OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of English for Academic Purposes is 5. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The provision of student support on English Medium Instruction programmes in Japan and China	76
Investigating grammatical complexity in L2 English writing research: Linguistic description versus predictive measurement	63
Academic language-related challenges at an English-medium university	57
A bibliometric study of EAP research: Who is doing what, where and when?	40
Examining the effects of comprehensive written corrective feedback on L2 EAP students’ linguistic performance: A mixed-methods study	37
Preliminary evidence of linguistic bias in academic reviewing	31
“This work is antithetical to the spirit of research”: An anatomy of harsh peer reviews	27
Three Minute Thesis presentations: Recontextualisation strategies in doctoral research	27
Evaluation of Cohen's kappa and other measures of inter-rater agreement for genre analysis and other nominal data	25
Syntactic complexity across registers: Investigating (in)formality in second-language writing	23
A ghostwriter in the machine? Attitudes of academic staff towards machine translation use in internationalised Higher Education	22
Syntactic complexity across academic research article part-genres: A cross-disciplinary perspective	22
Applying partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in an investigation of undergraduate students’ learning transfer of academic English	21
The relationship between syntactic complexity and rhetorical move-steps in research article introductions: Variation among four social science and engineering disciplines	21
Incidental attention to academic language during content teaching in two EMI classes in South Korean high schools	18
Stance and engagement in 3MT presentations: How students communicate disciplinary knowledge to a wide audience	18
“I believe the findings are fascinating”: Stance in three-minute theses	18
Associations of L1-to-L2 rhetorical transfer with L2 writers’ perception of L2 writing difficulty and L2 writing proficiency	16
English language requirements for enrolment in EMI programs in higher education: A European case	16
Titles in research articles	15
The contexts, theoretical and methodological orientation of EAP research: Evidence from empirical articles published in the Journal of English for Academic Purposes	15
Addressing the research gap in teacher training for EMI: An evidence-based teacher education proposal in monolingual contexts	15
Change and continuity in thesis and dissertation writing: The evolution of an academic genre	14
EAP in the expanding circle: Exploring the knowledge base, practices, and challenges of Iranian EAP practitioners	14
Showing as sense-making in oral presentations: The speech-gesture-slide interplay in TED talks by Professor Brian Cox	14

Lexical bundles in theses, articles and textbooks of applied linguistics: Investigating intradisciplinary uniformity and variation	13
Variability and functions of lexical bundles in research articles of applied linguistics and pharmaceutical sciences	13
Is postgraduate English academic writing more clausal or phrasal? Syntactic complexification at the crossroads of genre, proficiency, and statistical modelling	13
Exemplification in research articles: Structural, semantic and metadiscursive properties across disciplines	12
Engagement in doctoral dissertation discussion sections written by English native speakers	12
Piracy, playing the system, or poor policies? Perspectives on plagiarism in Thailand	12
Methodology in EAP: Why is it largely still an overlooked issue?	12
Understanding voice in Chinese students’ English writing	12
An examination of education-based dissertation macrostructures	11
Authorial presence in research article abstracts: A diachronic investigation of the use of first person pronouns	11
From abstracts to “60-second science” podcasts: Reformulation of scientific discourse	11
Development of syntactic complexity in Chinese university students’ L2 argumentative writing	11
A multi-dimensional analysis of English-medium massive open online courses (MOOCs) video lectures in China	10
Lexical richness in research articles: Corpus-based comparative study among advanced Chinese learners of English, English native beginner students and experts	10
Modal density and coherence in science dissemination: Orchestrating multimodal ensembles in online TED talks and youtube science videos	10
Undergraduate student academic writing in English-medium higher education: Explorations through the ROAD-MAPPING lens	10
Developing an effective three-stage teaching method for collaborative academic reading: Evidence from Chinese first-year college students	10
Transfer of knowledge across genres and media: Investigating L2 learners’ multiple composing practices	10
EFL student engagement with giving peer feedback in academic writing: A longitudinal study	9
