Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of English for Academic Purposes is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Book review67
Top-down versus bottom-up pedagogy: Applications in the East Asian ESP classroom63
Stories and scenarios: Lecturers’ use of fantastic hypothetical events37
A multimodal analysis of pair work engagement episodes: Implications for EMI lecturer training30
The impact of input format on written performance in a listening-into-writing assessment29
“Now I hear what you say” - How short EAP courses can foster successful academic interactional strategies29
Development of syntactic complexity in Chinese university students’ L2 argumentative writing27
Showing as sense-making in oral presentations: The speech-gesture-slide interplay in TED talks by Professor Brian Cox25
Profiling figure legends in scientific research articles: A corpus-driven approach24
De-mystifying the nimbus of research: re-igniting practitioners' interest in exploring EAP24
Effects of explicit instruction on noun phrase production in L2 undergraduate writing23
BALEAP News October for November 202121
Editorial Board21
Integrative genre-based pedagogy: Enhancing social responsiveness in English medium of instruction and STEM education21
Editorial Board21
An investigation into the missions and practices of glocal writing centers in the Chinese context: ERPP and EAP-EGP hybrid approaches20
Storytelling in L2 English-medium engineering lectures: A typology18
“In the present study”: An exploration of prepositional phrase-frames in Chinese EFL learners’ theses and dissertations of applied linguistics18
The influences of international master's students' feedback seeking behaviour on their feedback literacy and feedback contexts: An ecological perspective18
The need for English language development in anglophone higher education settings: A case study from Australia18
Re-exploring writer-reader interaction: Analyzing metadiscourse in EAP students’ infographics18
Rhetorical structure of literature review chapters in Nepalese PhD dissertations: Students’ engagement with previous scholarship17
What does it mean to construct an argument in academic writing? A synthesis of English for general academic purposes and English for specific academic purposes perspectives16
Using legitimation code theory to investigate English medium lecturers’ knowledge-building practices16
BALEAP News15
Developing advanced citation skills: A mixed-methods approach to corpus technology training for novice researchers15
BALEAP news – Introduction to SIGs: Meet the Doctoral Education SIG15
Editorial Board15
Promoting research: Academic hypes embedded in the rhetorical move structure of sociology research article abstracts15
A cross-sectional analysis of negation used in thesis writing by L1 and L2 PhD students15
Examining the effects of comprehensive written corrective feedback on L2 EAP students’ linguistic performance: A mixed-methods study14
A Chinese EFL student's strategies in graduation thesis writing: An Activity Theory perspective14
Self-empowerment in the struggling transition from General English to EAP: Action and reflection of a Chinese teacher14
“Writing by oneself is too lonely”: Understanding Chinese returnee scholars’ English collaborative writing experiences in academic publishing14
Book review13
A systematic analysis of first-person identity roles in agricultural sciences13
Editorial Board13
Approaching digital genre composing through reflective pedagogical praxis13
Exploring the technicality of LIQUID metaphorical chunks in business discourse13
Book review12
Self-regulation and student engagement with feedback: The case of Chinese EFL student writers12
Writers' communicative resources for comparing present and past research findings: A pedagogically motivated inquiry into scientists' rhetorical practices11
Preparing learners for digitally mediated academic communication: Digital multimodal practice in students’ knowledge dissemination videos11
The transition of EAP practitioners into scholarship writing11
Introduction to the special issue: Action research in english language and communication contexts in higher education11
From abstracts to “60-second science” podcasts: Reformulation of scientific discourse11
Move-stance connection in Chinese and English research article conclusion sections: A cross-linguistic study11
Tackling illegitimate intertextuality through socialization - An action research project11
Saying verbs in applied linguistics research articles: At the interface of reportage and evaluation10
Pre-admission EAP course completion as evidence of English language proficiency for university admission: A longitudinal evaluation study10
BALEAP news – Looking back, looking forward …10
Seeking research funding in a peripheral context: A learner corpus genre study of grant proposal summaries10
BALEAP news - Introduction to SIGs – Law10
