OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Language Assessment Quarterly is 4. 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.)

Article	Citations
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	31
Young Learners’ Cognitive Processes in Picture-Based Causal Explanation Speaking Tasks: Synchronizing Eye Movements with Speech Production	28
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	27
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	19
A Corpus-Based Multimodal Analysis of Written Assignments in the Target Language Use Domain: Implications for L2 Multimodal Writing Task Design and Assessment	18
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	16
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	16
Extra Time as an Access Arrangement in Digital Listening Tasks for L2 Learners with Literacy Difficulties	15
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	14
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	12
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	10
Animation Videos in a Computer-Based Listening-Speaking Integrated Task: An Eye-Tracking and Mixed-Methods Study on Test-Taking Processes	10
Multimodality in Second Language Assessment	10
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	9
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	9
The Passage is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test	8
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	8
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	8
Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom	8
The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks	8
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	7
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	7
Dimensionality of Written Accuracy: Exploring the Factor Structure of Linguistic Accuracy Measures	6
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	5
Assessing English for Professional Purposes	5

Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	5
Challenges and Innovations in Speaking Assessment	5
Learning to Assess: Cultivating Assessment Capacity in Teacher Education	5
Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing: Rethinking Validity in Theory and Practice.	4
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	4
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	4