OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Language Assessment Quarterly is 3. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Young Learners’ Cognitive Processes in Picture-Based Causal Explanation Speaking Tasks: Synchronizing Eye Movements with Speech Production	43
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	36
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	35
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	26
Introducing Second Language Assessment	24
A Corpus-Based Multimodal Analysis of Written Assignments in the Target Language Use Domain: Implications for L2 Multimodal Writing Task Design and Assessment	22
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	18
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	17
Extra Time as an Access Arrangement in Digital Listening Tasks for L2 Learners with Literacy Difficulties	16
A Practical Guide to Language Assessment: How Do You Know That Your Students Are Learning?	15
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	15
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	14
Animation Videos in a Computer-Based Listening-Speaking Integrated Task: An Eye-Tracking and Mixed-Methods Study on Test-Taking Processes	13
Multimodality in Second Language Assessment	13
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	12
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	11
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	10
Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom	10
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	10
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	9
The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks	9
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	8
The Passage is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test	8
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	7
Dimensionality of Written Accuracy: Exploring the Factor Structure of Linguistic Accuracy Measures	6

Application of Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment to the Test of Chinese as a Heritage Language (Reading)	6
Challenges and Innovations in Speaking Assessment	6
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	5
Learning to Assess: Cultivating Assessment Capacity in Teacher Education	4
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	3
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	3
Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing: Rethinking Validity in Theory and Practice.	3
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	3
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	3
Informing Q-Matrix Specification with Exploratory Factor Analysis in Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment of Language Comprehension	3
Contributing to Multimodal Construct Definition and Operationalization: Insights from Research into Language Assessment Accommodations	3