OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Applied Linguistics is 3. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The Effects of Strategy Instruction on Chinese EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Awareness and Pragmatic Motivation	110
Chinese Verb Frames in Primary Education: From Basic Communication to Cognitive Complexity	53
Multi‐Formed Power and Coordinated Responses in Academic Supervision	38
A Narrative Inquiry Into the Role of Emotional Experience in Novice Secondary School English Teachers’ Identity Construction	29
Profiling EFL Students’ Motivation and Anxiety in Collaborative Learning: Associations With Teachers’ Support, Self‐Regulated Learning, and Achievement	27
“Our study offers insight into…” Rhetorical promotion in English and Spanish conference abstracts	23
Researching second language acquisition in the study abroad learning environment: An introduction for student researchersChristina L.Isabelli‐García, Casilde A.IsabelliPalgrave Pivot, 2020. xxii + 138	22
Functions of idioms in English as lingua franca: An appraisal system account	21
A contrastive analysis of congratulate by native speakers of Chinese and advanced learners of Chinese	20
Conducting sentiment analysis, LeiLei and DilinLiu, Cambridge University Press, 2021. 96 pp	19
Measuring native‐speaker vocabulary size. PaulNation and AverilCoxhead, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2021, xiii, 160 pp., Hardbound: ISBN 9789027208149, EUR 95.00; Paperb	19
EFL Learners’ Perceptions of and Affective Engagement With Paper‐Based and Mobile‐Assisted Language Learning in Classroom Interactions	17
The relationship between receptive and productive knowledge of L2 English collocations	16
A Translanguaging Approach to Doctoral Supervision: Leveraging Students’ Multilingualism as Intellectual Resources	15
Where there is suffering, there is sympathy: The speech act Sympathize in learning Chinese as a foreign language	15
Vocabulary Demands of Open Access Academia: A YouTube Corpus Study	15
Evidential Strategies in Chinese Social‐Mediated Communication: A Digital Conversation‐Analytic Approach	15
Effects of Task Complexity and L2 Proficiency on Functional Adequacy in L2 Writing	14
The Effects of Rule‐Based and Acoustic‐Perceptual Instruction on Chinese ESL Learners’ English Primary Word Stress Placement Accuracy	14
Statistics in corpus linguistics: A practical guideVaclavBrezinaCambridge University Press, 2018	13
A Multiple‐Choice Exercise on Collocations: What Do Learners Actually Remember?	13
Posture, Competitiveness, and Motivation of Korean Language Learners: A Mixed‐Methods Study	13
Preschool English language planning in China: Tensions between policy and practice	12
Epistemic Dissemination as Dialogue: A Case of Museum‐Visitor Stance Negotiation Through Multilingualism	12
Exploring the Relationship Between Self‐Regulated Learning Strategies and Technology Acceptance in GenAI‐Assisted Writing: A Person‐Centered Approach	10

Metacognitive Awareness and EFL Learners' Writing Performance in ChatGPT‐Assisted Writing Context	10
Co‐Authorship in Applied Linguistics Research: Patterns and Trends, 1991–2023	9
Understanding academic vocabulary learning in higher education: Perspectives from first‐year undergraduates in Hong Kong	8
English teachers’ professional identity incorporated with perceived anxiety in the context of flipped teaching: Scale development and model extension	8
Language Teachers’ Development of Decision‐Making and Pedagogical Reasoning: A Sociocultural Perspective on Peer Coaching	8
The Cross‐Linguistic Transfer of Self‐Regulated Learning Strategy Use From L1 to L2: The Moderating Role of L2 Learning Motivation and Exposure	8
The Roles of Decision‐Makers in Family Language Policy Process: A Systematic Review of Research Since 2013	8
Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Voice Cloning in Phonetic Self‐Imitation for L2 Pronunciation Training	8
E‐learning anxiety and satisfaction with online EFL courses in times of COVID‐19: A moderated mediation model of positive coping and gender	8
Effects of deductive and explicit‐inductive instruction on tertiary‐level Chinese learners’ use of English subjunctive as a pragmatic mitigator	8
Linguistic and Cultural Immersion of American Students in Spanish Universities: Implications for Higher Education and Study Abroad Programs	8
Do Formal Stance Strategies Reveal Disciplinary Variation in Professional Scientific Writing?	8
Exploring Strategies to Connect Foreign Language Education With People Skills: Nurturing Intercultural Understanding Through the Rich Cultural Tapestry of Japanese Anime	7
Perceptual ratings of pronunciation for L2 learners of English as a function of task type, word position, and listener expertise	7
Adapting the task‐based methodology for learners with intellectual disabilities: Five key facets for consideration	7
English learning and use in Hong Kong's bilingual education: Implications for L2 learners’ development of interactional competence	7
Meaningful teaching interaction at the internationalised university: Moving from research to impactDorisDippoldMarionHeronRoutledge, 2021. xxiv + 209 pp. ISBN: 9780429329692 (ebk)	7
Emotion in language: Emotion word type and valence interactively predicted Chinese emotional word processing in emotion categorization task	7
