OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of English for Specific Purposes is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Self-efficacy and english public speaking performance: A mixed method approach	40
Mapping the field of English for specific purposes (1980–2018): A co-citation analysis	37
Teaching English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP): A review of language teachers’ pedagogical initiatives	36
Matching phrase-frames to rhetorical moves in social science research article introductions	27
Delivering relevance: The emergence of ESP as a discipline	22
Choosing specialized vocabulary to teach with data-driven learning: An example from civil engineering	20
A corpus-based investigation on noun phrase complexity in L1 and L2 English writing	19
Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds	18
An analysis of the use of cognitive discourse functions in English-medium history teaching at university	17
A multi-dimensional analysis of the Management's Discussion and Analysis narratives in Chinese and American corporate annual reports	17
The project SubESPSKills: Subtitling tasks for students of Business English to improve written production skills	16
Hype in reports of clinical research: The authors' perspectives	16
Research article title content and form in high-ranked international clinical medicine journals	15
Managing evaluation: Criticism in two academic review genres	14
Applying local grammars to the diachronic investigation of discourse acts in academic writing: The case of exemplification in Linguistics research articles	14
English for specific playfulness? How doctoral students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics manipulate genre	13
An exploratory analysis of source integration in post-secondary L1 and L2 source-based writing	11
The role of English language in the field of agriculture: A needs analysis	11
Exploring request emails in English for business purposes: A move analysis	11
Academic vocabulary in an EAP course: Opportunities for incidental learning from printed teaching materials developed in-house	10
Challenges in academic writing: Perspectives of Engineering faculty and L2 postgraduate research students	10
Selling research in RA discussion sections through English and Spanish: An intercultural rhetoric approach	10
Variation in interpersonal relations in manuscript reviews with different recommendations	10
Academic conflict in Applied Linguistics research article discussions: The case of native and non-native writers	9
Digital genres: What they are, what they do, and why we need to better understand them	9

Helping university students discover their workplace communication needs: An eclectic and interdisciplinary approach to facilitating on-the-job learning of workplace communication	9
Bundle-driven move analysis: Sentence initial lexical bundles in PhD abstracts	9
Adopting a ‘move’ rather than a ‘marker’ approach to metadiscourse: A taxonomy for spoken student presentations	9
Aligning perceptions with reality: Lebanese EMI instructor perceptions of students’ writing proficiency	8
“The datasets do not agree”: Negation in research abstracts	8
Academic lexical coverage in TED talks and academic lectures	8
Modes and intersemiotic cohesion in student presentations performed online: An SF-informed multimodal discourse analysis	8
What's going on in the chat flow? A move analysis of e-commerce customer service webchat exchange	8
A text analysis and gatekeepers’ perspectives of a promotional genre: Understanding the rhetoric of Fulbright grant statements	7
Identifying spoken technical legal vocabulary in a law school classroom	7
Exploring the socio-contextual nature of workplace writing: Towards preparing learners for the complexities of English L2 writing in the workplace	7
Parameters of variation in the use of words in empirical research writing	7
A unique blend of interpersonal and transactional strategies in English email responses to customer complaints in a B2C setting: A move analysis	7
The place of language in the theoretical tenets, textbooks, and classroom practices in the ESP genre-based approach to teaching writing	7
Development of component analysis to support a research-based curriculum for writing engineering research articles	6
Tracing interpersonal discursive features in Australian nursing bedside handovers: Approachability features, patient engagement and insights for ESP training and working with internationally trained n	6
Know your roles: Alleviating the academic-professional tension in the case analysis genre	6
Paradigmatic variation in hedging and boosting: A comparative study of discussions in narrative inquiry and grounded theory research	6
Natural scientists’ perceptions of authorial voice in scientific writing: The influence of disciplinary expertise on revoicing processes	6
Undergraduate L2 students’ performance when evaluating historical sources for reliability	6
A genre-based exploration of intertextuality and interdiscursivity in advertorial discourse	6
Approaches to simplifying academic texts in English: English teachers’ views and practices	6
A study of language-related episodes in online English-medium instruction classes in high schools in South Korea	6
Moving across a genre continuum: Pedagogical strategies for integrating online genres in the language classroom	5
From task-based needs analysis to curriculum evaluation: Putting methodological innovations to the test in an English for academic purposes program	5
Gendering in open access research articles: The role of epicene pronouns	5
A multi-dimensional analysis of conclusions in research articles: Variation across disciplines	5
Multimodal practices of research groups in Twitter: An analysis of stance and engagement	5
Temporal change in dissertation macrostructures	5
A corpus-aided study of stance adverbs in judicial opinions and the implications for English for Legal Purposes instruction	5
ESP serial publications before The ESP Journal/English for Specific Purposes: Recollections and reflections of an old-timer	5
Metadiscourse in English instruction manuals	5
Shell-noun use in disciplinary student writing: A multifaceted analysis of problem and way in third-year undergraduate writing across three disciplines	5
Proscribed informality features in published research: A corpus analysis	5
A comparative study of the linguistic manifestations of intertextuality in corporate leaders’ messages of global corporations in the US and China	5