OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Language Assessment Quarterly is 4. 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
Animation Videos in a Computer-Based Listening-Speaking Integrated Task: An Eye-Tracking and Mixed-Methods Study on Test-Taking Processes	10
Multimodality in Second Language Assessment	10
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	10
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	9
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	9
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
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
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
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

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
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
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	4