Local Grammar Approach to Critical Discourse Analysis: A Case Study on the Discursive Representation of Climate Change in the UN News	7
The role of reticence in the comprehension of metaphorical taboo expressions in the foreign language	7
Report by Grégory Miras as AILA ReN Coordinator	7
Unraveling University EFL Teachers’ Feedback Beliefs in Teaching English Argumentative Writing	6
Revisiting directionality in China's “outward translation”	6
Group work dynamics and the role of leadership in face‐to‐face and online second language classes	6
Bridging or Breaking? A Systematic Review of How Generative AI Shapes Equity in Foreign Language Education	6
Issue Information	6
If you look at the table… : Directives in conference presentations and university lectures	6
The relationship between self‐regulated learning strategy use and task engagement	6
Interaction between levels of text representation and working memory during L2 reading comprehension: What about it?	6
Report by Grégory Miras as AILA ReN Coordinator	6
Attitudes toward the spread of English and language learning motivation: A graded response model analysis	6
“Research Learning Is a Never‐Ending Journey”: A Narrative Case Study of Interplay of Agency and Researcher Identity Construction	6
Tracking Advanced Chinese Language Learners’ Oral Proficiency Development and Social Network Construction While Studying Abroad	6
Iterative Self‐Branding: Chinese Language Teachers’ Understanding and Rationalization of Working on Online Tutoring Platforms	6
Guiding the Future: The Role of L2 Self‐Guides in Predicting Pre‐Service Language Teachers’ Professional Commitment	6
Enabling and Enacting: Interplay of Agency and Emotions in the Learning Experiences of Successful EFL Learners	6
Exploring Mindset Profiles and Their Associations With Enjoyment, Ideal Self, Grit, and Achievement Among Chinese Adolescent Language Learners: A Latent Profile Analysis	6
Triadic oral peer feedback: Does EFL learners’ L2 proficiency pairing play a role?	6
Learner knowledge of English phrasal verbs: Awareness, confidence, and learning experiences	6
Effects of pronominal reference on the integration of syntactic and semantic information in second language processing	6
The Routledge handbook of language testing, 2nd edition Edited by GlennFulcher \| LukeHardingRoutledge, 2021. xviii + 656 pp. ISBN: 9781138385436	5
Emotions, perspectives, and English language teacher identity construction: A phenomenographic‐narrative study	5
The role of individual differences in second language pragmatics: A systematic review	5
Exploring the interplay of attitudes: The transfer of self‐efficacy and emotions between L1 Chinese and L2 English integrated writing contexts	5
Exploring AI Literacy and AI‐Induced Emotions among Chinese University English Language Teachers: The Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS‐SEM) Approach	5
Emotional labour in comforting strangers on social media	5
A netnography of emergent ESOL researcher identity and development in a virtual community of practice	5
A Journey of Discovery: Unraveling Chinese Qingjiao ’s (Earlier Career University Teachers’) Professional Agency for Learning to Negotiate Identity Tensi	5
Students’ Perspectives and Attitudes Toward EMI and Translanguaging: A Cross‐Country Comparative Study of China and Spain	5
An Investigation of the Relational Aspects of L2 Teacher Pride in the Turkish Context: A Retrodictive Qualitative Modeling Approach	5

Which Theory Better Explains Multilinguals’ Translation Classroom Engagement: Situated Expectancy‐Value Theory or Control‐Value Theory?	5
Comparing Language Learners’ Engagement With Teacher and AI's Responses: Differences in Feed‐Back, Feed‐Up, and Feed‐Forward	5
Integrating Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies With Social Justice Language Education: Insights From a Field‐Based English Teacher Education Course	4
Teaching and testing second language pragmatics and interaction: A practical guideCarstenRoeverRoutledge, 2022. 200 pp. £27.62 (ebook). ISBN: 9780429260766	4
Compiled by AILA ReN Coordinator	4
University students’ metaphors for Canadian multiculturalism: Diverse perceptions	4
The Predictive Effects of Sociobiographical Variables, English Learning Confidence, and Digital Competence on AI‐Mediated Informal Digital Learning of English (AI‐IDLE)	4
Calm the Mind, Unlock the Voice: A Bayesian Longitudinal Analysis of Mindfulness and EFL Speaking Anxiety	4
Exploring Learners’ Perceptions of AI‐mediated informal digital Multilingual Learning: A Q‐Methodology Approach	4
Conceptualizing L2 Teachers’ Blended Assessment Literacy (L2TBAL): A Scoping Review	4
How the Effects of Foreign Language Enjoyment, Anxiety, Boredom and Peace of Mind on Attitude/Motivation Change With Skill Level, Academic Achievement and Age: A Moderated Mediation Model	4
Can EFL teaching help revitalize the Aymara language and culture? Exploring EFL teachers' practices from Northern Chile	4
Issue Information	4
Patterns of contingency and non‐contingency in teacher–student scaffolding interactions: A case of novice and experienced language teachers	4
EFL learners’ confidence, attitudes, and practice towards learning pronunciation	4
Language Teacher Agency and Identity in Internationalized Higher Education: An Ecological Perspective	4
People as Climate Action Motivators. A Survey‐Based Study of Wording and Arguments Suggested as Motivating for Individual Climate Action	4
Issue Information	4
