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D-Index
45
Citations
13198
World Ranking
3772
National Ranking
1803

Walt Wolfram 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 Walt Wolfram sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 203 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Walt Wolfram 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 Walt Wolfram 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: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Walt Wolfram is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields, primarily within Social Sciences, Psychology, and Arts and Humanities. They have contributed substantially to subfields such as Linguistics and Language, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory, and Cultural Studies.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Caribbean history, culture, and politics
  • Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching

Wolfram has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Addressing Linguistic Inequality in Higher Education: A Proactive Model, 2023, Daedalus
  • Language & Social Justice in the United States: An Introduction, 2023, Daedalus
  • Oppositional Identity and Back-Vowel Fronting in a Triethnic Context: The Case of Lumbee English, 2021, American Speech
  • Signing Black in America, 2020, American Speech
  • Sociolinguistic variation and the public interest, 2021, Cadernos de Linguística

The frequent publication venues for Wolfram's work include:

  • American Speech
  • Daedalus
  • Cadernos de Linguística
  • Revista da Anpoll
  • Language and Linguistics Compass

Frequent co-authors of Walt Wolfram are:

  • Charlie Farrington
  • Mary Kohn
  • Jennifer Renn
  • Janneke Van Hofwegen
  • Marie Bissell

Among Wolfram's published books, the work African American Language (2020) was published by Cambridge University Press and has received scholarly citations.

Recognition in their field includes receiving the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences award in 2019.

Best Publications

  • American English: Dialects and Variation

    Walt Wolfram;Natalie Schilling-Estes

  • American English: Dialects and Variation, 2nd Edition

    Walt Wolfram;Natalie Schilling-Estes

  • The study of social dialects in American English

    Stanley M. Tsuzaki;Walt Wolfram;Ralph W. Fasold

  • A sociolinguistic description of Detroit negro speech.

    Walt Wolfram

  • Dialects in Schools and Communities

    Carolyn Temple Adger;Walt Wolfram;Donna Christian

  • The development of African American English

    Walt Wolfram;Erik R. Thomas;Elaine W. Green

  • Some Linguistic Features of Negro Dialect

    Ralph W. Fasold;Walt Wolfram

  • Dialects and American English

    Walt Wolfram

  • Sociolinguistic aspects of assimilation : Puerto Rican English in New York City

    Walt Wolfram

  • Linguistic correlates of social stratification in Detroit speech

    Roger W. Shuy;Walt Wolfram;William K. Riley

  • The Relationship of White Southern Speech to Vernacular Black English

    Walt Wolfram

  • VARIABILITY IN TENSE MARKING: A CASE FOR THE OBVIOUS

    Walt Wolfram

  • Alternative models of dialect death : Dissipation vs. concentration

    Natalie Schilling-Estes;Walt Wolfram

  • Coming of age in African American English: A longitudinal study†

    Janneke Van Hofwegen;Walt Wolfram

  • Convergent Explanation and Alternative Regularization Patterns: "Were/Weren't" Leveling in a Vernacular English Variety.

    Natalie Schilling-Estes;Walt Wolfram

  • Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue

    Edwin Battistella;Walt Wolfram;Natalie Schilling-Estes

  • Moribund Dialects and the Endangerment Canon: The Case of the Ocracoke Brogue

    Walt Wolfram;Natalie Schilling-Estes

  • Are Black and White Vernaculars Diverging? Papers from the NWAVE XIV Panel Discussion

    Ralph W. Fasold;William Labov;Fay Boyd Vaughn-Cooke;Guy Bailey

  • Ethical Considerations in Language Awareness Programs.

    Walt Wolfram

  • Sociolinguistic Folklore in the Study of African American English

    Walt Wolfram

  • American English: Dialects and Variation

    John Algeo;Walt Wolfram;Natalie Schilling-Estes

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Bailey
Guy Bailey The University of Texas at San Antonio
Suzanne Romaine
Suzanne Romaine University of Oxford
Ruth Wodak
Ruth Wodak Lancaster University
Jenny Cheshire
Jenny Cheshire Queen Mary University of London
Carol Myers-Scotton
Carol Myers-Scotton Michigan State University
Kendall A. King
Kendall A. King University of Minnesota
Monica Heller
Monica Heller University of Toronto
Paul Drew
Paul Drew University of York
Douglas W. Maynard
Douglas W. Maynard University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alessandro Duranti
Alessandro Duranti University of California, Los Angeles

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