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Patsy M. Lightbown

Patsy M. Lightbown

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
35
Citations
12060
World Ranking
6578
National Ranking
395

Patsy M. Lightbown 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 Patsy M. Lightbown sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 78 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patsy M. Lightbown 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 Patsy M. Lightbown 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: 261 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: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • How Languages Are Learned

    Patsy Lightbown;Nina Margaret Spada

  • Structure and variation in child language.

    Lois Bloom;Patsy Lightbown;Lois Hood;Melissa Bowerman

  • Recasts as Feedback to Language Learners

    Howard Ross. Nicholas;Patsy M. Lightbown;Nina. Spada

  • Focus-on-Form and Corrective Feedback in Communicative Language Teaching: Effects on Second Language Learning

    Patsy M. Lightbown;Nina Spada

  • Imitation in language development: If, when, and why

    Lois Bloom;Lois Hood;Patsy Lightbown

  • Input Enhancement and L2 Question Formation.

    Lydia White;Nina Spada;Patsy M. Lightbown;Leila Ranta

  • Instruction and the Development of Questions in L2 Classrooms.

    Nina Spada;Patsy M. Lightbown

  • Anniversary article. Classroom SLA research and second language teaching

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  • Form‐Focused Instruction: Isolated or Integrated?

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  • Instruction, First Language Influence, and Developmental Readiness in Second Language Acquisition.

    Nina Spada;Patsy M. Lightbown

  • Great Expectations: Second -Language Acquisition Research and Classroom Teaching

    Patsy M. Lightbown

  • Students'' approaches to vocabulary learning and their relationship to success

    Izabella Kojic-Sabo;Patsy M. Lightbown

  • A Response to Truscott's `What's Wrong with Oral Grammar Correction'

    Roy Lyster;Patsy M. Lightbown;Nina Spada

  • An Innovative Program for Primary ESL Students in Quebec

    Patsy M. Lightbown;Nina Spada

  • Time and the Distribution of Time in L2 Instruction

    Laura Collins;Randall H. Halter;Patsy M. Lightbown;Nina Spada

  • Comprehension-Based Learning: The Limits of ‘Do It Yourself’

    Patsy M. Lightbown;Randall H. Halter;Joanna L. White;Marlise Horst

  • Intensive ESL Programmes in Quebec Primary Schools

    Nina Spada;Patsy M. Lightbown

  • COMPREHENSION-BASED PRACTICE: The Development of L2 Pronunciation in a Listening and Reading Program

    Pavel Trofimovich;Patsy M. Lightbown;Randall H. Halter;Hyojin Song

  • Defining child second language acquisition, defining roles for L2 instruction

    Howard Nicholas;Patsy M. Lightbown

  • Classrooms as lexical environments

    Paul Meara;Patsy M. Lightbown;Randall H. Halter

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