Journal of English for Academic Purposes

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of English for Academic Purposes is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
“Now I hear what you say” - How short EAP courses can foster successful academic interactional strategies45
De-mystifying the nimbus of research: re-igniting practitioners' interest in exploring EAP41
Top-down versus bottom-up pedagogy: Applications in the East Asian ESP classroom35
Book review35
Students’ self-determination in using machine translation and generative AI tools for English for academic purposes34
Generative AI in dissertation writing: L2 doctoral students’ self-reported use, AI-giarism, and perceived training needs30
English reading expectations in Swedish higher education29
The impact of input format on written performance in a listening-into-writing assessment29
Development of syntactic complexity in Chinese university students’ L2 argumentative writing25
A multimodal analysis of pair work engagement episodes: Implications for EMI lecturer training24
“In the present study”: An exploration of prepositional phrase-frames in Chinese EFL learners’ theses and dissertations of applied linguistics23
The influences of international master's students' feedback seeking behaviour on their feedback literacy and feedback contexts: An ecological perspective23
Integrative genre-based pedagogy: Enhancing social responsiveness in English medium of instruction and STEM education23
Rhetorical structure of literature review chapters in Nepalese PhD dissertations: Students’ engagement with previous scholarship22
Storytelling in L2 English-medium engineering lectures: A typology22
Editorial Board22
An investigation into the missions and practices of glocal writing centers in the Chinese context: ERPP and EAP-EGP hybrid approaches21
Re-exploring writer-reader interaction: Analyzing metadiscourse in EAP students’ infographics21
The need for English language development in anglophone higher education settings: A case study from Australia20
What does it mean to construct an argument in academic writing? A synthesis of English for general academic purposes and English for specific academic purposes perspectives20
BALEAP news – Introduction to SIGs: Meet the Doctoral Education SIG20
BALEAP News19
A Chinese EFL student's strategies in graduation thesis writing: An Activity Theory perspective19
Editorial Board19
A cross-sectional analysis of negation used in thesis writing by L1 and L2 PhD students18
Self-empowerment in the struggling transition from General English to EAP: Action and reflection of a Chinese teacher18
Developing advanced citation skills: A mixed-methods approach to corpus technology training for novice researchers17
Promoting research: Academic hypes embedded in the rhetorical move structure of sociology research article abstracts17
Smart tools, smarter minds? Learner-AI interaction and AI assistance on critical thinking in EAP contexts17
Human-AI collaborative reading in academic contexts: An exploratory case study16
Using legitimation code theory to investigate English medium lecturers’ knowledge-building practices16
Editorial Board15
Exploring the technicality of LIQUID metaphorical chunks in business discourse15
Book review15
“Writing by oneself is too lonely”: Understanding Chinese returnee scholars’ English collaborative writing experiences in academic publishing15
Book review15
A systematic analysis of first-person identity roles in agricultural sciences14
Preparing learners for digitally mediated academic communication: Digital multimodal practice in students’ knowledge dissemination videos14
Approaching digital genre composing through reflective pedagogical praxis14
Introduction to the special issue: Action research in english language and communication contexts in higher education13
Metadiscourse in postgraduate thesis supervisions at UK and Taiwanese universities13
Move-stance connection in Chinese and English research article conclusion sections: A cross-linguistic study13
Tackling illegitimate intertextuality through socialization - An action research project13
Personal learning environment-supported group academic writing: Chinese postgraduates' experiences and evaluation13
Self-regulation and student engagement with feedback: The case of Chinese EFL student writers13
Writers' communicative resources for comparing present and past research findings: A pedagogically motivated inquiry into scientists' rhetorical practices12
Saying verbs in applied linguistics research articles: At the interface of reportage and evaluation12
The transition of EAP practitioners into scholarship writing12
Towards an understanding of EMI teacher expertise in higher education: An intrinsic case study12
BALEAP News12
BALEAP news – Looking back, looking forward …12
Book Review11
Transvocal stance in academic translation: A rhetorical analysis of grammatical stance in translated applied linguistics English research article abstracts11
Nursing and midwifery students’ ethical views on the acceptability of using AI machine translation software to write university assignments: A deficit-oriented or translanguaging perspective?11
Pre-admission EAP course completion as evidence of English language proficiency for university admission: A longitudinal evaluation study11
Book review10
Exploring the potential of using ChatGPT for rhetorical move-step analysis: The impact of prompt refinement, few-shot learning, and fine-tuning10
