--- title: "John Barnden — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "John Barnden, University of Birmingham: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2008–2015), h-index 21 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-barnden/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-barnden/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / John Barnden # John Barnden John Barnden has 2 papers in our library, in 2008–2015, most of them on [Idioms & multiword expressions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/); often with [Aniruddha Ghosh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aniruddha-ghosh/), [Antonio Reyes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/antonio-reyes/), [Ekaterina Shutova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-shutova/). 2 papers in our library · 2008–2015 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5008408507) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-2288) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110371993) · [**h-index 21**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5008408507) · [172 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008408507) · [2,595 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5008408507&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-barnden/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 68 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-barnden/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5138](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/52/#star-5138) 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=John+Barnden) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=John+Barnden) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=John+Barnden) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=John+Barnden) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Birmingham** Birmingham · United Kingdom 1997–2025 · 81 papersEmployment since 1997*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-birmingham/) · [🎓**New Mexico State University** Las Cruces · United States 1987–2007 · 26 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/new-mexico-state-university/) · [🎓**Indiana University Bloomington** Bloomington · United States 1981–1987 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/indiana-university-bloomington/) · [🎓**Indiana University** Bloomington · United States 1981–1987 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/indiana-university/) · [🎓**University of Reading** Reading · United Kingdom 1980 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-reading/) · [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 1972–1976Education 1972–1976](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 1968–1972Education 1968–1972Education 1971–1972](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 4 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Idioms & multiword expressions · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multiword-expressions/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-barnden/year/2015/) ### 2000s [**2008** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-barnden/year/2008/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[SemEval-2015 Task 11: Sentiment Analysis of Figurative Language in Twitter](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ghosh-2015-semeval-2015-task-11-sentiment/)** *(2015 · 269 citations)* This SemEval-2015 shared task asks how well sentiment analysis works on tweets that are rich in irony, sarcasm and metaphor. 2. **[Textual Entailment as an Evaluation Framework for Metaphor Resolution: A Proposal](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/agerri-2008-textual-entailment-as-evaluation-framework/)** *(2008 · 6 citations)* Metaphor is common in everyday text, yet applied NLP has mostly ignored it. Metaphor-understanding research, for its part, has stayed small-scale: specialised systems receive a few hand-picked inputs, and the researchers themselves decide what the right outputs are. This proposal, adapted from a grant application… ## Co-authors here 7 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Aniruddha Ghosh](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aniruddha-ghosh/) - [Antonio Reyes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/antonio-reyes/) - [Ekaterina Shutova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ekaterina-shutova/) - [Mark Lee](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-lee/) - [Paolo Rosso](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paolo-rosso/) - [Rodrigo Agerri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rodrigo-agerri/) - [Tony Veale](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tony-veale/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Semantics in Text Processing. STEP Conference Proceedings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-in-text-processing-step-conference-proceedings/): [Semantics in Text Processing. STEP Conference Proceedings 2008](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semantics-in-text-processing-step-conference-proceedings/2008/) - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/): [SemEval 2015](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/2015/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 68 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [26 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-barnden/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026