Journal of Second Language Writing

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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial130
Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing56
Book Review47
Past JSLW Editor Rosa M. Manchón speaks: Ilona Leki & Tony Silva’s invitation to co-edit the journal—my reflection45
Expertise in L2 writing instruction: The road less travelled45
Generative AI: Same same but different?41
Influence of a perspective oriented task, executive function, and trait perspective taking on EFL Writing41
Is corrective feedback during telecollaboration beneficial? The effects of peer and teacher corrections on L2 writing proficiency41
The effects of task complexity on second language writing processes and products in computer-assisted collaborative writing34
The effects of incorporating mindset intervention in L2 English writing on Chinese college EFL students’ learning engagement and writing performance32
Grammatical complexity: Insights from English for academic purposes teachers32
Book review30
Book review27
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing26
Editorial Board26
Book Review26
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing26
Editorial Board25
The gold standard for the teaching profession: A rejoinder23
From the other side of the desk: Supervisors’ perceptions of supervisory feedback22
Critical language awareness and English for Research Publication Purposes22
Introduction to the special issue: Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as a lens for looking backward, outward, and forward in Second Language Writing22
Editorial Board20
Language quality, content, structure: What analytic ratings tell us about EFL writing skills at upper secondary school level in Germany and Switzerland19
Editorial Board15
Connecting source use and argumentation in L2 integrated argumentative writing performance14
CLA and WPA: A justice-oriented approach to writing program administration14
Book review14
Revisiting the conceptualizations of feedback in second language writing: a metaphor analysis approach14
AI or student writing? Analyzing the situational and linguistic characteristics of undergraduate student writing and AI-generated assignments13
Getting a grip on the writing process: (Effective) approaches to write argumentative and narrative texts in L1 and L213
Editorial Board13
Book Review13
Book review13
“It can be a very equalizing way to grade”: Contract grading and multilingual writers12
Task evolution in English for Academic Purposes writing materials: The case of “Information Transfer” to “Critical Commentary”12
Graduate students’ use of ChatGPT for academic text revision: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement12
Book review12
To grade is not to grade?: Exploring ungrading in the teaching of L2 writing12
JSLW editorial for March 202512
Translanguaging with generative AI in EFL writing: Students’ practices and perceptions11
Teachers’ conceptualizations of digital multimodal composing in L2 writing11
An argument for globalized L2 writing methodological innovation11
Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: Influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake10
Tunnel, teapot, mermaid, ghost: Creative-critical practice as critical language awareness10
Book review10
Understanding the impact of teacher feedback on EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing strategies9
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing9
Editorial9
Research trends in L2 written corrective feedback: A bibliometric analysis of three decades of Scopus-indexed research on L2 WCF9
Book review8
Scholarly trends and representations of L2 writers in second language writing: A corpus-assisted discourse study8
Developing and evaluating an empirically-based diagnostic checklist for assessing second language integrated writing8
Editorial Board8
Book Review8
The development and validation of a scale on student AI literacy in L2 writing: A domain-specific perspective8
Promoting second language writing autonomy through digital multimodal composing7
The effects of completing collaborative or independent writing on the development of language use in individual writing7
Ungrading as an assessment philosophy: Reliability, validity, and practicality7
Developing L2 writing abilities through an instructional enrichment program informed by dynamic assessment7
The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language7
Second-language writing development of adult immigrants following three study paths reflecting their varying levels of prior education7
Book review7
JSLW@30: The founders & past editors speak7
Book Review7
A large-scale longitudinal study of syntactic complexity development in EFL writing: A mixed-effects model approach7
Book Review7
Towards a GELT-informed pedagogy for multilingual writing: Expanding Tardy’s case7
Introduction to JSLW’s 30th anniversary special issue7
Editorial Board6
Writing in L2 Greek: Exploring the effect of L2 proficiency and learning context on complexity, accuracy, and fluency6
Voices from L2 learners across different languages: Development and validation of a student writing assessment literacy scale6
The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing6
The value of models to support students' voice in middle school social studies argument writing6
A measure of EFL argumentative writing cognitive load: Scale development and validation6
Towards a reconciliatory approach to ungrading in writing classes: A response to Crusan6
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