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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Past JSLW Editor Rosa M. Manchón speaks: Ilona Leki & Tony Silva’s invitation to co-edit the journal—my reflection	117
Editorial	109
Book Review	57
Influence of a perspective oriented task, executive function, and trait perspective taking on EFL Writing	44
Expertise in L2 writing instruction: The road less travelled	43
Generative artificial intelligence and second language writing	42
Generative AI: Same same but different?	42
Book review	41
Book Review	40
Book review	37
The effects of incorporating mindset intervention in L2 English writing on Chinese college EFL students’ learning engagement and writing performance	33
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	33
The effects of task complexity on second language writing processes and products in computer-assisted collaborative writing	30
Grammatical complexity: Insights from English for academic purposes teachers	30
From the other side of the desk: Supervisors’ perceptions of supervisory feedback	28
Is corrective feedback during telecollaboration beneficial? The effects of peer and teacher corrections on L2 writing proficiency	28
Introduction to the special issue: Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as a lens for looking backward, outward, and forward in Second Language Writing	26
Editorial Board	24
Editorial Board	24
Selected bibliography of recent scholarship in second language writing	23
Critical language awareness and English for Research Publication Purposes	22
Book review	19
The gold standard for the teaching profession: A rejoinder	19
Editorial Board	18
CLA and WPA: A justice-oriented approach to writing program administration	18

Revisiting the conceptualizations of feedback in second language writing: a metaphor analysis approach	16
Editorial Board	15
Language quality, content, structure: What analytic ratings tell us about EFL writing skills at upper secondary school level in Germany and Switzerland	14
Syntactic and lexical features of adolescent L2 students’ academic writing	13
AI or student writing? Analyzing the situational and linguistic characteristics of undergraduate student writing and AI-generated assignments	13
Connecting source use and argumentation in L2 integrated argumentative writing performance	13
Getting a grip on the writing process: (Effective) approaches to write argumentative and narrative texts in L1 and L2	12
Task evolution in English for Academic Purposes writing materials: The case of “Information Transfer” to “Critical Commentary”	12
Book review	12
Book Review	12
Teachers’ conceptualizations of digital multimodal composing in L2 writing	11
To grade is not to grade?: Exploring ungrading in the teaching of L2 writing	11
Editorial Board	11
Graduate students’ use of ChatGPT for academic text revision: Behavioral, cognitive, and affective engagement	11
Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: Influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake	11
Book review	11
“It can be a very equalizing way to grade”: Contract grading and multilingual writers	11
Tunnel, teapot, mermaid, ghost: Creative-critical practice as critical language awareness	11
JSLW editorial for March 2025	11
Editorial Board	10
An argument for globalized L2 writing methodological innovation	10
Translanguaging with generative AI in EFL writing: Students’ practices and perceptions	10
Developing and evaluating an empirically-based diagnostic checklist for assessing second language integrated writing	9
Book Review	9
Book review	9
Book review	9
The development and validation of a scale on student AI literacy in L2 writing: A domain-specific perspective	8
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing	8
Elements of doctoral apprenticeship: Community feedback and the acquisition of writing expertise	8
Research trends in L2 written corrective feedback: A bibliometric analysis of three decades of Scopus-indexed research on L2 WCF	8
Scholarly trends and representations of L2 writers in second language writing: A corpus-assisted discourse study	7
Editors introduction	7
Editorial	7
Understanding the impact of teacher feedback on EFL students’ use of self-regulated writing strategies	7
Ungrading as an assessment philosophy: Reliability, validity, and practicality	7
Book Review	6
Developing L2 writing abilities through an instructional enrichment program informed by dynamic assessment	6
Voices from L2 learners across different languages: Development and validation of a student writing assessment literacy scale	6
Editorial Board	6
A large-scale longitudinal study of syntactic complexity development in EFL writing: A mixed-effects model approach	6
The effects of completing collaborative or independent writing on the development of language use in individual writing	6
Towards a GELT-informed pedagogy for multilingual writing: Expanding Tardy’s case	6
Promoting second language writing autonomy through digital multimodal composing	6
The role of communicative purpose in describing and interpreting lexico-grammatical variation in L2 writing	6
Introduction to JSLW’s 30th anniversary special issue	6
Book review	6
JSLW@30: The founders & past editors speak	6
Book Review	6
The affordances and contradictions of AI-generated text for writers of english as a second or foreign language	6
Second-language writing development of adult immigrants following three study paths reflecting their varying levels of prior education	6