--- title: "Peter Sheridan Dodds — author profile and papers · English" description: "Peter Sheridan Dodds, University of Vermont: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2011–2026), h-index 45 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-sheridan-dodds/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-sheridan-dodds/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Peter Sheridan Dodds # Peter Sheridan Dodds Peter Sheridan Dodds has 3 papers in our library, in 2011–2026, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Machine translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/), [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/); often with [Christopher M. Danforth](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-m-danforth/). 3 papers in our library · 2011–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5040821463) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1973-8614) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42772652) · [**h-index 45**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5040821463) · [194 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5040821463) · [15,682 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5040821463&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-sheridan-dodds/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 6 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-sheridan-dodds/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4889](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/49/#star-4889) 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=Peter+Sheridan+Dodds) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Peter+Sheridan+Dodds) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Peter+Sheridan+Dodds) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Peter+Sheridan+Dodds) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Vermont** Burlington · United States 2006–2026 · 133 papersEmployment 2006–2010Employment 2010–2013Employment since 2011Employment 2013–2020*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-vermont/) · [🔬**Santa Fe Institute** Santa Fe · United States 2003–2026 · 23 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/santa-fe-institute/) · [🤝**Complexity Science Hub** Vienna · Austria 2026 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/ngos/complexity-science-hub/) · [🎓**Columbia University** New York · United States 2002–2006 · 10 papersEmployment 2003–2006](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/columbia-university/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1999–2001 · 6 papersEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 10 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Cultural Studies · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/cultural-studies/) · [Literature and Literary Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/literature-and-literary-theory/) 🧭 Topics 5 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Historical linguistics & language change · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/) · [Machine translation · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/machine-translation/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper Translation-CoT: A Human-Inspired Chain-of-Thought Framework for Multilingual LLM Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/prama-2026-translation-cot-human-inspired-chain/) ### 2010s [**2015** 1 paper Is language evolution grinding to a halt? The scaling of lexical turbulence in English fiction suggests it is not](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pechenick-2015-language-evolution-grinding-halt-scaling/) · [**2011** 1 paper Positivity of the English language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kloumann-2011-positivity-english-language/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Positivity of the English language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kloumann-2011-positivity-english-language/)** *(2011 · 121 citations)* The paper asks whether English, taken as a whole, leans emotionally positive, negative or neutral. Earlier studies gave mixed answers, partly because they picked words in ways that could bias the outcome. The authors chose words only by how often they are used. The 5000 most frequent words were drawn from each of… 2. **[Is language evolution grinding to a halt? The scaling of lexical turbulence in English fiction suggests it is not](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pechenick-2015-language-evolution-grinding-halt-scaling/)** *(2015 · 22 citations)* The paper asks whether the English lexicon is still renewing itself. Earlier work by Petersen et al. reported that word births fell sharply and word deaths rose in the late 20th century. The authors re-examine that claim on the Google Books 2012 English Fiction corpus for 1800–2000. They chose this subset because… 3. **[Translation-CoT: A Human-Inspired Chain-of-Thought Framework for Multilingual LLM Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/prama-2026-translation-cot-human-inspired-chain/)** *(2026)* LLM-based machine translation still suffers from mistranslations, hallucinations and stilted output, and these problems are worst for low-resource languages. ## All works 5 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. **[Positivity of the English language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kloumann-2011-positivity-english-language/)**Isabel M. Kloumann; Christopher M. Danforth; Kameron Decker Harris; Catherine A. Bliss;, Peter Sheridan Dodds*[PLoS ONE](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/) · 121 citations* 2. [**Is language evolution grinding to a halt? The scaling of lexical turbulence in English fiction suggests it is not**Eitan Adam Pechenick, Christopher M. Danforth, Peter Sheridan Dodds*arXiv:1503.03512 · 22 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/pechenick-2015-language-evolution-grinding-halt-scaling/) 3. **[More Data Types More Problems: A Temporal Analysis of Complexity, Stability, and Sensitivity in Privacy Policies](https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.08936) · original ↗ · no summary yet · arXiv:2302.08936**Juniper Lovato et al.*2023 · 4 citations* 4. **[Translation-CoT: A Human-Inspired Chain-of-Thought Framework for Multilingual LLM Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/prama-2026-translation-cot-human-inspired-chain/)**Tabia Tanzin Prama, Juniper L Lovato, Chris Danforth, et al.*[Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/amta/)* 5. **[Gender Disparities in LLM-Based Intimate Partner Violence Detection](https://aclanthology.org/2026.nlpcss-1.13/) · original ↗ · no summary yet · Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Natural Language Processing and…**Tabia Tanzin Prama et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Christopher M. Danforth](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/christopher-m-danforth/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [PLoS ONE](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/) ×2: [PLoS ONE 2011](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/plos-one/2011/) - [Conference of the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (AMTA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/amta/): [AMTA 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/amta/2026/) - Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop on Natural Language… ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 6 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-sheridan-dodds/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026