OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Second Language Writing is 6. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Past JSLW Editor Rosa M. Manchón speaks: Ilona Leki & Tony Silva’s invitation to co-edit the journal—my reflection	123
Editorial	48
Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing	47
Book Review	44
Expertise in L2 writing instruction: The road less travelled	44
Influence of a perspective oriented task, executive function, and trait perspective taking on EFL Writing	41
Generative AI: Same same but different?	40
Book review	35
Book Review	33
Book review	31
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	30
Grammatical complexity: Insights from English for academic purposes teachers	29
The effects of task complexity on second language writing processes and products in computer-assisted collaborative writing	26
Is corrective feedback during telecollaboration beneficial? The effects of peer and teacher corrections on L2 writing proficiency	26
The effects of incorporating mindset intervention in L2 English writing on Chinese college EFL students’ learning engagement and writing performance	26
Editorial Board	23
Editorial Board	22
From the other side of the desk: Supervisors’ perceptions of supervisory feedback	22
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	21
Introduction to the special issue: Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as a lens for looking backward, outward, and forward in Second Language Writing	21
Critical language awareness and English for Research Publication Purposes	21
The gold standard for the teaching profession: A rejoinder	19
Book review	19
Editorial Board	18
CLA and WPA: A justice-oriented approach to writing program administration	15

Editorial Board	14
Revisiting the conceptualizations of feedback in second language writing: a metaphor analysis approach	13
Book review	13
AI or student writing? Analyzing the situational and linguistic characteristics of undergraduate student writing and AI-generated assignments	13
Task evolution in English for Academic Purposes writing materials: The case of “Information Transfer” to “Critical Commentary”	13
Connecting source use and argumentation in L2 integrated argumentative writing performance	13
Language quality, content, structure: What analytic ratings tell us about EFL writing skills at upper secondary school level in Germany and Switzerland	13
To grade is not to grade?: Exploring ungrading in the teaching of L2 writing	12
Getting a grip on the writing process: (Effective) approaches to write argumentative and narrative texts in L1 and L2	12
Editorial Board	12
“It can be a very equalizing way to grade”: Contract grading and multilingual writers	12
JSLW editorial for March 2025	12
Book Review	12
Graduate students’ use of ChatGPT for academic text revision: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement	12
Book review	12
An argument for globalized L2 writing methodological innovation	11
Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: Influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake	10
Teachers’ conceptualizations of digital multimodal composing in L2 writing	10
Tunnel, teapot, mermaid, ghost: Creative-critical practice as critical language awareness	10
Translanguaging with generative AI in EFL writing: Students’ practices and perceptions	9
Book review	9
Editorial Board	9
Book Review	8
Developing and evaluating an empirically-based diagnostic checklist for assessing second language integrated writing	8
Book review	7
The development and validation of a scale on student AI literacy in L2 writing: A domain-specific perspective	7
Ungrading as an assessment philosophy: Reliability, validity, and practicality	7
Understanding the impact of teacher feedback on EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing strategies	7
Editorial	7
Scholarly trends and representations of L2 writers in second language writing: A corpus-assisted discourse study	7
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing	7
Research trends in L2 written corrective feedback: A bibliometric analysis of three decades of Scopus-indexed research on L2 WCF	7
Book review	6
A large-scale longitudinal study of syntactic complexity development in EFL writing: A mixed-effects model approach	6
Introduction to JSLW’s 30th anniversary special issue	6
Book Review	6
The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language	6
Book Review	6
Second-language writing development of adult immigrants following three study paths reflecting their varying levels of prior education	6
Developing L2 writing abilities through an instructional enrichment program informed by dynamic assessment	6
Promoting second language writing autonomy through digital multimodal composing	6
Editorial Board	6
The effects of completing collaborative or independent writing on the development of language use in individual writing	6
JSLW@30: The founders & past editors speak	6
The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing	6
Towards a GELT-informed pedagogy for multilingual writing: Expanding Tardy’s case	6
Voices from L2 learners across different languages: Development and validation of a student writing assessment literacy scale	6