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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	130
Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing	56
Book Review	47
Past JSLW Editor Rosa M. Manchón speaks: Ilona Leki & Tony Silva’s invitation to co-edit the journal—my reflection	45
Expertise in L2 writing instruction: The road less travelled	45
Generative AI: Same same but different?	41
Influence of a perspective oriented task, executive function, and trait perspective taking on EFL Writing	41
Is corrective feedback during telecollaboration beneficial? The effects of peer and teacher corrections on L2 writing proficiency	41
The effects of task complexity on second language writing processes and products in computer-assisted collaborative writing	34
The effects of incorporating mindset intervention in L2 English writing on Chinese college EFL students’ learning engagement and writing performance	32
Grammatical complexity: Insights from English for academic purposes teachers	32
Book review	30
Book review	27
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	26
Editorial Board	26
Book Review	26
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	26
Editorial Board	25
The gold standard for the teaching profession: A rejoinder	23
From the other side of the desk: Supervisors’ perceptions of supervisory feedback	22
Critical language awareness and English for Research Publication Purposes	22
Introduction to the special issue: Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as a lens for looking backward, outward, and forward in Second Language Writing	22
Editorial Board	20
Language quality, content, structure: What analytic ratings tell us about EFL writing skills at upper secondary school level in Germany and Switzerland	19
Editorial Board	15

Connecting source use and argumentation in L2 integrated argumentative writing performance	14
CLA and WPA: A justice-oriented approach to writing program administration	14
Book review	14
Revisiting the conceptualizations of feedback in second language writing: a metaphor analysis approach	14
AI or student writing? Analyzing the situational and linguistic characteristics of undergraduate student writing and AI-generated assignments	13
Getting a grip on the writing process: (Effective) approaches to write argumentative and narrative texts in L1 and L2	13
Editorial Board	13
Book Review	13
Book review	13
“It can be a very equalizing way to grade”: Contract grading and multilingual writers	12
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 engagement	12
Book review	12
To grade is not to grade?: Exploring ungrading in the teaching of L2 writing	12
JSLW editorial for March 2025	12
Translanguaging with generative AI in EFL writing: Students’ practices and perceptions	11
Teachers’ conceptualizations of digital multimodal composing in L2 writing	11
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
Tunnel, teapot, mermaid, ghost: Creative-critical practice as critical language awareness	10
Book review	10
Understanding the impact of teacher feedback on EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing strategies	9
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing	9
Editorial	9
Research trends in L2 written corrective feedback: A bibliometric analysis of three decades of Scopus-indexed research on L2 WCF	9
Book review	8
Scholarly trends and representations of L2 writers in second language writing: A corpus-assisted discourse study	8
Developing and evaluating an empirically-based diagnostic checklist for assessing second language integrated writing	8
Editorial Board	8
Book Review	8
The development and validation of a scale on student AI literacy in L2 writing: A domain-specific perspective	8
Promoting second language writing autonomy through digital multimodal composing	7
The effects of completing collaborative or independent writing on the development of language use in individual writing	7
Ungrading as an assessment philosophy: Reliability, validity, and practicality	7
Developing L2 writing abilities through an instructional enrichment program informed by dynamic assessment	7
The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language	7
Second-language writing development of adult immigrants following three study paths reflecting their varying levels of prior education	7
Book review	7
JSLW@30: The founders & past editors speak	7
Book Review	7
A large-scale longitudinal study of syntactic complexity development in EFL writing: A mixed-effects model approach	7
Book Review	7
Towards a GELT-informed pedagogy for multilingual writing: Expanding Tardy’s case	7
Introduction to JSLW’s 30th anniversary special issue	7
Editorial Board	6
Writing in L2 Greek: Exploring the effect of L2 proficiency and learning context on complexity, accuracy, and fluency	6
Voices from L2 learners across different languages: Development and validation of a student writing assessment literacy scale	6
The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing	6
The value of models to support students' voice in middle school social studies argument writing	6
A measure of EFL argumentative writing cognitive load: Scale development and validation	6

Towards a reconciliatory approach to ungrading in writing classes: A response to Crusan