OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of English for Specific Purposes is 5. 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
Choosing specialized vocabulary to teach with data-driven learning: An example from civil engineering	22
A corpus-based investigation on noun phrase complexity in L1 and L2 English writing	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
An analysis of the use of cognitive discourse functions in English-medium history teaching at university	18
Applying local grammars to the diachronic investigation of discourse acts in academic writing: The case of exemplification in Linguistics research articles	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
Selling research in RA discussion sections through English and Spanish: An intercultural rhetoric approach	13
“The datasets do not agree”: Negation in research abstracts	13
Digital genres: What they are, what they do, and why we need to better understand them	12
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
Adopting a ‘move’ rather than a ‘marker’ approach to metadiscourse: A taxonomy for spoken student presentations	11
Aligning perceptions with reality: Lebanese EMI instructor perceptions of students’ writing proficiency	11
Approaches to simplifying academic texts in English: English teachers’ views and practices	10
Variation in interpersonal relations in manuscript reviews with different recommendations	10
Multimodal practices of research groups in Twitter: An analysis of stance and engagement	10
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
Exploring the socio-contextual nature of workplace writing: Towards preparing learners for the complexities of English L2 writing in the workplace	9
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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