichannel Cochlear Implantation and the Organization of Early Speech.

    Helen A. McCaffrey;Barbara L. Davis;Peter F. MacNeilage;Deborah von Hapsburg

  • Phonological process occurrence in phonologically disordered children

    Carla Dunn;Barbara L. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter F. MacNeilage
Peter F. MacNeilage The University of Texas at Austin
Marilyn May Vihman
Marilyn May Vihman University of York
Jean-Luc Schwartz
Jean-Luc Schwartz Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Anne Fernald
Anne Fernald Stanford University
W. Tecumseh Fitch
W. Tecumseh Fitch University of Vienna
Elizabeth D. Peña
Elizabeth D. Peña University of California, Irvine
Lori L. Holt
Lori L. Holt Carnegie Mellon University
Marcus G. Pandy
Marcus G. Pandy University of Melbourne
Johan Sundberg
Johan Sundberg Royal Institute of Technology

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