OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Assessment Quarterly is 0. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	31
Young Learners’ Cognitive Processes in Picture-Based Causal Explanation Speaking Tasks: Synchronizing Eye Movements with Speech Production	28
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	27
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	19
A Corpus-Based Multimodal Analysis of Written Assignments in the Target Language Use Domain: Implications for L2 Multimodal Writing Task Design and Assessment	18
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	16
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	16
Extra Time as an Access Arrangement in Digital Listening Tasks for L2 Learners with Literacy Difficulties	15
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	14
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	12
Multimodality in Second Language Assessment	10
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	10
Animation Videos in a Computer-Based Listening-Speaking Integrated Task: An Eye-Tracking and Mixed-Methods Study on Test-Taking Processes	10
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	9
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	9
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	8
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 Passage is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test	8
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	8
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	7
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	7
Dimensionality of Written Accuracy: Exploring the Factor Structure of Linguistic Accuracy Measures	6
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	5
Challenges and Innovations in Speaking Assessment	5

Learning to Assess: Cultivating Assessment Capacity in Teacher Education	5
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	5
Assessing English for Professional Purposes	5
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	4
Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing: Rethinking Validity in Theory and Practice.	4
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	4
Second Language Identity: Awareness, Ideology, and Assessment in Higher Education	3
Contributing to Multimodal Construct Definition and Operationalization: Insights from Research into Language Assessment Accommodations	3
Promoting Change in Language Teaching and Assessment at Policy and Practice Levels: An Interview with Hossein Farhady	3
Assessing Multimodal Compositions in EAP Context: Raters’ Perceptions and Operationalization of Assessment Criteria	2
Remote Proctoring in Language Testing: Implications for Fairness and Justice	2
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	2
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	2
Twenty Years of Language Assessment Quarterly : An Interview with LAQ Founder Antony Kunnan	2
The Role of Vocabulary in Speaking: Voices from Learners and Raters	2
Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions	2
Informing Q-Matrix Specification with Exploratory Factor Analysis in Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment of Language Comprehension	2
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	2
Test Review: ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL)	2
Comparability Between Graded Readers and the Common Test in Japan in Terms of Text Difficulty Perceived by Learners	1
Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Social Theories, and 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
Embracing Multimodality to Overhaul Assessment of English for Academic Purposes: Task Design and Validation	1
An Empirical Evaluation of Lexical Diversity Indices in L2 Korean Writing Assessment	1
Developing a Scenario-Based English Language Assessment in an Asian University	1
Test Takers’ Attitudes Toward Varieties of Accents in Listening Tasks of the Duolingo English Test (2021 test version)	1
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	1
Validity Arguments in Language Testing: Case Studies of Validation Research	1
L2 Speaking Assessment in Secondary School Classrooms in Japan	1
Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment: A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman	1
Local Language Testing: Practice across Contexts.	1
In Memoriam: Timothy Francis McNamara (1949-2023)	1
An Investigation of the Impact of Jagged Profile on L2 Speaking Test Ratings: Evidence from Rating and Eye-tracking Data	0
Attention to Visual Cues in Explicit and Implicit Item Types on Video L2 Listening Tests: An Eye-Tracking Study	0
Bring it Back to the Teachers: An Interview with Gary Ockey	0
Teaching and Testing Second Language Pragmatics and Interaction: A Practical Guide	0
The Role of Floor Plans/Maps in Listening Assessment: An Eye-Tracking Study on the Effects of Static Images on L2 Test Takers’ Cognitive Processes	0
Excellence is Not a Destination but a Journey! An Interview with Jacob Tharu	0
