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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	17
At the Intersection of Language Testing Policy, Practice, and Research: An Interview with Yan Jin	17
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	14
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	12
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	11
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	11
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	10
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	9
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	9
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	9
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	9
Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom	8
The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks	8
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	7
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	7
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	7
The Passage is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test	7
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	7
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	6
Assessing English for Professional Purposes	6
Developing and Validating a Computerized Adaptive Testing System for Measuring the English Proficiency of Taiwanese EFL University Students	5
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	5
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	5
Dimensionality of Written Accuracy: Exploring the Factor Structure of Linguistic Accuracy Measures	5
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	4

“Assessment Research for the Benefit of Humanity”: An Interview with Randy Thrasher and Yoshinori Watanabe	4
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	4
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	4
Promoting Change in Language Teaching and Assessment at Policy and Practice Levels: An Interview with Hossein Farhady	4
Second Language Identity: Awareness, Ideology, and Assessment in Higher Education	4
Remote Proctoring in Language Testing: Implications for Fairness and Justice	3
Application of Bi-factor MIRT and Higher-order CDM Models to an In-house EFL Listening Test for Diagnostic Purposes	3
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	3
Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions	3
The Role of Vocabulary in Speaking: Voices from Learners and Raters	3
Twenty Years of Language Assessment Quarterly : An Interview with LAQ Founder Antony Kunnan	3
An Empirical Evaluation of Lexical Diversity Indices in L2 Korean Writing Assessment	2
Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Social Theories, and Validity	2
Validity Arguments in Language Testing: Case Studies of Validation Research	2
Literacy Affects Brain Structure – What Can We Learn for Language Assessment in Low Literates?	2
Comparability Between Graded Readers and the Common Test in Japan in Terms of Text Difficulty Perceived by Learners	2
Test Review: ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL)	2
L2 Speaking Assessment in Secondary School Classrooms in Japan	2
Developing a Scenario-Based English Language Assessment in an Asian University	2
Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment: A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman	2
Using Multistage Testing to Enhance Measurement of an English Language Proficiency Test	1
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	1
Test Review: LanguageCert IESOL B1 (Achiever) SELT	1
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	1
EFL Development of Micro Reading Abilities: The Impact of Three Intervention Approaches Informed by Diagnostic Language Assessment	1
Examining the Scoring of Content Integration in a Listening-Speaking Test: A G-Theory Analysis	1
In Memoriam: Timothy Francis McNamara (1949-2023)	1
Test Takers’ Attitudes Toward Varieties of Accents in Listening Tasks of the Duolingo English Test (2021 test version)	1
Dynamic Assessment of the Learning Potential of Chinese as a Second Language	1
A Three-Step DIF Analysis of a Reading Comprehension Test Across Regional Dialects to Improve Test Score Validity	1
Technology-Enhanced Items in Grades 1–12 English Language Proficiency Assessments	1
Talking and Thinking About Systems: An Interview with Nick Saville	1
On the Interplay Between Conceptions of Assessment and Assessment Agency: Perspectives of Iranian EFL Preservice Teachers	1
An Exploration of the English Exit Examination Policy in Thai Public Universities	1
Evaluating Fairness and Justice of External English Language Test Score Interpretation and Use for Japanese University Admission	1