--- title: "Dedre Gentner — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University: 3 papers on Elamur Research (1983–1995), h-index 97 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Dedre Gentner # Dedre Gentner Dedre Gentner has 3 papers in our library, in 1983–1995, most of them on [Information retrieval & search](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/); often with [Kenneth D. Forbus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/). 3 papers in our library · 1983–1995 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5059715106) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5120-6688) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5249842) · [**h-index 97**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5059715106) · [535 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5059715106) · [45,452 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5059715106&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 138 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #486](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/5/#star-486) 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=Dedre+Gentner) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Dedre+Gentner) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Dedre+Gentner) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Dedre+Gentner) ## Affiliations [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 1991–2026 · 158 papersEmployment*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 1985–1996 · 22 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) · [🎓**Northwestern University** Laoag · Philippines 1997–2015 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university-ph/) · [🎓**University of Illinois System** Urbana · United States 1987–1991 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-system/) · [🎓**Western Sydney University** Richmond · Australia 2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/western-sydney-university/) · [🎓**University of California San Diego** San Diego · United States 1974Education until 1974](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-diego/) · [🎓**University of California, Berkeley** Berkeley · United States 1967Education until 1967](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-berkeley/) 🏛️**BBN Technologies**Employment [🎓**University of Chicago** Chicago · United States Education](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-chicago/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 7 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 9 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Information retrieval & search · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/information-retrieval/) ## Works by year ### 1990s [**1995** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/year/1995/) ### 1980s [**1989** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/year/1989/) · [**1983** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/year/1983/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Structure-mapping: A theoretical framework for analogy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gentner-1983-structure-mapping-theoretical-framework-analogy/)** *(1983 · 5,142 citations)* Gentner addresses a basic question in cognitive science: what rules do people implicitly follow when they interpret an analogy, and how does analogy differ from other kinds of comparison? The paper is a theoretical proposal. 2. **[The structure-mapping engine: Algorithm and examples](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/falkenhainer-1989-structure-mapping-engine-algorithm-examples/)** *(1989 · 1,487 citations)* The paper presents the Structure-Mapping Engine (SME), a program that computationally models the mapping stage of analogy under Gentner's Structure-mapping theory. 3. **[MAC/FAC: A model of similarity-based retrieval](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/forbus-1995-mac-fac-model-similarity-based/)** *(1995 · 742 citations)* Similarity-based memory retrieval presents a puzzle. When people compare two cases side by side, they weight shared relational structure more than surface overlap. When recalling from long-term memory, however, surface resemblance tends to dominate, yet purely analogical remindings still occur occasionally. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Structure-mapping: A theoretical framework for analogy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gentner-1983-structure-mapping-theoretical-framework-analogy/) [Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/)**Dedre Gentner*1983 · 5,142 citations* 2. **[The structure-mapping engine: Algorithm and examples](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/falkenhainer-1989-structure-mapping-engine-algorithm-examples/) [Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/)**Brian Falkenhainer, Kenneth D. Forbus, Dedre Gentner*1989 · 1,487 citations* 3. **[MAC/FAC: A model of similarity-based retrieval](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/forbus-1995-mac-fac-model-similarity-based/) [Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/)**Kenneth D. Forbus, Dedre Gentner, Keith Law*1995 · 742 citations* 4. **[New Frontiers in Computational Models of Grammatical Development - eScholarship ↗](https://openalex.org/W2765386963) Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society · no summary yet**Micah B. Goldwater et al.*2012* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kenneth D. Forbus](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-d-forbus/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/) ×2: [Cognitive Science 1995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/1995/), [Cognitive Science 1983](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/1983/) - [Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/): [Artificial Intelligence 1989](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/1989/) - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 138 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [25 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dedre-gentner/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026