A multimodal discourse approach to research pitches	9
Vocabulary in academic lectures	9
“Now I always try to stick to the point”: Socialization to and from genre knowledge in an English-medium university in Kazakhstan	9
Mapping English language proficiency cut-off scores and pre-sessional EAP programmes in UK higher education	9
A new multidimensional model of writing for research publication: An analysis of disciplinarity, intra-textual variation, and L1 versus LX expert writing	9
An investigation into the learning transfer of English for specific Academic Purposes (ESAP) writing skills of students in Singapore	9
The morphology-vocabulary- reading mechanism and its effect on students’ academic achievement in an English L2 context	8
Self-regulation and student engagement with feedback: The case of Chinese EFL student writers	8
Single author self-reference: Identity construction and pragmatic competence	8
Finding voice in biology: A diachronic analysis of self-mention in the discussions of an L2 scholar	8
Transition markers in EAP textbooks	8
Practitioner research in a UK pre-sessional: The synergy between Exploratory Practice and student motivation	8
The construction of translanguaging space through digital multimodal composing: A case study of students' creation of instructional videos	8
Metadiscourse choices in EAP: An intra-journal study of JEAP	7
A Chinese doctoral student’s experience of L2 English academic writing in Australia: Negotiating practices and identities	7
Investigating the effects of technology-enhanced vocabulary learning strategy instruction on supporting mixed-ability EMI learners studying a journalism and communication major: An action research pro	7
Academic publishing and the attention economy	7
“It's complicated and nuanced”: Teaching genre awareness in English for general academic purposes	7
N1 of N2 constructions in academic written discourse: A pattern grammar analysis	7
Reading habits of Vietnamese University English majors	7
A review of research on authorial evaluation in English academic writing: A methodological perspective	7
Beyond comprehension: Reading requirements in first-year undergraduate courses	7
Deconstructing critical reflection in social work and business: Negotiating emotions and opinions in reflective writing	7
Autonomous corpus use by graduate students: A long-term trend study (2009–2017)	7
English and/or Russian medium publications? A case study exploring academic research writing in contemporary Russian academia	6
International students’ engagement with support in developing source use abilities: A longitudinal case study	6
Exemplification in Chinese English-major MA students' and expert writers’ academic writing: A local grammar based investigation	6
Multimodal interaction in English-medium instruction: How does a lecturer promote and enhance students’ participation in a live online lecture?	6
“The findings might not be generalizable”: Investigating negation in the limitations sections of PhD theses across disciplines	6
Effects of notetaking instruction on intermediate and advanced L2 English learners: A quasi-experimental study	6
Syntactic complexity in learner-generated research paper introductions: Rhetorical functions and level of move/step realization	6

Nominal complexities in school children’s informational writing	6
Syntactic complexity features of science research article introductions: Rhetorical-functional and disciplinary variation perspectives	6
Improving students’ source integration skills: Does a focus on reading comprehension and vocabulary development work?	6
A Chinese EFL student's strategies in graduation thesis writing: An Activity Theory perspective	5
Dialogic interactions and voice negotiations in thesis writing groups: An activity systems analysis of oral feedback exchanges	5
More is more: Explicit intertextuality in university writing placement exam essays	5
Phrasal complexity in English argumentative writing: Variations across Chinese STEM versus English majors' production and EFL textbook essays	5
Resistance and agency in second language academic discourse socialisation: Undergraduate students’ experiences of an EAP course	5
A corpus-based study of vocabulary in conference presentations	5
Suitability of science & technology documentaries for EAP and EST listening	5
Training disciplinary genre awareness through blended learning: An exploration into EAP students’ perceptions of online annotation of genres across disciplines	5
Effects of explicit instruction on noun phrase production in L2 undergraduate writing	5
Applying local grammars in EAP teaching	5
Adopting critical-pragmatic pedagogy to address plagiarism in a Chinese context: An action research	5
Proofreading revisited: Interrogating assumptions about postsecondary student users of proofreading	5
When a bug is not a bug: An introduction to the computer science academic vocabulary list	5