OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of System is 43. 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
Influence of stroke-order learning on Chinese character recognition among Chinese as a second language learners	212
Validating word lists that represent learner knowledge in EFL contexts: The impact of the definition of word and the choice of source corpora	172
Book review	108
Editorial Board	102
Book review	100
Book review	99
Subtitles for vocabulary learning: Assessing the effects of L2, L1, and bilingual subtitles over time	92
The effect of pre-reading morphological intervention on the acquisition and retention of morphologically complex words	90
A narrative autobiographical exploration of language-in-education policy roles in a youth reengagement program	88
Aggregating the evidence of automatic speech recognition research claims in CALL	87
Is the magic in the mix? The development and validation of the L2 teachers’ blended assessment literacy scale	83
En route to becoming researcher-teachers? Chinese university EFL teachers’ boundary crossing in professional doctoral programs	81
English-as-a-foreign language university instructors' perceptions of integrating artificial intelligence: A Turkish perspective	72
Emotion and agency in building a Language Other Than English Teacher's research-teaching nexus	71
The effects of task complexity on lexical complexity in L2 writing: An exploratory study	71
Exploring factors affecting English language teacher wellbeing: insights from positive psychology	70
Within- and out-of-school FL exposure and learning: An expectancy-value theory perspective on FL listening motivation	66
Institutional leaders and teacher research: Roles, interactions, and impacts	65
Resilience in language classrooms: Exploring individual antecedents and consequences	64
Exploring Chinese EFL student teachers' emotions and emotion-regulation strategies in receiving peer feedback on microteaching	63
Examining EFL learners’ oral advice production: The role of pragmatic demands and task complexity	63
Conquering the tower of Babel? How linguistic distance affects second and foreign language reading in German, English, and French in year 9 in Germany	62
Corrigendum to “Mitigating ethnic minority students' foreign language anxiety through co-learning in Chinese as an additional language classrooms: A transpositioning perspective” [System 127 (2024) 10	60
Language learning beyond the classrooms: Experiences of Vietnamese English major and non-English major students	60
How are personality factors connected to EFL learners’ oral performance? A psychological network analysis	59

Book review	56
Editorial Board	55
Book review	54
How age and L2 proficiency affectthe L2 lexicon	53
Anchoring in the meso-level: Departmental preparation for the adoption of blended learning in tertiary education	52
Book review	52
Reflective teaching, teacher immunity, and burnout: Investigating possible links	51
Integrating language and history teaching through cognitive discourse functions: A closer look at the learning outcomes of a design-based research project	50
Untangling the relationship between English as a foreign language learners’ metacognitive experiences and writing proficiency: A mixed-methods approach	50
Pinpointing the pivotal mediating forces of directed motivational currents (DMCs): Evidence from the Q methodology	49
Bridging classroom and real-life learning mediated by a mobile app with a self-regulation scheme: Impacts on Chinese EFL primary students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning outcomes, enjoyment, and l	49
Teachers matter: Exploring the impact of perceived teacher affective support and teacher enjoyment on L2 learner grit and burnout	48
“This dissertation intricately explores…”: ChatGPT's shell noun use in rephrasing dissertation abstracts	47
The role of task repetition in shaping L2 writing self-efficacy, L2 writing anxiety, and L2 written production	47
The impact of Global Englishes classroom-based innovation on school-aged language learners' perceptions of English: An exercise in practitioner and researcher partnership	47
Q methodology in applied linguistics: A systematic research synthesis	46
A systematic review of research on emotional artificial intelligence in English language education	45
Intersections of social justice and emotion labor among English language teachers: A perezhivanie inquiry	44