OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching is 2. 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
Unraveling EMI as a predictor of English proficiency in Vietnamese higher education: Exploring learners’ backgrounds as a variable	186
A person-specific perspective on the dynamics of anxiety in foreign language learning: A dynamic P-technique factor analysis	79
Language learners’ emotion regulation and enjoyment in an online collaborative writing program	71
Editorial	51
Second language psychological speaking and listening needs: Scale development, symbiosis, and demographic differences	46
Models as written corrective feedback: Effects on young L2 learners’ fluency in digital writing from product and process perspectives	44
Heart rate variability and personality traits as predictors of Arabic language proficiency and gains during study abroad in Jordan	37
Second language learner engagement in computer-mediated interactive oral tasks	37
The role of cognitive individual differences in digital versus pen-and-paper writing	36
Task-based elementary Spanish in rural Indiana: A practice-based collaboration	28
When my teachers think I can, then I know I can: A systematic review	27
Introduction to the special issue on English medium instruction: Areas of research needing urgent attention	26
Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on conducting research syntheses on individual differences in SLA	25
Revisiting the relationship between global and specific levels of foreign language boredom and language engagement: A moderated mediation model of academic buoyancy and emotional engagement	25
Musical hearing and the acquisition of foreign-language intonation	23
Introduction to the special issue on ability beliefs and learning a new language at school	22
Autonomy in language education: Theory, research and practice	18
Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests	17
The Routledge handbook of vocabulary studies: A study in micro-bibliometrics	17
Reviewers for Volume 14/2024	16
A longitudinal study on students’ self-regulated listening during transition to an English-medium transnational university in China	15
To lead or not to lead: The fluctuation of peer leadership in collaborative oral argumentation	14
Investigating individual differences with qualitative research methods: Results of a meta-analysis of leading applied linguistics journals	14
Content teachers’ and lecturers’ corrective feedback in EMI classes in high school and university settings	13
Introduction to the special issue on L2 writing and feedback processing and use in pen and paper and digital environments: Advancing research and practice	13

Modeling the interaction between teacher credibility, teacher confirmation, and English major students’ academic engagement: A sequential mixed-methods approach	11
When to switch captions off? Exploring the effects of L2 proficiency and vocabulary knowledge on comprehension of captioned and uncaptioned TV	11
Reviewers for Volume 12/2022	10
Specialized vocabulary across languages: The case of traditional Chinese medicine	10
Cross-lagged panel analysis of reciprocal effects of metacognitive knowledge and breadth of vocabulary knowledge in a foreign language context	10
Research across contexts and timescales with the experience sampling method: Applications in the study of language anxiety	9
Language teacher professional curiosity: Understanding the drive for professional development	9
Effects of EMI-CLIL on secondary-level students’ English learning: A multilevel meta-analysis	9
Learner-generated content, task engagement, affective response, and memory on technology-mediated conversation tasks	9
Review of An advanced guide to multilingualism by Larissa Aronin	9
When time matters: Mechanisms of change in a mediational model of foreign language playfulness and L2 learners’ emotions using latent change score mediation model	8
Promoting equity in study abroad: A focus on first-generation and students of color in the USA	8
Instructed second language acquisition research methods	8
The learning potential of English as a lingua franca contexts in the eyes of study abroad students	8
Applying latent profile analysis in foreign language anxiety research: Uncovering hidden groups	8
How do text type, prior vocabulary knowledge, and working memory capacity affect second language incidental vocabulary learning through reading?	8
Beyond achievement goals: How different goals drive second language learning and achievement	8
The effects of implicit corrective feedback on production of lexical stress in L2 English	7
Listener perception of appropriateness of L1 and L2 refusals in English	7
Shifting focus through a small lens: Discursive and introspective perspectives on the emergence of L2 study emotions	7
Exploring collocation development in L2 German from students’ perspective: A contrasting case study	7
Exploring the psychometric properties of the Grammar Learning Strategy Inventory in the Chinese EFL context	6
Foundational principles of task-based language teaching	6
The effect of executive functions on word reading among students with Chinese as a second language (CSL)	6
Learner variables in the development of intercultural competence: A synthesis of home and study abroad research	6
Heritage language identity matters: Tracing the trajectory of a Chinese heritage mother and contested Chinese dual language bilingual education	6
Dynamic fluctuations in foreign language enjoyment during cognitively simple and complex interactive speaking tasks	6
Wearing the mask: The role of imposter phenomenon in EFL learning and its effect on learner emotions and engagement	5
Dialogic investigations: Motivation in Japanese language learning	5
A network approach to language learning burnout, negative emotions, and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies	5
Introduction to the special issue on foreign language anxiety: Theoretical and methodological developments	5
“Profesora is doing a great job!” or “Online learning sucks”: The relationship between students’ profiles and online language learning	5
Envisioning new directions in research on individual differences	5
Bibliometrics and scientometrics in applied linguistics: Epilogue to the special issue	5
Taking stock: A meta-analysis of the effects of foreign language enjoyment	5
Self-efficacy’s role within learning a new language during formal education: Systematic review, critical evaluation of past research and paths forward for research and practice	5
Validating a measure of motivational regulation strategies and examining their relationship to English proficiency	4
Reviewers for Volume 13/2023	4
The role of motivation and vocabulary learning strategies in L2 vocabulary knowledge: A structural equation modeling analysis	4
Understanding cultural specificity of positive emotions in SLA: The antecedents of foreign language enjoyment and peace of mind in the Chinese context	4
Two decades of research on ELT textbook content: A bibliometric and content analysis	3
The impact of input, input repetition, and task repetition on L2 lexical use and fluency in speaking	3
Task-specific emotions in L2 writing: A control-value theory approach from a positive psychology perspective	3
Let’s get positive: How foreign language teaching enjoyment can create a positive feedback loop	3
Examining the role of English language proficiency, language learning anxiety, and self-regulation skills in EMI students’ academic success	3
A classroom-based study on the effects of WCF on accuracy in pen-and-paper versus computer-mediated collaborative writing	3
Modelling trait and state willingness to communicate in a second language: An experience sampling approach	2
Trends in language assessment and testing: A bibliometric study	2
SLA as an interdiscipline: A bibliometric study	2
Birds of a feather (might not) flock together: Exploring the complex interplay of motivation, autonomy and positive emotions in predicting anxiety levels in Hungarian secondary school language learner	2

WCF processing in the L2 curriculum: A look at type of WCF, type of linguistic item, and L2 performance	2
Exploring peer emotion transmission in foreign language classrooms: A social psychological investigation using mixed methods	2
A state-of-the-art review of distribution-of-practice effects on L2 learning	2
Exploring English self-concept and investment of successful EFL learners from a Chinese secondary school	2
Invisible forces: How shame and guilt affect L2 achievement through regulating L2 anxiety and enjoyment	2
Reexamining feedback on L2 digital writing	2
Research methods for understanding child second language development	2
Developing explicit and implicit L2 knowledge with Duolingo’s input-based features: Case studies of L2 Spanish learning	2
The effects of using cognitive discourse functions to instruct 4th-year children on report writing in a CLIL science class	2
Young beginning learners’ vocabulary learning via input and output tasks: The role of working memory	2
Construct validation of the revised Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI-R) and its relation to learning effort and reading achievement	2