A corpus-based analysis of discourse strategy use by English-Medium Instruction university lecturers in Turkey10
Editorial Board10
Are the titles of doctoral dissertations and research articles different? Observations from four STEM disciplines10
Transvocal stance in academic translation: A rhetorical analysis of grammatical stance in translated applied linguistics English research article abstracts10
Book review10
BALEAP news - Introduction to SIGs: Meet academic literacies (AL) SIG10
Authorial voice in source-based and opinion-based argumentative writing: Patterns of voice across task types and proficiency levels9
Book Review9
Towards an understanding of EMI teacher expertise in higher education: An intrinsic case study9
Exploring the potential of using ChatGPT for rhetorical move-step analysis: The impact of prompt refinement, few-shot learning, and fine-tuning9
Exploring polysemy in the Academic Vocabulary List: A lexicographic approach9
Nursing and midwifery students’ ethical views on the acceptability of using AI machine translation software to write university assignments: A deficit-oriented or translanguaging perspective?9
Diachronic changes in the syntactic complexity of emerging Chinese international publication writers’ research article introductions: A rhetorical strategic perspective8
Evaluating co-production as a guiding philosophy for EAP teacher training course development8
Editorial Board8
A multi-faceted evaluation of the impact on students of an Australian university-wide academic language development program8
Disciplinary variation of metadiscourse: A comparison of human-written and ChatGPT-generated English research article abstracts8
Language-related perceptions: How do they predict student satisfaction with a partial English Medium Instruction in Higher Education?8
‘X can be classified into … ’: A local grammar of classification in academic discourse and its implications for EAP pedagogy8
Assessing the impact of pre-lecture reading compliance on lecture comprehension in English-medium instruction courses8
Effectiveness of student academic presentations: What do we learn from presentation guidebooks?8
Notetaking as validity evidence: A mixed-methods investigation of question preview in EAP listening assessment7
Citation practices in applied linguistics: A comparative study of Korean master's theses and research articles7
Discussing limitations in disciplinary writing: Self-reported limitations and self-justifications7
Writing book reviews: Perceptions and experiences of Chinese novice scholars7
Exploration of value arguments in applied linguistics research articles7
Phrasal complexity in English argumentative writing: Variations across Chinese STEM versus English majors' production and EFL textbook essays7
Short vs. extended adolescent academic writing: A cross-genre analysis of writing skills in written definitions and persuasive essays7
Multilevel engagement in academic L2 reading: Developing and validating a scale6
Book review6
Utilization of appraisal resources for acknowledging limitations within doctoral theses across disciplines6
Book review6
Book review6
A specialized vocabulary list from an original corpus of digital science resources for middle school learners6
Book review6
Editorial Board6
Microaggressions to microaffirmations: A trioethnography of plurilingual EAP instructors6
What can be done to make peer review a more sustainable practice?6
Negotiating the path to publication: Functional units and lexical bundles in author responses to peer review5
Corrigendum to “The expression of obligation in student academic writing” [Journal of English for Academic Purposes (2020), (44), 100840]5
Using the knowledge and expertise of English language specialists to enhance L1 English speaking lecturers’ lectures: A professional development project5
Implementing academic reading circles in higher education: Exploring perceptions, motivation and outcomes5
Materials for an oral presentations class on gesture: Navigating a visual with your audience5
“It's complicated and nuanced”: Teaching genre awareness in English for general academic purposes5
Learner-centered EAP practices: Managing agenda in tutorial interaction5
Investigating student difficulties in English-medium secondary classes: A functional linguist and a science educator in collaboration5
“We define X as …”: A local grammar of definition in linguistics research articles and its pedagogical value5
GPT as book reviewer: A move and syntactic complexity analysis of GPT-generated versus scholar-written academic book reviews5
Revamping an English for specific academic purposes course for problem-based learning: Reflections from course developers5
Editorial Board5
“I notice I'm getting more involved, interested, and excited about my future topic.” Action research as a transition from research steps to navigating graduate students' scholarly dispositions5
