--- title: "Scott Weinstein — author profile and papers · Discourse analysis" description: "Scott Weinstein, University of Pennsylvania: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1983–1995), h-index 25 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-weinstein/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-weinstein/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Scott Weinstein # Scott Weinstein Scott Weinstein has 2 papers in our library, in 1983–1995, most of them on [Discourse analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Aravind Joshi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aravind-joshi/), [Barbara J. Grosz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-j-grosz/). 2 papers in our library · 1983–1995 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5059611286) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1002-2521) · [**h-index 25**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5059611286) · [100 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5059611286) · [4,550 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5059611286&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-weinstein/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 407 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-weinstein/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #1051](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/11/#star-1051) 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=Scott+Weinstein) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Scott+Weinstein) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Scott+Weinstein) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Scott+Weinstein) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Pennsylvania** Philadelphia · United States 1979–2025 · 62 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-pennsylvania/) · [🎓**Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Cambridge · United States 1986–2002 · 9 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Haverford College** Haverford · United States 1995–2018 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/04fnrxr62) · [🎓**Technion – Israel Institute of Technology** Haifa · Israel 1996–1997 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/technion-israel-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**Calvin University** Grand Rapids · United States 1990 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/05r0q9p84) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 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 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/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Philosophy · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/philosophy/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Discourse analysis · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/discourse-analysis/) · [English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 1990s [**1995** 1 paper Centering: A Framework for Modeling the Local Coherence of Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grosz-1995-centering-framework-modeling-local-coherence/) ### 1980s [**1983** 1 paper Providing a Unified Account of Definite Noun Phrases in Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grosz-1983-providing-unified-account-definite-noun/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Centering: A Framework for Modeling the Local Coherence of Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grosz-1995-centering-framework-modeling-local-coherence/)** *(1995 · 2,103 citations)* The paper gives the definitive statement of centering, a model of the local attentional state inside one discourse segment. 2. **[Providing a Unified Account of Definite Noun Phrases in Discourse](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/grosz-1983-providing-unified-account-definite-noun/)** *(1983 · 527 citations)* The paper addresses a long-standing confusion about whether the behavior of definite noun phrases and pronouns in discourse is a matter of syntax, semantics, or pragmatics. ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Aravind Joshi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aravind-joshi/) ×2 - [Barbara J. Grosz](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/barbara-j-grosz/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 1983](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/1983/) - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/): [Computational Linguistics 1995](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1995/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 407 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [77 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/scott-weinstein/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026