N. J. Enfield publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by N. J. Enfield between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. N. J. Enfield published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 8.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2007. 7 of the 298 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30

1989 2025

298 publications in total across all disciplines

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N. J. Enfield: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year	Publications
1989	1
1990	0
1991	0
1992	0
1993	0
1994	0
1995	0
1996	0
1997	2
1998	0
1999	2
2000	2
2001	9
2002	13
2003	9
2004	10
2005	6
2006	14
2007	39
2008	13
2009	23
2010	11
2011	16
2012	8
2013	15
2014	31
2015	15
2016	5
2017	16
2018	5
2019	2
2020	6
2021	6
2022	6
2023	6
2024	3
2025	4
Total	298

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N. J. Enfield 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 N. J. Enfield sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 272 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138	272
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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N. J. Enfield 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 N. J. Enfield sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137	55
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

N. J. Enfield is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, primarily within the social sciences, arts and humanities, and psychology. Enfield's work engages deeply with language, discourse, and cognition while intersecting with sociopolitical studies and cultural evolution.

Enfield's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities
Psychology

Within these broader fields, Enfield focuses on subfields such as:

Language and Linguistics
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Linguistics and Language
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations

The main topics of their research cover:

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Language and cultural evolution
Multilingual Education and Policy
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Anthropological Studies and Insights

Enfield has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

"Beyond Single-Mindedness: A Figure-Ground Reversal for the Cognitive Sciences," 2023, published in Cognitive Science
"Interactive repair and the foundations of language," 2023, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
"Misinformation: an empirical study with scientists and communicators during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, published in BMJ Open Science
"Shared cross-cultural principles underlie human prosocial behavior at the smallest scale," 2023, published in Scientific Reports
"Linguistic concepts are self-generating choice architectures," 2022, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Enfield include:

Jack Sidnell
Mark Dingemanse
Charles H. P. Zuckerman
Andreas Liesenfeld
Marlou Rasenberg

Enfield's work has also been disseminated through book publications with notable academic presses. These include:

The MIT Press: "Consequences of Language" (2022), "Language vs. Reality" (2022)
Cambridge University Press: "The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia" (2021)

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as:

Cognitive Science
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
BMJ Open Science
Scientific Reports
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

Universals and cultural variation in turn taking in conversation

Tanya Stivers;Nicholas J. Enfield;Penelope Brown;Christina Englert

1616
Citations
The Anatomy of Meaning: Speech, Gesture, and Composite Utterances

N. J. Enfield

538
Citations
Projecting the End of a Speaker's Turn: A Cognitive Cornerstone of Conversation

Jan Peter De Ruiter;Holger Mitterer;N. J. Enfield

517
Citations
Roots of Human Sociality : Culture, Cognition and Interaction

N. J. Enfield;Stephen C. Levinson

459
Citations
AREAL LINGUISTICS AND MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

N. J. Enfield

436
Citations
Linguistic Epidemiology: Semantics and Grammar of Language Contact in Mainland Southeast Asia

N. J. Enfield

431
Citations
Demonstratives in Space and Interaction: Data from Lao Speakers and Implications for Semantic Analysis

N. J. Enfield

375
Citations
Principles of event segmentation in language: The case of motion events

Jürgen Bohnemeyer;Nicholas J. Enfield;James Essegbey;Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano

356
Citations
Universal Principles in the Repair of Communication Problems.

Mark Dingemanse;Seán G. Roberts;Julija Baranova;Joe Blythe

337
Citations
Differential coding of perception in the world's languages

Asifa Majid;Asifa Majid;Seán G. Roberts;Ludy Cilissen;Karen Emmorey

329
Citations
Relationship Thinking: Agency, Enchrony, and Human Sociality

N. J. Enfield

320
Citations
Person reference in interaction: Linguistic, cultural, and social perspectives

N. J. Enfield;Tanya Stivers

299
Citations
A coding scheme for question-response sequences in conversation

Tanya Stivers;Tanya Stivers;N. J. Enfield

296
Citations
A grammar of Lao

N. J. Enfield

290
Citations
The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Anthropology

N. J. Enfield;Paul Kockelman;Jack Sidnell

257
Citations
‘Lip-pointing’: A discussion of form and function with reference to data from Laos

N. J. Enfield

235
Citations
Is ''Huh?'' a Universal Word? Conversational Infrastructure and the Convergent Evolution of Linguistic Items

Mark Dingemanse;Francisco Torreira;Francisco Torreira;N. J. Enfield

234
Citations
Cross-linguistic categorisation of the body: Introduction

N. J. Enfield;Asifa Majid;Miriam Van Staden

228
Citations
Question-response sequences in conversation across ten languages: An introduction

N.J. Enfield;Tanya Stivers;Tanya Stivers;Stephen C. Levinson

198
Citations
Social consequences of common ground

N. J. Enfield

191
Citations
Ethnosyntax : Explorations in Grammar and Culture

N. J. Enfield

179
Citations
Intersubjectivity and progressivity in person (and place) reference

N. J. Enfield;Tanya Stivers

136
Citations
The Anatomy of Meaning: Contents

Unknown

116
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Levinson Radboud University

Asifa Majid University of York

Tanya Stivers University of California, Los Angeles

Penelope Brown Max Planck Society

Sotaro Kita University of Warwick

Paul Drew University of York

Bernard Comrie University of California, Santa Barbara

Anna Wierzbicka Australian National University

Holger Mitterer University of Malta

Morten H. Christiansen Cornell University

External Links

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