The dynamics of building academic writing knowledge in interaction5
Grammatical and functional characteristics of preposition-based phrase frames in English argumentative essays by L1 English and Spanish speakers5
EAP practitioners' assessment behavior: Bringing the hidden-away to light4
Book review4
Changing patterns of the grammatical stance devices in medical research articles (1970–2020)4
Informal professional learning through collaborative action research: Fostering backstage dialogue among new EAP teachers4
Reconceptualising the notion of finding information: How undergraduate students construct information as they read-to-write in an academic writing class4
Past and future events and projects for BALEAP assessment and testing4
A mixed-methods study of strategy use in academic vocabulary learning among first-year undergraduates in Hong Kong4
Transfer of knowledge across genres and media: Investigating L2 learners’ multiple composing practices4
JEAP - BALEAP News4
Modal density and coherence in science dissemination: Orchestrating multimodal ensembles in online TED talks and youtube science videos4
‘Excited to see our latest work published’: Recontextualizing research results in biomedical tweetorials4
Translanguaging pedagogies: Using an action research approach to support English as an Additional Language (EAL) students in a first-year undergraduate anatomy course.4
EFL student engagement with giving peer feedback in academic writing: A longitudinal study4
Only a cog in a machine?: Reappraising institutionalized EAP teacher identities in a transnational context4
“Gruelling to read”: Swedish university students’ perceptions of and attitudes towards academic reading in English4
Diachronic change of noun phrase complexity in the IMRD sections of medical research articles (1970–2020)4
Bundles to beat the band in high-stakes tests: Pedagogical applications of an exploratory investigation of lexical bundles across band scores of the IELTS writing component4
A multi-dimensional analysis of English-medium massive open online courses (MOOCs) video lectures in China4
Using a logic model to evaluate rater training for EAP writing assessment3
Examining teacher-written conference abstracts: Rhetorical functions and syntactic complexity features3
Editorial Board3
Adopting critical-pragmatic pedagogy to address plagiarism in a Chinese context: An action research3
Autonomous corpus use by graduate students: A long-term trend study (2009–2017)3
Analyzing engagement strategies in argument chain: A comparison between high- and low-scoring EFL undergraduate argumentative essays3
Writing a successful applied linguistics conference abstract: The relationship between stylistic and linguistic features and raters’ evaluations3
Evaluating English-medium instruction in higher education: EMI-QE3
A diachronic study of authorial stance in the discussion of Chinese MA theses and published research articles3
Editorial Board3
Lexical complexity changes in 100 years’ academic writing: Evidence from Nature Biology Letters3
“This study is not without its limitations”: Acknowledging limitations and recommending future research in applied linguistics research articles3
An exploratory study of English as a Second Language students’ “citation” patterns in multimodal writing3
Multilingual doctoral students' lived experiences of genre knowledge development through social interactions: Learning writing ‘styles’ and ‘thought processes’3
A cross-disciplinary study of authorial identity construction through ‘reader engagement’ in the introduction of research articles3
“Contrary to findings from previous studies …”: Paradigmatic and ethnolinguistic influences on disagreement negotiation in research article discussions3
‘Don't become so much high sounding’: Power dynamics in master's thesis viva3
Empowering learners to invest in imagined and EAP identities to claim as legitimate English users: A multiple-case study3
Book review3
BALEAP News for JEAP May 2025Introducing Hannah Jones, new Chair of BALEAP3
Student question types and subject-position pronominal choices: An exploratory frequency-based comparison of interactive vs. monologic academic lectures3
A comparative study of research questions written by L1 English authors and Chinese EFL scholars3
Establishing an institutional EAP teacher development scheme based on BALEAP's competency framework: A critical review of the competencies3
The nonuse of the definite article the in referencing definite nouns in research writing: An empirical study using both corpus and survey data and its implications3
Doctoral student’s strategy use in GAI chatbot-assisted L2 writing: An activity theory perspective3
BALEAP news - Introduction to SIGs: Meet TELSIG, the Technology Enhanced Learning SIG3
How English academic writing textbooks written by Chinese EFL teachers address the issue of plagiarism3
