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R. Harald Baayen

R. Harald Baayen

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Germany
2026
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Computer Science
Germany
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
75
Citations
27264
World Ranking
1394
National Ranking
56

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
82
Citations
28580
World Ranking
329
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

R. Harald Baayen is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, mainly focusing on computer science and psychology. Within these fields, their work extensively covers areas such as artificial intelligence, experimental and cognitive psychology, language and linguistics, developmental and educational psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics prominently include natural language processing techniques, syntax, semantics, linguistic variation, topic modeling, phonetics and phonology research, language, metaphor, and cognition, language and cultural evolution, and reading and literacy development.

Among recent publications associated with or coauthored by Baayen are the following papers:

  • The processing of pseudoword form and meaning in production and comprehension: A computational modeling approach using linear discriminative learning, 2020, Behavior Research Methods
  • Type-specific dendritic integration in mouse retinal ganglion cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Modeling Morphological Priming in German With Naive Discriminative Learning, 2020, Frontiers in Communication
  • LDL-AURIS: a computational model, grounded in error-driven learning, for the comprehension of single spoken words, 2021, Language Cognition and Neuroscience
  • Nonlinearities in bilingual visual word recognition: An introduction to generalized additive modeling, 2021, Bilingualism Language and Cognition

Frequent coauthors of R. Harald Baayen include Yu-Ying Chuang, Elnaz Shafaei-Bajestan, Maria Heitmeier, Hendrik P. A. Lensch, and Hassan Shahmohammadi.

Publication venues where Baayen has frequently appeared include arXiv (Cornell University), The Mental Lexicon, Language, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.

In 2012, Baayen was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea, reflecting recognition within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Balancing Type I Error and Power in Linear Mixed Models

    Hannes Matuschek;Reinhold Kliegl;Shravan Vasishth;Harald R. Baayen

  • Word Frequency Distributions

    R. Harald Baayen

  • Analyzing Reaction Times

    R. Harald Baayen;Petar Milin

  • Predicting the dative alternation

    Joan Bresnan;Anna Cueni;Tatiana Nikitina;R. Harald Baayen

  • Parsimonious Mixed Models

    Douglas Bates;Reinhold Kliegl;Shravan Vasishth;Harald Baayen

  • Singulars and plurals in Dutch: Evidence for a parallel dual-route model

    R.Harald Baayen;Ton Dijkstra;Robert Schreuder

  • Modeling morphological processing.

    Robert Schreuder;R. Harald Baayen

  • Models, forests and trees of York English: Was/were variation as a case study for statistical practice

    Sali A. Tagliamonte;R. Harald Baayen

  • Quantitative aspects of morphological productivity

    Harald Baayen

  • An amorphous model for morphological processing in visual comprehension based on naive discriminative learning.

    R. Harald Baayen;Petar Milin;Dusica Filipović Đurđević;Peter Hendrix

  • How variable may a constant be? Measures of lexical richness in perspective

    Fiona J. Tweedie;R. Harald Baayen

  • Productivity and English Derivation : a Corpus-Based Study

    Harald Baayen;Rochelle Lieber

  • On frequency, transparency and productivity

    Harald Baayen

  • itsadug: Interpreting Time Series and Autocorrelated Data Using GAMMs

    Jacolien van Rij;Martijn Wieling;R. Harald Baayen;Dirk van Rijn

  • How cross-language similarity and task demands affect cognate recognition

    Ton Dijkstra;Koji Miwa;Bianca Brummelhuis;Maya Sappelli

  • Chronicling the Times: Productive Lexical Innovations in an English Newspaper

    R. Harald Baayen;Antoinette Renouf

  • Shifting paradigms: gradient structure in morphology.

    Jennifer B. Hay;R. Harald Baayen

  • The Myth of Cognitive Decline: Non‐Linear Dynamics of Lifelong Learning

    Michael Ramscar;Peter Hendrix;Cyrus Shaoul;Petar Milin

  • Putting the bits together: an information theoretical perspective on morphological processing.

    Fermín Moscoso del Prado Martín;Aleksandar Kostic;R. Harald Baayen

  • Predicting the Unpredictable: Interpreting Neutralized Segments in Dutch

    Mirjam Theresia Constantia Ernestus;R. Harald Baayen

  • Interpreting Time Series and Autocorrelated Data Using GAMMs

    Jacolien van Rij;Martijn Wieling;R. Harald Baayen;Hedderik van Rijn

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Schreuder
Robert Schreuder Radboud University
Michael Ramscar
Michael Ramscar University of Tübingen
Victor Kuperman
Victor Kuperman McMaster University
Laurie Beth Feldman
Laurie Beth Feldman University at Albany, State University of New York
Reinhold Kliegl
Reinhold Kliegl University of Potsdam
Shravan Vasishth
Shravan Vasishth University of Potsdam
Ingo Plag
Ingo Plag Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Jennifer Hay
Jennifer Hay University of Canterbury
Ton Dijkstra
Ton Dijkstra Radboud University
Ludo Verhoeven
Ludo Verhoeven Radboud University

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