OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of ELT Journal 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Leveraging transnational identities of refugee-background students	60
Digital multimodal composing pedagogy in a university writing course	51
Bridging extramural English and formal instruction	33
Digital whiteboards: engaging with active learning	28
Teaching English to Young Arabic Speakers: Assessing the Influence of Instructional Materials, Narratives and Cultural Norms	28
Critical literacy supplementary materials in high school EFL	27
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	22
Trauma-sensitive English teaching and SEL amid war in Ukraine	22
Global English and Political Economy	21
Challenging native speakerism in a Korean college English course	21
Correction to: Using learning journals to promote learner autonomy	21
Beyond detection: GenAI in EAL writing education	20
Centring on students’ needs by engaging in translanguaging shifts	18
ELT teachers’ agency for wellbeing	18
Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice	17
Language teacher wellbeing: an individual–institutional pact	16
Social-emotional learning in ESOL with ninth-grade newcomers	16
The challenges of EMI for art and design students in the UAE	15
Mapping a way forward: toward a shared EMI and EAP research agenda	13
ChatGPT in ELT: disruptor? Or well-trained teaching assistant?	13
Raising awareness among the TESOL community about the professional identity tensions of women EFL teachers in Africa	13
Screen capture technology in ELT	13
CEFR and the ELT practitioner: empowerment or enforcement?	13
Research methods in applied linguistics and language education: current considerations, recent innovations, and future directions	12
Developing Intercultural Language Materials	12

Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching	12
A Kazakhstani English Language teacher’s perspective on multilingual practices	11
A case for ELF feito no Brasil	11
Ways of implementing ELF in the classroom	11
Fluency revisited	10
Engaging students in dialogic interactions through questioning	10
How does generative AI promote autonomy and inclusivity in language teaching?	10
Generative artificial intelligence and ELT	10
The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching	10
Writing conferences via an online meeting platform	9
A digital pedagogy for transculturing ELT through Global Englishes	9
Primary EFL teachers’ perceptions of technology to support speaking	9
Facilitating professional growth through materials-based assessments	9
Code-switching and translanguaging: why they have a lot in common	9
Erratum to: Translanguaging as a political stance: implications for English language education	9
Supporting part-time ELT faculty in a Japanese university	8
Black Lives Matter in an EFL speaking class	8
Children’s learning through digital technologies: an introduction	8
Language Education in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities	8
Implementing rubric co-construction in ESL writing teaching	8
Vocabulary and the Four Skills. Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary	8
Tracking trends in coursebooks for young learners	8
Digital literacy as ideological practice	7
“Feeling Closer to Nature” through Ecocritical ELT	7
Moroccan EFL teachers’ experiences with the 2023 Al-Haouz earthquake	7
Three stakeholders’ reflections on language assessment literacy	7
Implementing a reading-to-learn programme in EFL bilingual teaching	6
Decolonizing classroom discourse: insights from interactional research	6
Teacher input prompts and student listening strategies in EMI classes	6
Listening in interaction: reconceptualizing a core skill	6
The Art of Foreign Language Teaching: Improvisation and Drama in Teacher Development and Language Learning (second edition)	6
Can novice teachers detect AI-generated texts in EFL writing?	6
Translanguaging: a paradigm shift for ELT theory and practice	6
ESOL classes as trauma-sensitive physical spaces	5
International youth literature in the Chinese EFL classroom	5
English writing with Disney animation: a critical perspective	5
Worked examples for peer interaction: a feedback and learning resource	5
Take-home tests as an assessment for learning strategy	5
Moving beyond ‘infancy’: towards a cross-fertilization between EMI and EAP scholarship	5
Challenges in understanding children’s language learning in games	5