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h-index: 18
Works: 95
Citations: 2,809

Most-cited papers

The World Atlas of Language Structures Online
Robert Forkel
20091,106 citations
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Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure
J. Jackson, Joseph Watts, T. Henry, Johann-Mattis List +5 more
2019Science397 citations Open access
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Cross-Linguistic Data Formats, advancing data sharing and re-use in comparative linguistics
Robert Forkel, Johann-Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Christoph Rzymski +6 more
2018Scientific Data189 citations Open access
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The Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications, reproducible analysis of cross-linguistic polysemies
Christoph Rzymski, Tiago Tresoldi, Simon J. Greenhill, Mei-Shin Wu +23 more
2020Scientific Data159 citations Open access
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Grambank reveals the importance of genealogical constraints on linguistic diversity and highlights the impact of language loss
Hedvig Skirgård, H. Haynie, Damián E. Blasi, Harald Hammarström +101 more
2023Science Advances131 citations Open access
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Lexibank, a public repository of standardized wordlists with computed phonological and lexical features
Johann-Mattis List, Robert Forkel, Simon J. Greenhill, Christoph Rzymski +2 more
2022Scientific Data91 citations Open access
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Concepticon: A Resource for the Linking of Concept Lists
Johann-Mattis List, Michael Cysouw, Robert Forkel
2016International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation83 citations Open access
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A cross-linguistic database of phonetic transcription systems
Cormac Anderson, Tiago Tresoldi, T. Chacon, Anne-Maria Fehn +3 more
2018Yearbook of the Poznan Linguistic Meeting70 citations Open access
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CLICS2: An improved database of cross-linguistic colexifications assembling lexical data with the help of cross-linguistic data formats
Johann-Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Cormac Anderson, Thomas Mayer +2 more
2018Linguistic Typology62 citations Open access
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CLDFBench: Give Your Cross-Linguistic Data a Lift
Robert Forkel, Johann-Mattis List
2020International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation56 citations
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Sequence comparison in computational historical linguistics
Johann-Mattis List, M. Walworth, Simon J. Greenhill, Tiago Tresoldi +1 more
2018Journal of Language Evolution54 citations Open access
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Glottocodes: Identifiers linking families, languages and dialects to comprehensive reference information
Robert Forkel, Harald Hammarström
2022Semantic Web42 citations Open access
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LingPy. A Python Library for Quantitative Tasks in Historical Linguistics. Version 2.6.1
Johann-Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Robert Forkel
201734 citations
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A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories
Chiara Barbieri, Damián E. Blasi, Epifanía Arango-Isaza, A. G. Sotiropoulos +7 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America32 citations Open access
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Simultaneous visualization of language endangerment and language description
Harald Hammarström, Thom Castermans, Robert Forkel, K. Verbeek +2 more
201827 citations
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Linking norms, ratings, and relations of words and concepts across multiple language varieties
Annika Tjuka, Robert Forkel, Johann-Mattis List
2020Behavior Research Methods23 citations Open access
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Lexibank: A public repository of standardized wordlists with computed phonological and lexical features
Johann-Mattis List, Robert Forkel, Simon J. Greenhill, Christoph Rzymski +2 more
202119 citations Open access
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The Cross-Linguistic Linked Data project
Robert Forkel
2014International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation18 citations
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A New Framework for Fast Automated Phonological Reconstruction Using Trimmed Alignments and Sound Correspondence Patterns
Johann-Mattis List, Robert Forkel, N. Hill
2022Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change16 citations Open access
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Universal and cultural factors shape body part vocabularies
Annika Tjuka, Robert Forkel, Johann-Mattis List
2024Scientific Reports15 citations Open access
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The SIGTYP 2022 Shared Task on the Prediction of Cognate Reflexes
Johann-Mattis List, Ekaterina Vylomova, Robert Forkel, Nathan W. Hill +1 more
2022SIGTYP14 citations Open access
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Automated identification of borrowings in multilingual wordlists
Johann-Mattis List, Robert Forkel
2021Open Research Europe14 citations Open access
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Consonant lengthening marks the beginning of words across a diverse sample of languages
Frederic Blum, Ludger Paschen, Robert Forkel, Susanne Fuchs +1 more
2024Nature Human Behaviour13 citations Open access
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BEASTling: A software tool for linguistic phylogenetics using BEAST 2
Luke Maurits, Robert Forkel, Gereon A. Kaiping, Q. Atkinson
2017PLoS ONE13 citations Open access
