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D-Index
50
Citations
21244
World Ranking
2674
National Ranking
22

Paul Nation publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Nation sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 130 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Paul Nation D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Nation sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul Nation is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on second language acquisition and learning, lexicography and language studies, and natural language processing techniques. Additional topics covered include second language learning and teaching, EFL/ESL teaching and learning, historical linguistics and language studies, and linguistics, language diversity, and identity.

Their work spans several fields of study, including arts and humanities, psychology, and computer science, with noted contributions in developmental and educational psychology, language and linguistics, artificial intelligence, literature and literary theory, and safety, risk, reliability, and quality.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Paul Nation include:

  • Is it worth teaching vocabulary? (2020), TESOL Journal
  • THOUGHTS ON WORD FAMILIES (2021), Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Other notable papers within their research network include:

  • LIMITATIONS OF SIZE AND LEVELS TESTS OF WRITTEN RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE (2020), Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS ABOUT WRITTEN RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY TESTING (2021), Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • Defining Standard Strategies for Quantum Benchmarks (2023), arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Tim Stoeckel
  • Stuart McLean
  • Averil Coxhead
  • Jeffrey Stewart
  • Geoffrey G. Pinchbeck

Paul Nation has published books with several academic publishers. These include Learning Vocabulary in Another Language (2022) published by Cambridge University Press and Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size (2020) published by John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Their publications have appeared frequently in several venues, including:

  • Studies in Second Language Acquisition
  • TESOL Journal
  • Language Teaching Research Quarterly
  • Languages
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ

Best Publications

  • Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

    Paul Nation

  • Vocabulary size and use: lexical richness in L2 written production

    Batia Laufer;Paul Nation

  • UNKNOWN VOCABULARY DENSITY AND READING COMPREHENSION

    M Hu;Paul Nation

  • A vocabulary-size test of controlled productive ability

    Batia Laufer;Paul Nation

  • Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking

    Unknown

  • The Four Strands

    Paul Nation

  • Teaching and Testing Vocabulary

    Paul Nation;Teresa Chung

  • How Vocabulary is Learned

    Paul Nation

  • The role of the first language in foreign language learning

    Paul Nation

  • How Large Can a Receptive Vocabulary Be

    Robin Goulden;Paul Nation;John Read

  • Technical Vocabulary in Specialised Texts.

    Teresa Mihwa Chung;Paul Nation

  • Graded Readers and Vocabulary

    Paul Nation;Karen Wang Ming-Tzu

  • Identifying technical vocabulary

    Teresa Mihwa Chung;Paul Nation

  • What vocabulary size is needed to read unsimplified texts for pleasure

    David Hirsh;Paul Nation

  • Word families

    Unknown

  • Improving speaking fluency

    Paul Nation

  • SECOND LANGUAGE READING AND INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY LEARNING

    Rob Waring;Paul Nation

  • New Ways in Teaching Vocabulary. New Ways in TESOL Series: Innovative Classroom Techniques.

    Paul Nation

  • How Useful Is Eap Vocabulary for Esp? a Corpus Based Case Study

    Cucu Sutarsyah;Paul Nation;Graeme Kennedy

  • Beyond single words: the most frequent collocations in spoken English

    Dongkwang Shin;Paul Nation

  • Learning Vocabulary in Lexical Sets: Dangers and Guidelines

    Paul Nation

  • Vocabulary Size, Growth, and Use

    Paul Nation

Frequent Co-Authors

John Read
John Read University of East London
Batia Laufer
Batia Laufer University of Haifa
Norbert Schmitt
Norbert Schmitt University of Nottingham
Stuart Webb
Stuart Webb University of Western Ontario

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