--- title: "Ben Wellner — author profile and papers · Discourse analysis" description: "Ben Wellner, Mitre: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2006–2007), h-index 18 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ben-wellner/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ben-wellner/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Ben Wellner # Ben Wellner Ben Wellner has 2 papers in our library, in 2006–2007, most of them on [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/); often with [James Pustejovsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-pustejovsky/), [Anna Rumshisky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anna-rumshisky/), [Roser Saurí](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roser-sauri/). 2 papers in our library · 2006–2007 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5011679042) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2689-990X) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96190432) · [**h-index 18**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5011679042) · [46 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5011679042) · [1,878 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5011679042&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ben-wellner/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 52 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ben-wellner/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6690](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/67/#star-6690) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Ben+Wellner) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Ben+Wellner) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Ben+Wellner) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Ben+Wellner) ## Affiliations [🏢**Mitre** Bedford · United States 2001–2026 · 27 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/mitre/) · [🎓**Brandeis University** Waltham · United States 2005–2010 · 8 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/brandeis-university/) · [🎓**University of Massachusetts Amherst** Amherst Center · United States 2003–2012 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 5 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Philosophy · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Discourse analysis · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2007** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ben-wellner/year/2007/) · [**2006** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ben-wellner/year/2006/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Automatically Identifying the Arguments of Discourse Connectives](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wellner-2007-automatically-identifying-arguments-discourse-connectives/)** *(2007 · 85 citations)* The paper tackles a core step in discourse parsing: given an explicit discourse connective such as "because", "however" or "and", find its two arguments (Arg1 and Arg2) in the text. 2. **[Classification of Discourse Coherence Relations: An Exploratory Study using Multiple Knowledge Sources](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wellner-2006-classification-discourse-coherence-relations-exploratory/)** *(2006 · 25 citations)* This study tackles two tasks on the Discourse GraphBank (Wolf and Gibson, 2005), a corpus of 135 news articles. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [James Pustejovsky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-pustejovsky/) ×2 - [Anna Rumshisky](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/anna-rumshisky/) - [Roser Saurí](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/roser-sauri/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2007](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2007/) - [Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/): [SIGDIAL 2006](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/sigdial/2006/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 52 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [24 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ben-wellner/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026