OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching is 10. 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
Unraveling EMI as a predictor of English proficiency in Vietnamese higher education: Exploring learners’ backgrounds as a variable	214
A person-specific perspective on the dynamics of anxiety in foreign language learning: A dynamic P-technique factor analysis	94
Language learners’ emotion regulation and enjoyment in an online collaborative writing program	55
Editorial	46
Heart rate variability and personality traits as predictors of Arabic language proficiency and gains during study abroad in Jordan	45
Second language psychological speaking and listening needs: Scale development, symbiosis, and demographic differences	36
Second language learner engagement in computer-mediated interactive oral tasks	32
Task-based elementary Spanish in rural Indiana: A practice-based collaboration	31
Models as written corrective feedback: Effects on young L2 learners’ fluency in digital writing from product and process perspectives	31
When my teachers think I can, then I know I can: A systematic review	30
The role of cognitive individual differences in digital versus pen-and-paper writing	29
Revisiting the relationship between global and specific levels of foreign language boredom and language engagement: A moderated mediation model of academic buoyancy and emotional engagement	28
Introduction to the special issue on English medium instruction: Areas of research needing urgent attention	28
Musical hearing and the acquisition of foreign-language intonation	21
Editorial: Introduction to the special issue on conducting research syntheses on individual differences in SLA	20
Introduction to the special issue on ability beliefs and learning a new language at school	20
Autonomy in language education: Theory, research and practice	19
The Routledge handbook of vocabulary studies: A study in micro-bibliometrics	18
Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests	18
Reviewers for Volume 14/2024	15
To lead or not to lead: The fluctuation of peer leadership in collaborative oral argumentation	14
A longitudinal study on students’ self-regulated listening during transition to an English-medium transnational university in China	14
Introduction to the special issue on L2 writing and feedback processing and use in pen and paper and digital environments: Advancing research and practice	14
Investigating individual differences with qualitative research methods: Results of a meta-analysis of leading applied linguistics journals	14
Modeling the interaction between teacher credibility, teacher confirmation, and English major students’ academic engagement: A sequential mixed-methods approach	13

Content teachers’ and lecturers’ corrective feedback in EMI classes in high school and university settings	13
Reviewers for Volume 12/2022	12
When to switch captions off? Exploring the effects of L2 proficiency and vocabulary knowledge on comprehension of captioned and uncaptioned TV	12
Learner-generated content, task engagement, affective response, and memory on technology-mediated conversation tasks	12
Language teacher professional curiosity: Understanding the drive for professional development	11
Research across contexts and timescales with the experience sampling method: Applications in the study of language anxiety	11
Specialized vocabulary across languages: The case of traditional Chinese medicine	11
Review of An advanced guide to multilingualism by Larissa Aronin	11
Cross-lagged panel analysis of reciprocal effects of metacognitive knowledge and breadth of vocabulary knowledge in a foreign language context	11
Effects of EMI-CLIL on secondary-level students’ English learning: A multilevel meta-analysis	10
Instructed second language acquisition research methods	10
When time matters: Mechanisms of change in a mediational model of foreign language playfulness and L2 learners’ emotions using latent change score mediation model	10
Applying latent profile analysis in foreign language anxiety research: Uncovering hidden groups	10