Tracing the Signature Dynamics of EFL Learners’ L2 Motivation in an AI‐Enhanced Learning Context: A Retrodictive Study on College Students in China	4
The development of phrase‐frames in EFL learners’ essays: Variability, structures, and functions	4
100 Years of conference interpreting: A legacy. Edited by Kilian G.Seeber, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, 2021, Price: £64.99, 242 pp. ISBN: 1‐5275‐6719‐2	4
The efficacy of written corrective feedback: Searching for the best predictors	4
Viral discourse, Rodney H.Jones, Cambridge University Press, 2021. vi + 95 pp. $20.00 (paperback), ISBN: 9781108986625	4
Exploring Chinese EFL teachers’ perceptions of creativity and criticality in assessment practices: A qualitative study	4
Conducting second‐language reading research: A methodological guide by Elizabeth B.Bernhardt, Michael L.Kamil. eds. Routledge, 2022. xviii, 161 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐003‐15513‐3	4
Authenticity on Social Media: English Language Teachers' Perceptions and Experiences	4
“Contemporary standard” English policy and pseudo‐diversity among inner and outer circle assistant language teachers in Japan	4
Learners’ Acceptance and Use of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence (AI)‐Generated Content in AI‐Mediated Informal Digital Learning of English	4
Introducing English for research publication purposes. JohnFlowerdew and PejmanHabibie. Routledge, 2022. p. 157. ISBN: 978‐0‐367‐33059‐0, $55 (hardcover)	3
EFL Adolescents' Use of English in the Era of New Digital Media: An Empirical Investigation	3
Compiled by AILA ReN coordinator	3
Motivation, Self‐Regulated R2W Strategy Use, and Their Relationship Patterns Among Different Writing Performance Groups	3
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Psycho‐Emotional Factors and Language Teachers’ Creativity, Identity, and Professional Development: An Introduction	3
Metaphor, sustainability, transformation: Transdisciplinary perspectives. Edited by IanHughes, EdmondByrne, GerardMullally, ColinSage. Routledge, 2022. XIII + 264 pp. ISBN 9780367698553	3
Longitudinal Development of L2 Writing Cohesion in Continuation Tasks	3
Rethinking “Elaborate Equals Effective”: Unpacking the Impact of Feedback Complexity and Text Type on Learner Engagement With GenAI's Feedback	3
Teacher Support in Enhancing Willingness to Communicate: The Mediating Effect of Growth Language Mindset	3
Leveraging ChatGPT for L2 Writing: Teacher Cognition and the Impact of Professional Development	3
Compiled by AILA ReN Coordinator, Glenda El Gamal, Khalifa University, [email protected]	3
Data‐Driven Learning: A Linguistically Authentic Complement to Coursebooks for Foreign Language Learners	3
An Intercultural Framework for Assessing Sociopragmatic Competence in English Language Education: Evidence From the Chinese EFL Context	3
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Making Arguments at Lower Proficiencies: Move–Bundle Connection in Korean University Students’ English Argumentative Writing	3
Imagined Communities of Chinese International Graduates in Australia and New Zealand	3
Exploring epistemological decentring in a language other than English classroom through pedagogical translanguaging	3
Exploring Acoustic Overlap in Second Language Vowel Productions	3
Negotiating Emotional Entanglements: The Role of Religion and Identity in English and Arabic Medium Instruction	3
Exploring Chinese EFL Teachers’ Perceptions About the Contribution of Positive Classroom Climate to Their Professional Vitality and Creativity: A Qualitative Study	3
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Compiled by AILA ReN Coordinator, Glenda El Gamal, Khalifa University, [email protected]	3
Computational Sociolinguistics: An Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Area	3
Bilingual Development in the Tai‐Vietnamese Multicultural Borderland	3
A Revisit to Recast Efficacy in L2 Learning: An Alignment Perspective	3
Linguistic (In)Directness in Complaints on an Online Discussion Forum for Chinese University Students	3
The distributed practice effects of speaking task repetition	3
Multilingualism for Epistemological Diversity and Epistemic Inclusion	3
Stance in article highlights: The promotion of Covid‐19 research	3
How Do Congruency and L2 Proficiency Impact the Processing of Chinese L2 Collocations? Evidence From Different L1 Activation States	3
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Providing Pragmatics Training for L2 Teachers: A Sociocultural Perspective on Development of a Chinese Graduate Teaching Assistant	3
Easing down foreign language listening anxiety: Metacognitive intervention and dialogic interaction	3
Engagement in collaborative writing: Exploring learners’ control of task content and text quality	3
Unveiling Supervisor‐Student Interactions: Patterns, Fluctuations, and Influencing Factors of Chinese Postgraduate EFL Learners’ Online Interaction With the Supervisor	3
Construction grammar: The structure of English by ThomasHoffmann ed. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2022, xi, 315 pp., US$120,00, ISBN 978‐1‐107‐01349‐0 Hardback	3
Learning environment matters for university EFL learners’ emotions and approaches to online learning technologies: A Chinese perspective	3
Does the word‐writing strategy in vocabulary learning increase learning outcomes or mislead learners into overestimation?	3