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Variation in phoneme inventories: quantifying the problem and improving comparability
Cormac Anderson, Tiago Tresoldi, Simon J. Greenhill, Robert Forkel +2 more
13 citations
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Lexibank 2: pre-computed features for large-scale lexical data
Frederic Blum, Carlos Barrientos, Johannes Englisch, Robert Forkel +3 more
2025Open Research Europe12 citations Open access
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Artifact geochemistry demonstrates long-distance voyaging in the Polynesian Outliers
Aymeric Hermann, Pamela Gutierrez, C. Chauvel, R. Maury +6 more
2023Science Advances11 citations Open access
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Uralic typology in the light of a new comprehensive dataset
Miina Norvik, Ying-Qi Jing, M. Dunn, Robert Forkel +9 more
2022Journal of Uralic Linguistics11 citations Open access
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clld/clld: clld - a toolkit for cross-linguistic databases
Robert Forkel, S. Bank
201811 citations
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Curating and extending data for language comparison in Concepticon and NoRaRe
Annika Tjuka, Robert Forkel, Johann-Mattis List
2022Open Research Europe8 citations Open access
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LingRex. Linguistic Reconstruction with LingPy
Johann-Mattis List, Robert Forkel
20218 citations
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Pofatu, a curated and open-access database for geochemical sourcing of archaeological materials
Aymeric Hermann, Robert Forkel, Andrew McAlister, A. Cruickshank +7 more
2020Scientific Data8 citations Open access
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LingPy. A Python Library for Quantitative Tasks in Historical Linguistics. Version 2.6.3
Johann-Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Robert Forkel
20188 citations
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Generating Feature Vectors from Phonetic Transcriptions in Cross-Linguistic Data Formats
Arne Rubehn, Jessica Nieder, Robert Forkel, Johann-Mattis List
2024SCIL7 citations
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Toward a Sustainable Handling of Interlinear-Glossed Text in Language Documentation
Johann-Mattis List, Nathaniel A. Sims, Robert Forkel
2020ACM Trans. Asian Low Resour. Lang. Inf. Process.7 citations Open access
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CLTS. Cross-Linguistic Transcription Systems
Johann-Mattis List, Cormac Anderson, Tiago Tresoldi, Robert Forkel
20216 citations
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clld toolkit for cross-linguistic databases
Robert Forkel, M. Erlewine
20146 citations
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A global and interoperable dataset of linguistic distributions derived from the Atlas of the World’s Languages
Peter Ranacher, Robert Forkel, Nour Efrat-Kowalsky, Matthias Urban +16 more
2025Scientific Data5 citations Open access
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CLLD Concepticon 2.5.0
Johann-Mattis List, Christoph Rzymski, Simon J. Greenhill, Nathanael E. Schweikhard +4 more
20213 citations
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Managing Historical Linguistic Data for Computational Phylogenetics and Computer-Assisted Language Comparison
Robert Forkel, R. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill, Johann-Mattis List +2 more
2019The Open Handbook of Linguistic Data Management3 citations
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Dogon and Bangime Linguistics
Steven Moran, Robert Forkel, J. Heath
20163 citations
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Advancing the Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications with New Workflows and Data
Annika Tjuka, Robert Forkel, Christoph Rzymski, Johann-Mattis List
2025arXiv.org2 citations
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A revised digital edition of Wurm & Hattori’s Language Atlas of the Pacific Area
Robert Forkel, Harald Hammarström
2024Scientific Data2 citations Open access
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Converting Legacy Data to CLDF: A FAIR Exit Strategy for Linguistic Web Apps
Robert Forkel, Daniel G. Swanson, Steven Moran
2024International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation2 citations
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Representing and Computing Uncertainty in Phonological Reconstruction
Johann-Mattis List, Nathan W. Hill, Robert Forkel, Frederic Blum
2023Workshop on Computational Approaches to Historical Language Change2 citations
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CLDF dataset derived from Wichmann et al.'s "ASJP Database" v17 from 2016
S. Wichmann, E. Holman, Cecil Brown, Robert Forkel +1 more
20202 citations
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LingPy. A Python library for quantitative tasks in historical linguistics. Version 2.6.4
Johann-Mattis List, Simon J. Greenhill, Tiago Tresoldi, Robert Forkel
20182 citations
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LingPy 2.5
Johann-Mattis List, Taraka Rama Kasicheyanula, Steven Moran, P. Bouda +4 more
20162 citations
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Glottography: An Open-Source Geolinguistic Data Platform for Mapping the World’s Languages
Peter Ranacher, Robert Forkel, Nour Efrat-Kowalsky, Matthias Urban +15 more
2026Journal of Open Humanities Data1 citations Open access
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Linguistic Survey of India and Polyglotta Africana: Two Retrostandardized Digital Editions of Large Historical Collections of Multilingual Wordlists
Robert Forkel, Johann-Mattis List, Christoph Rzymski, Guillaume Segerer
2024International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation1 citations Open access
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