OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of English for Specific Purposes is 2. 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.)

Article	Citations
Mapping the field of English for specific purposes (1980–2018): A co-citation analysis	40
Matching phrase-frames to rhetorical moves in social science research article introductions	33
Delivering relevance: The emergence of ESP as a discipline	27
A corpus-based investigation on noun phrase complexity in L1 and L2 English writing	22
Choosing specialized vocabulary to teach with data-driven learning: An example from civil engineering	22
A multi-dimensional analysis of the Management's Discussion and Analysis narratives in Chinese and American corporate annual reports	21
Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds	20
Applying local grammars to the diachronic investigation of discourse acts in academic writing: The case of exemplification in Linguistics research articles	18
An analysis of the use of cognitive discourse functions in English-medium history teaching at university	18
The project SubESPSKills: Subtitling tasks for students of Business English to improve written production skills	16
Challenges in academic writing: Perspectives of Engineering faculty and L2 postgraduate research students	15
Exploring request emails in English for business purposes: A move analysis	14
The role of English language in the field of agriculture: A needs analysis	14
“The datasets do not agree”: Negation in research abstracts	13
Selling research in RA discussion sections through English and Spanish: An intercultural rhetoric approach	13
Helping university students discover their workplace communication needs: An eclectic and interdisciplinary approach to facilitating on-the-job learning of workplace communication	12
Academic vocabulary in an EAP course: Opportunities for incidental learning from printed teaching materials developed in-house	12
An exploratory analysis of source integration in post-secondary L1 and L2 source-based writing	12
Digital genres: What they are, what they do, and why we need to better understand them	12
Aligning perceptions with reality: Lebanese EMI instructor perceptions of students’ writing proficiency	11
Adopting a ‘move’ rather than a ‘marker’ approach to metadiscourse: A taxonomy for spoken student presentations	11
Multimodal practices of research groups in Twitter: An analysis of stance and engagement	10
Approaches to simplifying academic texts in English: English teachers’ views and practices	10
Variation in interpersonal relations in manuscript reviews with different recommendations	10
Exploring the socio-contextual nature of workplace writing: Towards preparing learners for the complexities of English L2 writing in the workplace	9

Modes and intersemiotic cohesion in student presentations performed online: An SF-informed multimodal discourse analysis	9
Tracing interpersonal discursive features in Australian nursing bedside handovers: Approachability features, patient engagement and insights for ESP training and working with internationally trained n	9
The place of language in the theoretical tenets, textbooks, and classroom practices in the ESP genre-based approach to teaching writing	9
Academic lexical coverage in TED talks and academic lectures	8
A study of language-related episodes in online English-medium instruction classes in high schools in South Korea	8
Paradigmatic variation in hedging and boosting: A comparative study of discussions in narrative inquiry and grounded theory research	8
Explaining science to the non-specialist online audience: A multimodal genre analysis of TED talk videos	8
What's going on in the chat flow? A move analysis of e-commerce customer service webchat exchange	8
Moving across a genre continuum: Pedagogical strategies for integrating online genres in the language classroom	7
Parameters of variation in the use of words in empirical research writing	7
Natural scientists’ perceptions of authorial voice in scientific writing: The influence of disciplinary expertise on revoicing processes	7
A corpus-aided study of stance adverbs in judicial opinions and the implications for English for Legal Purposes instruction	7
A unique blend of interpersonal and transactional strategies in English email responses to customer complaints in a B2C setting: A move analysis	7
A multi-dimensional analysis of conclusions in research articles: Variation across disciplines	7
A genre-based exploration of intertextuality and interdiscursivity in advertorial discourse	6
Podcasts as a resource for learning academic English: A lexical perspective	6
Undergraduate L2 students’ performance when evaluating historical sources for reliability	6
Metadiscourse in English instruction manuals	6
Towards a communication-focused ESP course for nursing students in building partnership with patients: A needs analysis	6
From task-based needs analysis to curriculum evaluation: Putting methodological innovations to the test in an English for academic purposes program	6
The development, evaluation and application of an aviation radiotelephony specialised technical vocabulary list	6
Development of component analysis to support a research-based curriculum for writing engineering research articles	6
Shell-noun use in disciplinary student writing: A multifaceted analysis of problem and way in third-year undergraduate writing across three disciplines	6
Know your roles: Alleviating the academic-professional tension in the case analysis genre	6
Frame-based formulaic features in L2 writing pedagogy: Variants, functions, and student writer perceptions in academic writing	6
“Maybe, but probably not”: A cross-disciplinary study of negation in Three Minute Thesis presentations	5
Tracking the first-year experience in English medium instruction: A pre-post study of transitional challenges	5
English verb-argument construction profiles in a specialized academic corpus: Variation by genre and discipline	5
How epidemiologists exploit the emerging genres of twitter for public engagement	5
Figure legends of scientific research articles: Rhetorical moves and phrase frames	5
Proscribed informality features in published research: A corpus analysis	5
Writer and reader visibility in humanities research articles: Variation across language, regional variety and discipline	5
A genre-based analysis of questions and comments in Q&A sessions after conference paper presentations in computer science	5
Technical single and multiword unit vocabulary in spoken rugby discourse	5
Temporal change in dissertation macrostructures	5
Disciplinary and gender-based variations: A frame-based analysis of interest markers in research articles	4
English as a lingua franca? The limits of everyday English-language communication in Polish academia	4
A rhetorical function and phraseological analysis of commentaries on visuals	4
The creation and application of a large-scale corpus-based academic multi-word unit list	4
Developing an ESP workshop to promote handover practices in nursing communication: A case study of nurses in a bilingual hospital in Hong Kong	4
Artist’s statements, ‘how to guides’ and the conceptualisation of creative practice	4
Persuasion strategies for demonstrating topic significance in reports of randomised controlled trials	4
‘According to…’: The impact of language background and writing expertise on textual priming patterns of multi-word sequences in academic writing	4
‘The study has clear limitations’: Presentation of limitations in conclusion sections of PhD dissertations and research articles in applied linguistics	3
A practitioner’s commentary on Stephen Evans’ “Just wanna give you guys a bit of an update”: Insider perspectives on business presentations in Hong Kong (2013)	3
Read between the lines: Evaluative patterns and paces in engineering research article introductions	3
Shell noun phrases in scientific writing: A diachronic corpus-based study on research articles in chemical engineering	3
Grammatical metaphor across disciplines: Variation, frequency, and dispersion	3
Development of clausal and phrasal complexity in L2 writing: A case of argumentative essays of Korean college students	3
Leveraging ESP teachers’ roles: EMI university teachers’ professional development in medical and healthcare fields	3

