OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Second Language Writing is 7. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	208
Book Review	112
Past JSLW Editor Rosa M. Manchón speaks: Ilona Leki & Tony Silva’s invitation to co-edit the journal—my reflection	63
Influence of a perspective oriented task, executive function, and trait perspective taking on EFL Writing	57
Generative AI: Same same but different?	55
Task repetition and L2 written performance: A meta-analysis	55
Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing	54
Expertise in L2 writing instruction: The road less travelled	50
Book Review	48
Book review	40
Book review	39
Book Review	38
Is corrective feedback during telecollaboration beneficial? The effects of peer and teacher corrections on L2 writing proficiency	37
The effects of task complexity on second language writing processes and products in computer-assisted collaborative writing	35
The effects of incorporating mindset intervention in L2 English writing on Chinese college EFL students’ learning engagement and writing performance	33
Grammatical complexity: Insights from English for academic purposes teachers	30
Editorial Board	29
Critical language awareness and English for Research Publication Purposes	28
The development and interactions of complexity and accuracy in L2 Chinese writing	28
Editorial Board	26
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	26
The gold standard for the teaching profession: A rejoinder	26
Book review	25
Book review	23
From the other side of the desk: Supervisors’ perceptions of supervisory feedback	21

Introduction to the special issue: Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as a lens for looking backward, outward, and forward in Second Language Writing	19
Editorial Board	18
Connecting source use and argumentation in L2 integrated argumentative writing performance	18
Book review	17
Revisiting the conceptualizations of feedback in second language writing: a metaphor analysis approach	17
Editorial Board	17
CLA and WPA: A justice-oriented approach to writing program administration	17
AI or student writing? Analyzing the situational and linguistic characteristics of undergraduate student writing and AI-generated assignments	16
Book Review	16
Editorial Board	16
Language quality, content, structure: What analytic ratings tell us about EFL writing skills at upper secondary school level in Germany and Switzerland	16
Book review	16
Writing in the AI era: Rethinking writing, research and teaching	15
Task evolution in English for Academic Purposes writing materials: The case of “Information Transfer” to “Critical Commentary”	15
An inquiry into Grammarly’s precision and recall: A comparative study with human annotators	15
JSLW editorial for March 2025	15
Getting a grip on the writing process: (Effective) approaches to write argumentative and narrative texts in L1 and L2	15
Graduate students’ use of ChatGPT for academic text revision: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement	14
Tunnel, teapot, mermaid, ghost: Creative-critical practice as critical language awareness	13
“It can be a very equalizing way to grade”: Contract grading and multilingual writers	13
An argument for globalized L2 writing methodological innovation	13
To grade is not to grade?: Exploring ungrading in the teaching of L2 writing	13
Understanding the impact of teacher feedback on EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing strategies	12
What’s in a profile? Investigating linguistic features of L2 writing at advanced CEFR levels	12
Translanguaging with generative AI in EFL writing: Students’ practices and perceptions	12
Research trends in L2 written corrective feedback: A bibliometric analysis of three decades of Scopus-indexed research on L2 WCF	12
Teachers’ conceptualizations of digital multimodal composing in L2 writing	12
Editorial	11
Book Review	11
Book review	11
Scholarly trends and representations of L2 writers in second language writing: A corpus-assisted discourse study	11
Book review	10
Beyond models: SLW teachers’ pedagogical knowledge and instructional practices with mentor texts	10
Developing and evaluating an empirically-based diagnostic checklist for assessing second language integrated writing	10
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	10
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing	10
The development and validation of a scale on student AI literacy in L2 writing: A domain-specific perspective	10
A large-scale longitudinal study of syntactic complexity development in EFL writing: A mixed-effects model approach	9
Second-language writing development of adult immigrants following three study paths reflecting their varying levels of prior education	9
Voices from L2 learners across different languages: Development and validation of a student writing assessment literacy scale	8
JSLW@30: The founders & past editors speak	8
Book review	8
Book Review	8
The effects of completing collaborative or independent writing on the development of language use in individual writing	8
The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing	8
Introduction to JSLW’s 30th anniversary special issue	8
Ungrading as an assessment philosophy: Reliability, validity, and practicality	8
Towards a GELT-informed pedagogy for multilingual writing: Expanding Tardy’s case	7
Developing and validating a scale for assessing EFL learners’ co-regulation strategies for collaborative writing: A multi-layered perspective	7
Developing L2 writing abilities through an instructional enrichment program informed by dynamic assessment	7

Promoting second language writing autonomy through digital multimodal composing	7
The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language	7