Assessing Strategic Competence as a Cognitive Dimension of L2 Academic Speaking: A Scenario-Based Language Assessment Approach	0
Automated Sign Language Vocabulary Assessment: Comparing Human and Machine Ratings and Studying Learner Perceptions	0
Development of a Sign Repetition Task for Novice L2 Signers	0
Exploring the Potential of a Spoken Dialog System-Delivered Paired Discussion Task for Assessing Interactional Competence	0
Dynamic Assessment of the Learning Potential of Chinese as a Second Language	0
Argument-Based Validation in Testing and Assessment	0
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	0
Reflections on the Application and Validation of Technology in Language Testing	0
The Development of an Italian Scenario-Based Assessment Designed to Measure Situated Italian Language Proficiency	0
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	0

The Assessment of Multilingual Learners: Supporting English Language Learners	0
Test-Taker Engagement in AI Technology-Mediated Language Assessment	0
First Language Literacy Skills, Listening Strategy Use, and Anxiety in Self-Paced versus Single-Play L2 Listening Tests	0
Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment	0
Correction	0
Assessing Speaking in Context: Expanding the Construct and its Applications	0
Prof Bernard (Dov) Spolsky	0
Advancing Language Assessment with GPT: Is It Nonnative-Language Friendly?	0
Differential Item Functioning Due to Cultural Familiarity on a Large-Scale Reading Test: Does the Length of Residence Matter?	0
Applying Bayesian Networks to Profile L2 learners’ Communicative Competence in a Scenario-Based Language Assessment	0
What Do the Measures of Utterance Fluency Employed in Automatic Speech Evaluation (ASE) Tell Us About Oral Proficiency?	0
Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Proficiency through Dynamic Assessment	0
The Role of Achievement Goals and Strategy Use in Secondary School students’ Integrated Writing Performance	0
Evaluating Fairness and Justice of External English Language Test Score Interpretation and Use for Japanese University Admission	0
Examining the Effects of Alternate Prompts on Syntactic Complexity in EFL learners’ Essays at CEFR Levels A1, A2, and B1	0
EFL Development of Micro Reading Abilities: The Impact of Three Intervention Approaches Informed by Diagnostic Language Assessment	0
Assessment of English Learners and Their Peers in the Content Areas: Expanding What “Counts” as Evidence of Content Learning	0
Examining the Scoring of Content Integration in a Listening-Speaking Test: A G-Theory Analysis	0
Assessing Multimodal Viewing-to-Write Constructs: Task Design, Performance, Processing, and Rating	0
Prof Liz Hamp-Lyons (1946–2022)	0
A Meta-Analysis of Accommodation Effects for English Learners: Considering Possible Moderators	0
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different TOEFL iBT Score Profiles: A Replication Study	0
From Assessment to Feedback: Applications in the Second/Foreign language Classroom	0
The Criticality of Implementing Principled Design When Using AI Technologies in Test Development	0
Is Assessment Fair?	0
From Global Dependence to Local Expertise: An Interview with Rama Mathew	0
Insights into Editing and Revising in Writing Process Using Keystroke Logs	0
Washback from Four-Skills English Exams in the Japanese Secondary School Context	0
Commentary: The Need for Multimodal Integrated Language Assessment	0
Classroom-Based Formative Assessment	0
The Fluctuating Effect of Thinking on Language Performance: New Evidence for the Island Ridge Curve	0
Fundamental Considerations in Technology Mediated Language Assessment	0
The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language	0
Adapting to a New Normal: A Review of Technology Assisted Language Assessment in Diverse Contexts	0
A Three-Step DIF Analysis of a Reading Comprehension Test Across Regional Dialects to Improve Test Score Validity	0
The Creation and Validation of the Arabic Vocabulary Levels Test (Arabic-VLT)	0
Test Review: LanguageCert IESOL B1 (Achiever) SELT	0
An Interventionist Dynamic Assessment Approach to College English Writing in China	0
The Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) Test	0
The English Speaking Achievement Test for Japanese Junior High School Students (ESAT-J): An Analysis of Public Criticisms Using the Socio-Cognitive Framework	0
Assessing Receptive Skills in an Adult L2 Learner Population with Diverse Educational Backgrounds	0
Experimenting with Uncertainty, Advancing Social Justice: Placing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Access Centre Stage in Language Assessment	0
Using Causal Explanation Speaking Tasks to Assess Young EFL learners’ Speaking Ability: The Effects of Age, Cognitive, and L2 Linguistic Development	0
Tracking the Development of L2 Reading Subskills Using Longitudinal Cognitive Diagnosis Models	0
A Comparison of Yen’s Q3 Coefficient and Rasch Testlet Modeling for Identifying Local Item Dependence: Evidence from Two Vocabulary Matching Tests	0