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Language Awareness
H-index 5

Language Awareness

0965-8416

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rmla20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 957 12 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 12
Documents by Best Scientists*: 11
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.117
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Language Awareness?

Linguistics, Metalinguistics, Pedagogy, Teaching method and Mathematics education are among the topics commonly tackled in Language Awareness. The journal features Linguistics research that overlaps with concepts in Task analysis. Metalinguistics research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Cognitive psychology, Metalinguistic awareness, Language proficiency, Pragmatics and Multilingualism.

The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Pedagogy, apply to Discourse analysis as well. Cooperative learning is the primary subject of Teaching method works presented in Language Awareness. The studies in Language assessment featured incorporate elements of Language transfer, Language pedagogy and Language education.

Language education research is concerned with Comprehension approach in particular. The journal connects the study in Comprehension approach with the closely related area of Second-language acquisition. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Grammar and Vocabulary.

  • Linguistics (45.28%)
  • Metalinguistics (34.91%)
  • Pedagogy (29.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Vygotskian Perspective on Corrective Feedback in L2: The Effect of Random Versus Negotiated Help on the Learning of English Articles (298 citations)
  • Using Collaborative Language Production Tasks to Promote Students' Language Awareness. (277 citations)
  • Global Capitalism and Critical Awareness of Language (188 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Language Awareness:

The most cited papers focus largely on the fields of Metalinguistics, Linguistics, Pedagogy, Teaching method and Mathematics education. The works on Metalinguistics tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Context (language use), Language proficiency, Grammar, Corrective feedback and Cooperative learning. The journal papers connects research in Linguistics with the related topics of Task analysis.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Linguistics
  • Law
  • Education

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Language Awareness mainly deals with areas of study such as Mathematics education, Linguistics, Grammar, Corrective feedback and Ideology. In addition to Mathematics education research, the journal aims to explore topics under Vocabulary and Second-language acquisition. While Language Awareness focused on Linguistics, it was also able to explore topics like Association (psychology) and Meaning (existential).

The Grammar works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Test (assessment), Teaching method, Descriptive knowledge and First language. The study on Teaching method featured in Language Awareness expounds on the topic of Metalinguistics in particular. The presented research on Metalinguistics deals specifically with Explicit knowledge but it also addresses topics in Past tense.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Child learners’ reflections about EFL grammar in a collaborative writing task: when form is not at odds with communication (8 citations)
  • Time distribution and intentional vocabulary learning through repeated reading: a partial replication and extension (2 citations)
  • A cross-cultural comparison in pedagogical beliefs about oral corrective feedback: the case of English language teachers in China versus the U.S. (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Language Awareness (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Agneta Marie-Louise Svalberg (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Garrett (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Josep Maria Cots (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joanna White (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roger Berry (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Language Awareness (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Concordia University (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Leicester (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Barcelona (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of the Basque Country (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Auckland (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.90% of all publications and 57.14% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Developing morphological awareness across languages: translanguaging pedagogies in third language acquisition

    Oihana Leonet;Jasone Cenoz;Durk Gorter

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • Pre-service teachers’ ability to identify academic language features: the role of language-related opportunities to learn, and professional beliefs about linguistically responsive teaching

    (2023)
    11 Citations
  • The native/non-native teacher debate: insights into variables at play

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Prompting language learners to guess the meaning of idioms: do wrong guesses linger?

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Dynamic <i>flows</i> of translanguaging/trans-semiotizing in CLIL eco-social systems

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Vocabulary learning strategy instruction in the EFL secondary classroom: an exploratory study

    Kwun Man Chiang;Chih-Hao Chang;Icy Lee

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Raising business communication students’ awareness of nonverbal features of interaction

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • How long can naturalistic L2 pronunciation learning continue in adults? A 10-year study

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • What do students in human resource management know about accent bias?

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Critical multilingual language awareness: the role of teachers as language activists and knowledge generators

    (2023)
    2 Citations

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