A corpus-based analysis of discourse strategy use by English-Medium Instruction university lecturers in Turkey10
BALEAP news - Introduction to SIGs: Meet academic literacies (AL) SIG10
Seeking research funding in a peripheral context: A learner corpus genre study of grant proposal summaries10
Authorial voice in source-based and opinion-based argumentative writing: Patterns of voice across task types and proficiency levels10
Editorial Board10
BALEAP news - Introduction to SIGs – Law10
Editor's Note10
A multi-faceted evaluation of the impact on students of an Australian university-wide academic language development program10
Discussing limitations in disciplinary writing: Self-reported limitations and self-justifications9
Language-related perceptions: How do they predict student satisfaction with a partial English Medium Instruction in Higher Education?9
Assessing the impact of pre-lecture reading compliance on lecture comprehension in English-medium instruction courses9
Understanding the collaborative assessment identity of English for academic purposes practitioners in higher education9
Disciplinary variation of metadiscourse: A comparison of human-written and ChatGPT-generated English research article abstracts9
Integrating a diachronic perspective into the teaching of academic discourse acts: A case study of graphic data commentary9
Diachronic changes in the syntactic complexity of emerging Chinese international publication writers’ research article introductions: A rhetorical strategic perspective9
Effectiveness of student academic presentations: What do we learn from presentation guidebooks?9
Multilevel engagement in academic L2 reading: Developing and validating a scale9
Are the titles of doctoral dissertations and research articles different? Observations from four STEM disciplines9
Citation practices in applied linguistics: A comparative study of Korean master's theses and research articles9
‘X can be classified into … ’: A local grammar of classification in academic discourse and its implications for EAP pedagogy9
Evaluating co-production as a guiding philosophy for EAP teacher training course development8
Book review8
Writing book reviews: Perceptions and experiences of Chinese novice scholars8
Learner-centered EAP practices: Managing agenda in tutorial interaction7
Utilization of appraisal resources for acknowledging limitations within doctoral theses across disciplines7
Editorial Board7
Exploration of value arguments in applied linguistics research articles7
Supporting genre-based writing instruction in EAP with a blended collaborative learning environment: A case study of a graduate-level EFL academic writing course7
Phrasal complexity in English argumentative writing: Variations across Chinese STEM versus English majors' production and EFL textbook essays7
Negotiating the path to publication: Functional units and lexical bundles in author responses to peer review7
Notetaking as validity evidence: A mixed-methods investigation of question preview in EAP listening assessment7
Bridging EAP and EMI: Professional development for EAP teachers in Chinese higher education7
A specialized vocabulary list from an original corpus of digital science resources for middle school learners7
Book review7
Editorial Board7
Corrigendum to “The expression of obligation in student academic writing” [Journal of English for Academic Purposes (2020), (44), 100840]6
Book review6
“It's complicated and nuanced”: Teaching genre awareness in English for general academic purposes6
EAP practitioners' assessment behavior: Bringing the hidden-away to light6
GPT as book reviewer: A move and syntactic complexity analysis of GPT-generated versus scholar-written academic book reviews6
Using the knowledge and expertise of English language specialists to enhance L1 English speaking lecturers’ lectures: A professional development project6
What can be done to make peer review a more sustainable practice?6
Book review6
Editorial Board6
Investigating verbal-visual mode interaction in medical audio-slide presentations6
The dynamics of building academic writing knowledge in interaction6
Promotion of medical research: Stance in AI-generated and scholar-written highlights6
Book review6
Microaggressions to microaffirmations: A trioethnography of plurilingual EAP instructors6
“I notice I'm getting more involved, interested, and excited about my future topic.” Action research as a transition from research steps to navigating graduate students' scholarly dispositions6
Revamping an English for specific academic purposes course for problem-based learning: Reflections from course developers6
Investigating student difficulties in English-medium secondary classes: A functional linguist and a science educator in collaboration6
The unveiling diachronic changes in interactive metadiscourse use in the academic writing of applied linguistics over 45 years6
A mixed-methods study of strategy use in academic vocabulary learning among first-year undergraduates in Hong Kong5
“We define X as …”: A local grammar of definition in linguistics research articles and its pedagogical value5
Implementing academic reading circles in higher education: Exploring perceptions, motivation and outcomes5
Changing EAP assessment practices in the age of generative artificial intelligence: The case of Scottish higher education institutions5
