Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Papers
(The H4-Index of Studies in Second Language Acquisition is 19. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
SLA volume 44 issue 4 Cover and Back matter193
Challenges in inflected word processing for L2 speakers110
Comparing the longitudinal development of phraseological complexity across oral and written tasks88
On the effects of task focus and processing level on the perception–production link in second-language speech learning59
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations48
Development of automaticity in processing L2 collocations: The roles of L1 collocational knowledge and practice condition47
Estimating reliability for response-time difference measures: Toward a standardized, model-based approach31
Pretesting effects on incidental L2 vocabulary learning through reading30
Language proficiency modulates listeners’ selective attention to a talker’s mouth: A conceptual replication of Birulés et al. (2020)30
Co-text, context, and listening proficiency as crucial variables in intelligibility among nonnative users of English – ERRATUM29
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction29
SLA volume 47 issue 2 Cover and Front matter29
Validity evidence for an EIT as an assessment for Spanish heritage speakers and L2 learners29
Effects of retrieval schedules on the acquisition of explicit, automatized-explicit, and implicit knowledge of L2 collocations – CORRIGENDUM28
Mind the gap: Psycholinguistic and individual factors affecting expressive and receptive vocabulary skills in English-Gaelic bilingual children25
EXPLORATORY STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING IN SECOND LANGUAGE RESEARCH25
EXPLORING CROSSLINGUISTIC INFLUENCE IN GENDER MARKING IN SPANISH22
Cross-language interactions of phonetic and phonological processes21
Associations of students’ linguistic distance to the language of instruction and classroom composition with English reading and listening skills20
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction – CORRIGENDUM19
The Impact of L1 Speaking Style, Task Mode, and L2 Proficiency on L2 Fluency: A Within-subject Study of Monologic and Dialogic Speech19
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