A corpus-based study of vocabulary in massive open online courses (MOOCs)	3
Integrating social justice-oriented content into English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instruction: A case study	3
‘Teaching the writer to fish so they can fish for the rest of their lives’: Lecturer, English language tutor, and student views on the educative role of proofreading	3
“The more important findings are sustained”: A diachronic perspective on the genre of the retraction notice	3
The challenges of radiotelephony communication and effective training approaches: A study of Korean pilots and air traffic controllers	3
Commentary on Louhiala-Salminen et al. (2005): Launching the notion of BELF	3
The rhetoric of negation in research articles: A cross-disciplinary analysis of appraisal resources	3
Participation in global business meetings revisited	2
Strengthening the interface between research and pedagogy in business English and beyond	2
Topicalizing language in CLIL teaching at technical colleges: A micro-level analysis of language-related episodes (LREs)	2
Researcher commentary on Warren (2013): The prevalence and forms of intertextuality	2
The acquisition of formulaic sequences in EFL email writing	2
A practitioner’s commentary on Z. Zhang (2013) Business English students learning to write for international business: What do international business practitioners have to say about their texts?	2
Integrating multi-communication research and the business English class	2
Constructing arguments in engineering student case studies	2
“I can't come to the words”: Effects of including military flavour when testing the oral proficiency of Norwegian joint terminal attack controllers	2
Exploring the significance of English-based communication for a community of medical academics in a public university teaching hospital in Algeria	2
‘Table 1 shows that…’: A local grammar of graphic data commentary in discourse of Economics	2
Developing genre awareness in collaborative academic reading: A case study of novice academic learners	2
Stance constructions in CEO statements of CSR reports of Chinese and US companies	2
A practitioner's commentary on Louhiala-Salminen et al. (2005): Tackling BELF communication challenges in cross-border mergers and beyond	2
A case study of the variety of writing assignments in an undergraduate English department	2
Digital mediation in ESP genres	2
Suitability of TED-Ed animations for academic listening	2
Tracing the development of English for Specific Purposes over four decades (1980–2019): A bibliometric analysis	2
Science dissemination videos as multimodal supporting resources for ESP teaching in higher education	2
Exploiting hypothetical reported speech in the business English classroom	2
If it had been conducted with a larger database…: A comparison of If-constructions in Chinese L2 learners' theses and published research articles	2
Corpus-based bundle analysis to disciplinary variations: Relocating the role of bundle extraction criteria	2
Intertextuality in business emails: An ESP Practitioner’s commentary on Warren’s research on intertextuality	2
Transcending science in scientific communication: Multimodal strategies to incorporate humanistic perspectives in TED talks on biology	2
“Doing Explicit” in hospitality and tourism service encounters in English as a lingua franca	2