Grammatical and functional characteristics of preposition-based phrase frames in English argumentative essays by L1 English and Spanish speakers5
Book review5
Only a cog in a machine?: Reappraising institutionalized EAP teacher identities in a transnational context5
Changing patterns of the grammatical stance devices in medical research articles (1970–2020)5
Materials for an oral presentations class on gesture: Navigating a visual with your audience5
Transfer of knowledge across genres and media: Investigating L2 learners’ multiple composing practices4
EFL student engagement with giving peer feedback in academic writing: A longitudinal study4
Book review4
A multi-dimensional analysis of English-medium massive open online courses (MOOCs) video lectures in China4
Modal density and coherence in science dissemination: Orchestrating multimodal ensembles in online TED talks and youtube science videos4
Using a logic model to evaluate rater training for EAP writing assessment4
An exploratory study of English as a Second Language students’ “citation” patterns in multimodal writing4
‘Excited to see our latest work published’: Recontextualizing research results in biomedical tweetorials4
“Gruelling to read”: Swedish university students’ perceptions of and attitudes towards academic reading in English4
Diachronic change of noun phrase complexity in the IMRD sections of medical research articles (1970–2020)4
Bundles to beat the band in high-stakes tests: Pedagogical applications of an exploratory investigation of lexical bundles across band scores of the IELTS writing component4
Past and future events and projects for BALEAP assessment and testing4
Adopting critical-pragmatic pedagogy to address plagiarism in a Chinese context: An action research4
From hedging to self-mention: Seventy years of stance in doctoral theses and what it means for EAP4
Exploring PhD students’ utilization of generative AI in academic writing for publication purposes: Insights for EAP4
Informal professional learning through collaborative action research: Fostering backstage dialogue among new EAP teachers4
JEAP - BALEAP News4
Translanguaging pedagogies: Using an action research approach to support English as an Additional Language (EAL) students in a first-year undergraduate anatomy course.4
A comparative study of research questions written by L1 English authors and Chinese EFL scholars4
The nonuse of the definite article the in referencing definite nouns in research writing: An empirical study using both corpus and survey data and its implications4
Empowering learners to invest in imagined and EAP identities to claim as legitimate English users: A multiple-case study3
Evaluating English-medium instruction in higher education: EMI-QE3
Analyzing engagement strategies in argument chain: A comparison between high- and low-scoring EFL undergraduate argumentative essays3
Establishing an institutional EAP teacher development scheme based on BALEAP's competency framework: A critical review of the competencies3
Student question types and subject-position pronominal choices: An exploratory frequency-based comparison of interactive vs. monologic academic lectures3
Editorial Board3
Editorial Board3
Book review3
‘Don't become so much high sounding’: Power dynamics in master's thesis viva3
To what extent do L2 learners produce genre-appropriate language? A comparative analysis of lexical bundles in argumentative essays and speeches3
Increasing critical language awareness through translingual practices in academic writing3
Editorial Board3
Lexical complexity changes in 100 years’ academic writing: Evidence from Nature Biology Letters3
BALEAP News for JEAP May 2025Introducing Hannah Jones, new Chair of BALEAP3
Multilingual doctoral students' lived experiences of genre knowledge development through social interactions: Learning writing ‘styles’ and ‘thought processes’3
A diachronic study of authorial stance in the discussion of Chinese MA theses and published research articles3
Writing a successful applied linguistics conference abstract: The relationship between stylistic and linguistic features and raters’ evaluations3
Investigating L2 motivation among Chinese PhD students in an EAP course from a positive psychology perspective3
Syntactic complexity in knowledge construction across disciplines: Evidence from dependency distance3
Doctoral student’s strategy use in GAI chatbot-assisted L2 writing: An activity theory perspective3
“Contrary to findings from previous studies …”: Paradigmatic and ethnolinguistic influences on disagreement negotiation in research article discussions3
“This study is not without its limitations”: Acknowledging limitations and recommending future research in applied linguistics research articles3
Examining teacher-written conference abstracts: Rhetorical functions and syntactic complexity features3
Autonomous corpus use by graduate students: A long-term trend study (2009–2017)3
A cross-disciplinary study of authorial identity construction through ‘reader engagement’ in the introduction of research articles3
How English academic writing textbooks written by Chinese EFL teachers address the issue of plagiarism3
Noun phrase complexity in English integrated writing placement test responses2
EAP corrective feedback in an EMI setting: Student and teacher beliefs2
A phraseological study of highlighting strategies in novice and expert writing2
Book review2
