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Bernd Kortmann

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
37
Citations
6804
World Ranking
6200
National Ranking
160

Bernd Kortmann publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernd Kortmann sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 124 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bernd Kortmann 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 Bernd Kortmann sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Best Publications

  • The great Eskimo vocabulary hoax, and other irreverent essays on the study of language

    Geoffrey K. Pullum

  • Adverbial Subordination: A Typology and History of Adverbial Subordinators Based on European Languages

    Bernd Kortmann

  • A Handbook of Varieties of English

    Bernd Kortmann;Edgar W. Schneider;Kate Burridge;Rajend Mesthrie

  • English grammar : a function-based introduction

    Talmy Givón

  • Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English: Problems of Control and Interpretation

    Bernd Kortmann

  • Global synopsis: Morphological and syntactic variation in english

    Bernd Kortmann;Benedikt Szmrecsanyi

  • Adverbial Subordination

    Unknown

  • Semantic Theories in Europe, 1830–1930: From etymology to contextuality

    Brigitte Nerlich

  • Dialectology meets typology : dialect grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective

    Bernd Kortmann

  • The morphosyntax of varieties of English worldwide: A quantitative perspective

    Benedikt Szmrecsanyi;Bernd Kortmann

  • The Mouton world atlas of variation in English

    Bernd Kortmann;Kerstin Lunkenheimer

  • Categorial reanalysis: the case of deverbal prepositions

    Bernd Kortmann;Ekkehard König

  • English Linguistics: Essentials

    Bernd Kortmann

  • Vernacular Universals and Angloversals in a Typological Perspective

    Benedikt Szmrecsanyi;Bernd Kortmann

  • Adverbial participial clauses in English

    Bernd Kortmann

  • Between simplification and complexification: non-standard varieties of English around the world

    Benedikt Szmrecsanyi;Bernd Kortmann

  • A handbook of varieties of English : a multimedia reference tool

    Bernd Kortmann;Edgar W. Schneider;Kate Burridge;Rajend Mesthrie

  • The Oxford Companion to the English Language

    Unknown

  • Measuring analyticity and syntheticity in creoles

    Jeff Siegel;Benedikt Szmrecsanyi;Bernd Kortmann

  • Parameters of morphosyntactic variation in World Englishes: prospects and limitations of searching for universals

    Bernd Kortmann;Benedikt Szmrecsanyi;Peter Siemund

Frequent Co-Authors

Edgar W. Schneider
Edgar W. Schneider University of Regensburg
Rajend Mesthrie
Rajend Mesthrie University of Cape Town
Laurel J. Brinton
Laurel J. Brinton University of British Columbia
Johan van der Auwera
Johan van der Auwera University of Antwerp
Volkmar Glauche
Volkmar Glauche University of Freiburg
Cornelius Weiller
Cornelius Weiller University of Freiburg
Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen
Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen University of Helsinki
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Elizabeth Closs Traugott Stanford University
Marianne Hundt
Marianne Hundt University of Zurich

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