OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Second Language Writing is 8. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	266
Past JSLW Editor Rosa M. Manchón speaks: Ilona Leki & Tony Silva’s invitation to co-edit the journal—my reflection	148
Influence of a perspective oriented task, executive function, and trait perspective taking on EFL Writing	108
Book Review	75
Generative AI: Same same but different?	75
Expertise in L2 writing instruction: The road less travelled	65
Task repetition and L2 written performance: A meta-analysis	63
Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing	55
Book Review	54
Grammatical complexity: Insights from English for academic purposes teachers	53
Book Review	51
Book review	47
Book review	43
The effects of incorporating mindset intervention in L2 English writing on Chinese college EFL students’ learning engagement and writing performance	42
Is corrective feedback during telecollaboration beneficial? The effects of peer and teacher corrections on L2 writing proficiency	42
The effects of task complexity on second language writing processes and products in computer-assisted collaborative writing	41
Editorial Board	39
Pre-task planning in L2 writing: Does generative AI assistance make a difference?	33
Introduction to the special issue: Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as a lens for looking backward, outward, and forward in Second Language Writing	33
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	32
The gold standard for the teaching profession: A rejoinder	31
The development and interactions of complexity and accuracy in L2 Chinese writing	29
Critical language awareness and English for Research Publication Purposes	29
Book review	28
Book review	27

From the other side of the desk: Supervisors’ perceptions of supervisory feedback	22
Editorial Board	22
Revisiting the conceptualizations of feedback in second language writing: a metaphor analysis approach	21
Editorial Board	21
Language quality, content, structure: What analytic ratings tell us about EFL writing skills at upper secondary school level in Germany and Switzerland	21
CLA and WPA: A justice-oriented approach to writing program administration	20
AI or student writing? Analyzing the situational and linguistic characteristics of undergraduate student writing and AI-generated assignments	20
Editorial Board	19
Connecting source use and argumentation in L2 integrated argumentative writing performance	19
Book Review	19
JSLW editorial for March 2025	17
Book review	17
An inquiry into Grammarly’s precision and recall: A comparative study with human annotators	17
Getting a grip on the writing process: (Effective) approaches to write argumentative and narrative texts in L1 and L2	16
Tunnel, teapot, mermaid, ghost: Creative-critical practice as critical language awareness	16
Writing in the AI era: Rethinking writing, research and teaching	16
Graduate students’ use of ChatGPT for academic text revision: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement	16
Task evolution in English for Academic Purposes writing materials: The case of “Information Transfer” to “Critical Commentary”	16
“It can be a very equalizing way to grade”: Contract grading and multilingual writers	16
An argument for globalized L2 writing methodological innovation	15
To grade is not to grade?: Exploring ungrading in the teaching of L2 writing	15
Translanguaging with generative AI in EFL writing: Students’ practices and perceptions	15
What’s in a profile? Investigating linguistic features of L2 writing at advanced CEFR levels	14
Teachers’ conceptualizations of digital multimodal composing in L2 writing	14
Editorial	14
Beyond models: SLW teachers’ pedagogical knowledge and instructional practices with mentor texts	13
Book review	13
Book Review	13
Scholarly trends and representations of L2 writers in second language writing: A corpus-assisted discourse study	13
Second-language writing development of adult immigrants following three study paths reflecting their varying levels of prior education	12
The development and validation of a scale on student AI literacy in L2 writing: A domain-specific perspective	12
Book review	12
Understanding the impact of teacher feedback on EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing strategies	12
Developing and evaluating an empirically-based diagnostic checklist for assessing second language integrated writing	12
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing	12
Research trends in L2 written corrective feedback: A bibliometric analysis of three decades of Scopus-indexed research on L2 WCF	12
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	11
Ungrading as an assessment philosophy: Reliability, validity, and practicality	10
The effects of completing collaborative or independent writing on the development of language use in individual writing	10
A large-scale longitudinal study of syntactic complexity development in EFL writing: A mixed-effects model approach	10
Book review	10
Book Review	10
Direct and indirect data-driven learning: An experimental study of that-complementation	10
JSLW@30: The founders & past editors speak	10
Developing and validating a scale for assessing EFL learners’ co-regulation strategies for collaborative writing: A multi-layered perspective	9
Developing L2 writing abilities through an instructional enrichment program informed by dynamic assessment	9
Towards a GELT-informed pedagogy for multilingual writing: Expanding Tardy’s case	9
Introduction to JSLW’s 30th anniversary special issue	9
Voices from L2 learners across different languages: Development and validation of a student writing assessment literacy scale	8
Promoting second language writing autonomy through digital multimodal composing	8

Editorial Board	8
The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language	8
Editorial Board	8
Negotiating writer identity and investment among EFL undergraduate students: Insights from reflections on becoming writers	8
The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing	8
The value of models to support students' voice in middle school social studies argument writing	8
Book Review	8