Increasing critical language awareness through translingual practices in academic writing3
Editorial Board3
BALEAP news – Introduction to SIGs: Meet EAP for Social Justice SIG2
Unpacking EFL learners’ emotions and emotion-regulation strategies in digital collaborative academic reading projects: An integrated approach of vignette methodology and interview analysis2
“I found it very special and interesting”: Evaluative language in Master's thesis defenses in Taiwan universities2
Book review2
Syntactic complexity features of science research article introductions: Rhetorical-functional and disciplinary variation perspectives2
EAP research in BALEAP 1975–2019: Past issues and future directions2
To what extent do L2 learners produce genre-appropriate language? A comparative analysis of lexical bundles in argumentative essays and speeches2
The effect of intralingual live subtitling on students’ performance and perception in EMI lectures in Flanders: A pilot study2
Teaching lecture comprehension skills through OpenCourseWare video-recorded lectures: A research-informed classroom application2
Book review2
Resistance and agency in second language academic discourse socialisation: Undergraduate students’ experiences of an EAP course2
Tracing development: Feedback orientations and knowledge construction in master's theses2
Supporting international graduate students’ academic language and literacies development through online and hybrid communities of practice2
Book review2
Editorial Board2
Writer responsibility across sections of research articles: Recycling of directional determinants by English and Iranian academics2
Editorial Board2
Podcasting science: Rhetorical moves and interactional metadiscourse in the Nature Podcast2
Book review2
Forms and functions of intertextuality in academic tweets composed by research groups2
Mapping cohesion in research articles of applied linguistics: A close look at rhetorical sections2
Editorial Board2
Noun phrase complexity in English integrated writing placement test responses2
Exemplification in research articles: Structural, semantic and metadiscursive properties across disciplines2
EAP corrective feedback in an EMI setting: Student and teacher beliefs1
“These are my ‘selling points’”: Disciplinary variation in rhetorical features of graduate school statements of purpose1
Comparing monomodal traditional writing and digital multimodal composing in EAP classrooms: Linguistic performance and writing development1
A rhetorical move-step analysis of graphical abstracts in experimental research articles1
Differences between novice and experienced academics in their engagement with audience members in conference Q&A sessions1
The different ways to write publishable research articles: Using cluster analysis to uncover patterns of APPRAISAL in discussions across disciplines1
Book review1
Book review1
Book review1
Editorial Board1
The use of the passive voice in science students’ writing1
Evaluating the effect of teacher written feedback on developing Chinese L2 graduate students’ paraphrasing performance1
Syntactic complexity in learner-generated research paper introductions: Rhetorical functions and level of move/step realization1
Book review1
“Their encouragement makes me feel more confident”: Exploring peer effects on learner engagement in collaborative reading of academic texts1
Supervisory feedback, reflection, and academic discourse socialization: Insights from an L2 doctoral student's paper writing experience1
Titles in archaeology research articles: a corpus-based comparison with other disciplines1
Citation choices in L2 novices' and experts’ literature review sections: A functional discourse analysis1
Book review1
Exemplification and reformulation in expert linguists’ writings: Elaborative metadiscourse between disciplinarity and individuality1
BALEAP News – Conference time!1
Book review1
Tracking the changing patterns of graphic data commentary in economics research articles over time: A local grammar study1
A phraseological study of highlighting strategies in novice and expert writing1
Exploring the differences in syntactic complexity between lay summaries and abstracts: A case study of The New England Journal of Medicine1
“Such comparison fails to …”: The neglected open-ended negatives in the literature review section of social science research articles1
Languages of publication among multilingual researchers: Locality to mobility in the Taiwan context1
Book review1
Towards a digital bilingualism? Students’ use of machine translation in international higher education1
Book review1
Radical cures for author self-citation gaming1
A scaffolded speaking and writing ELP course for commercial lawyers: An action research case study from an undergraduate law school in Istanbul1
Exemplification and its local grammar patterns in English as an academic lingua franca in research writing1
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