Modern Language Journal

Papers
(The H4-Index of Modern Language Journal is 19. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
A Control–Value Theory Approach to Boredom in English Classes Among University Students in China136
The Development and Validation of the Short Form of the Foreign Language Enjoyment Scale97
The Research–Practice Dialogue in Second Language Learning and Teaching: Past, Present, and Future61
Tracking the Evolution of Chinese Learners’ Multilingual Motivation Through a Longitudinal Q Methodology60
Academic Perseverance in Foreign Language Learning: An Investigation of Language‐Specific Grit and Its Conceptual Correlates51
Empirically Defining Language Learning and Teaching Materials in Use Through Sociomaterial Perspectives48
The Relationship Between Utterance and Perceived Fluency: A Meta‐Analysis of Correlational Studies43
How Effective Are Intentional Vocabulary‐Learning Activities? A Meta‐Analysis40
Rewilding Language Education: Emergent Assemblages and Entangled Actions29
Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices: The Ethics of Quantitative Data Handling and Reporting in Applied Linguistics29
Navigating the Challenges of L2 Reading: Self‐Efficacy, Self‐Regulatory Reading Strategies, and Learner Profiles27
Emergency Remote Language Teaching and U.S.‐Based College‐Level World Language Educators’ Intention to Adopt Online Teaching in Postpandemic Times26
Land as Interlocutor: A Study of Ojibwe Learner Language in Interaction on and With Naturally Occurring ‘Materials’26
Digital Game‐Based Learning of Formulaic Expressions in Second Language Chinese21
Student Self‐Initiated Use of Smartphones in Multilingual Writing Classrooms: Making Learner Agency and Multiple Involvements Visible21
Learners’ Engagement in L2 Computer‐Mediated Interaction: Chat Mode, Interlocutor Familiarity, and Text Quality20
Cognitive and Socioaffective Predictors of L2 Microdevelopment in Late Adulthood: A Longitudinal Intervention Study20
Bridging the Researcher–Practitioner Divide Through Community‐Engaged Action Research: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Exploration19
Small Samples in Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research19
Grammatical and Lexical Development During Short‐Term Study Abroad: Exploring L2 Contact and Initial Proficiency19
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