The effect of intralingual live subtitling on students’ performance and perception in EMI lectures in Flanders: A pilot study2
Podcasting science: Rhetorical moves and interactional metadiscourse in the Nature Podcast2
Resistance and agency in second language academic discourse socialisation: Undergraduate students’ experiences of an EAP course2
Supporting international graduate students’ academic language and literacies development through online and hybrid communities of practice2
A FrameNet-based comparative analysis of interest markers in PhD theses by native and non-native English-speaking doctoral writers2
Editorial Board2
EAP research in BALEAP 1975–2019: Past issues and future directions2
Tracking the changing patterns of graphic data commentary in economics research articles over time: A local grammar study2
Book review2
“These are my ‘selling points’”: Disciplinary variation in rhetorical features of graduate school statements of purpose2
Editorial Board2
Tracing development: Feedback orientations and knowledge construction in master's theses2
Unpacking EFL learners’ emotions and emotion-regulation strategies in digital collaborative academic reading projects: An integrated approach of vignette methodology and interview analysis2
Book review2
BALEAP news - Introduction to SIGs: Meet TELSIG, the Technology Enhanced Learning SIG2
Book review2
BALEAP news – Introduction to SIGs: Meet EAP for Social Justice SIG2
Discourse acts, local grammars, and constructions in academic writing: The case of ‘exemplifying’ construction network2
Exemplification and its local grammar patterns in English as an academic lingua franca in research writing2
The use of the passive voice in science students’ writing2
Writer responsibility across sections of research articles: Recycling of directional determinants by English and Iranian academics2
Evaluating the effect of teacher written feedback on developing Chinese L2 graduate students’ paraphrasing performance2
Syntactic complexity features of science research article introductions: Rhetorical-functional and disciplinary variation perspectives2
Mapping cohesion in research articles of applied linguistics: A close look at rhetorical sections2
Forms and functions of intertextuality in academic tweets composed by research groups2
Book review2
Language matters in EMI: Language related episodes in nursing PBL classrooms2
The different ways to write publishable research articles: Using cluster analysis to uncover patterns of APPRAISAL in discussions across disciplines1
Stance-taking in peer reviewer and thesis examiner feedback on Iranian scholarly contributions1
Knowledge construction modes in humanities and social sciences: A cross-disciplinary analysis through linguistic complexity lens1
EAP in the digital age: Leveraging technology for language development1
Languages of publication among multilingual researchers: Locality to mobility in the Taiwan context1
“Such comparison fails to …”: The neglected open-ended negatives in the literature review section of social science research articles1
Book review1
A scaffolded speaking and writing ELP course for commercial lawyers: An action research case study from an undergraduate law school in Istanbul1
Book review1
BALEAP News – Conference time!1
A rhetorical move-step analysis of graphical abstracts in experimental research articles1
Exemplification in Chinese English-major MA students' and expert writers’ academic writing: A local grammar based investigation1
English medium instruction lecturer training programmes: Content, delivery, ways forward1
‘I just feel very dispensable’: Exploring the connections between precarity and identity for academic literacy developers1
“It's just a comment not really a question”: Meeting examiners' expectations during questioning interactions in PhD Vivas1
Book review1
Book review1
Book review1
Titles in archaeology research articles: a corpus-based comparison with other disciplines1
Book review1
Towards a digital bilingualism? Students’ use of machine translation in international higher education1
Radical cures for author self-citation gaming1
Supervisory feedback, reflection, and academic discourse socialization: Insights from an L2 doctoral student's paper writing experience1
Editorial Board1
Beyond comprehension: Reading requirements in first-year undergraduate courses1
Lexical bundles across IMRD-structured Medicine research article sections: A within-register perspective1
Profiling the outcomes of academic discourse socialisation through academic writing: A Q methodology study on student writers’ self-reflections1
Book review1
Differences between novice and experienced academics in their engagement with audience members in conference Q&A sessions1
Citation choices in L2 novices' and experts’ literature review sections: A functional discourse analysis1
Book review1
Editorial Board1
Exploring the differences in syntactic complexity between lay summaries and abstracts: A case study of The New England Journal of Medicine1
Comparing monomodal traditional writing and digital multimodal composing in EAP classrooms: Linguistic performance and writing development1
Book review1
Exemplification and reformulation in expert linguists’ writings: Elaborative metadiscourse between disciplinarity and individuality1
“Their encouragement makes me feel more confident”: Exploring peer effects on learner engagement in collaborative reading of academic texts1
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