OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Assessment Quarterly 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing the Validity of Lexical Diversity Indices Using Direct Judgements	61
Is Frequency Enough?: The Frequency Model in Vocabulary Size Testing	17
An Overview of COVID-19’s Impact on English Language University Admissions and Placement Tests	15
Language Test Misuse	11
Crisis, Collaboration, Recovery: IELTS and COVID-19	11
The Relationship between Word Difficulty and Frequency: A Response to Hashimoto (2021)	10
Maintaining access to a large-scale test of academic language proficiency during the pandemic: The launch of TOEFL iBT Home Edition	10
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	9
Conversion to Remote Proctoring of the Community English Language Program Online Placement Exam at Teachers College, Columbia University	9
Authenticated Spoken Texts for L2 Listening Tests	9
The Fluctuating Effect of Thinking on Language Performance: New Evidence for the Island Ridge Curve	8
Towards Improved Assessment of L2 Collocation Knowledge	8
Diagnostic Assessment of L2 Academic Writing Product, Process and Self-regulatory Strategy Use with a Comparative Dimension	8
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	7
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	6
Text Authenticity in Listening Assessment: Can Item Writers Be Trained to Produce Authentic-sounding Texts?	6
Low Print Literacy and Its Representation in Research and Policy	6
Assessment of English Learners and Their Peers in the Content Areas: Expanding What “Counts” as Evidence of Content Learning	6
An Investigation of the Impact of Jagged Profile on L2 Speaking Test Ratings: Evidence from Rating and Eye-tracking Data	6
The Effect of Additional Time on the Quality of Argumentation in L2 Writing Assessment: A Mixed-methods Study	6
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	5
Upholding Language Assessment Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Some Final Thoughts and Questions	5
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	5
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	5
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	5

Testing Language, but What?: Examining the Carrier Content of IELTS Preparation Materials from a Critical Perspective	5
English language placement testing at BYU-Hawaii in the time of COVID-19	5
A Revisit of Zumbo’s Third Generation DIF: How Are We Doing in Language Testing?	5
Relationships between Comprehension, Strategic Behaviours and Content-Related Aspects of Test Performances in Integrated Speaking Tasks	4
Insights into Editing and Revising in Writing Process Using Keystroke Logs	4
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	4
Evaluation of Language and Teaching Skill Domains for International Teaching Assistants: An Approach based on Invariant Measurement	4
Using Multistage Testing to Enhance Measurement of an English Language Proficiency Test	3
The Interplay of Text and Image on the Meaning-making Processes of Adult L2 Learners with Emerging Literacy: Implications for Test Design and Evaluation Frameworks	3
An Interventionist Dynamic Assessment Approach to College English Writing in China	3
Test-Taker Engagement in AI Technology-Mediated Language Assessment	3
Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Proficiency through Dynamic Assessment	3
Application of Bi-factor MIRT and Higher-order CDM Models to an In-house EFL Listening Test for Diagnostic Purposes	3
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	3
L2 Speaking Assessment in Secondary School Classrooms in Japan	3
Iowa State University’s English placement test of oral communication in times of COVID-19	3
Exploring the Validity of a Comprehensive Listening Test to Identify Differences in Primary School Students’ Listening Skills	3
Evaluating Fairness and Justice of External English Language Test Score Interpretation and Use for Japanese University Admission	3
Generalizability of CEFR Criterial Grammatical Features in a Korean EFL Corpus across A1, A2, B1, and B2 Levels	3
Investigating the Skills Involved in Reading Test Tasks through Expert Judgement and Verbal Protocol Analysis: Convergence and Divergence between the Two Methods	3
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	3
Can the Test Support Student Learning? Validating the Use of a Second Language Pronunciation Diagnostic	3
The Criticality of Implementing Principled Design When Using AI Technologies in Test Development	3
Language Testing for Migrants: Co-Constructing Validation	3
Dynamic Assessment of the Learning Potential of Chinese as a Second Language	2
Temple University’s ITA Placement Test in Times of COVID-19	2
Investigating the Effects of Task Type and Linguistic Background on Accuracy in Automated Speech Recognition Systems: Implications for Use in Language Assessment of Young Learners	2
Evaluating language assessments	2
Context, Construct, and Validation: A Perspective from South Africa	2
Literacy Affects Brain Structure – What Can We Learn for Language Assessment in Low Literates?	2
At the Intersection of Language Testing Policy, Practice, and Research: An Interview with Yan Jin	2
Technology-Enhanced Items in Grades 1–12 English Language Proficiency Assessments	2
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	2
English as an Additional Language Assessment Framework: Filling a Void in Policy and Provision in School Education in England	2
A Life for English Language Education: An Interview with Oryang Kwon	1
What Do the Measures of Utterance Fluency Employed in Automatic Speech Evaluation (ASE) Tell Us About Oral Proficiency?	1
Developing and Validating a Computerized Adaptive Testing System for Measuring the English Proficiency of Taiwanese EFL University Students	1
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	1
Developing and Validating a Multilingual Literacy Test for Asylum Seekers	1
The Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) Test	1
English Language Proficiency Testing in Asia: A New Paradigm Bridging Global and Local Contexts	1
Developing a Scenario-Based English Language Assessment in an Asian University	1
Reflections on the Application and Validation of Technology in Language Testing	1
Twenty Years of Language Assessment Quarterly : An Interview with LAQ Founder Antony Kunnan	1
An Exploration of the English Exit Examination Policy in Thai Public Universities	1
Advancing the International Recognition of the Locally-Produced GEPT: An Interview with Jessica Wu	1
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	1
Obituary	1
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	1
Remote Proctoring in Language Testing: Implications for Fairness and Justice	1