2026 Tracey M. Derwing: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	53	2236	2033	126	119	112	18552

Tracey M. Derwing 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 Tracey M. Derwing sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 112 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tracey M. Derwing 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 Tracey M. Derwing sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tracey M. Derwing is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and arts and humanities, with a strong focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, language and linguistics, linguistics and language, and literature and literary theory.

Their scholarly contributions notably concentrate on topics including phonetics and phonology research, EFL/ESL teaching and learning, language development and disorders, linguistic variation and morphology, second language acquisition and learning, linguistic studies and language acquisition, and employee welfare and language studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Derwing encompass Murray J. Munro, Ron I. Thomson, Erin Waugh, Kazuya Saito, and Małgorzata Baran-Łucarz.

Tracey M. Derwing's recent publications feature the following works:

"Pragmatically speaking", 2021, Applied Pragmatics
"Review of Plonsky (2020): Professional development in applied linguistics: A guide to success for graduate students and early career faculty", 2020, Journal of Second Language Pronunciation

Other notable publications connected to their research field include:

"Foreign accent, comprehensibility and intelligibility, redux" by Murray J. Munro, 2020, Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
"How long can naturalistic L2 pronunciation learning continue in adults? A 10-year study" by Ron I. Thomson, 2023, Language Awareness
"Aspiring to Aspirate: L2 Acquisition of English Word-Initial /p/ Over 10 Years" by Murray J. Munro, 2024, Language and Speech

Their publications are frequently found in the following venues:

Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
Language Awareness
Applied Pragmatics
Language and Speech
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Best Publications

Foreign accent, comprehensibility, and intelligibility in the speech of second language learners

Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

1590
Citations
Second Language Accent and Pronunciation Teaching: A Research- Based Approach.

Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

1589
Citations
Evidence in Favor of a Broad Framework for Pronunciation Instruction

Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro;Grace Wiebe

982
Citations
Processing Time, Accent, and Comprehensibility in the Perception of Native and Foreign-Accented Speech:

Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

982
Citations
ACCENT, INTELLIGIBILITY, AND COMPREHENSIBILITY

Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

976
Citations
THE MUTUAL INTELLIGIBILITY OF L2 SPEECH

Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing;Susan L. Morton

738
Citations
Pronunciation fundamentals : evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research

Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

707
Citations
Putting Accent in Its Place: Rethinking Obstacles to Communication.

Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro

703
Citations
Second Language Fluency: Judgments on Different Tasks

Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter;Murray J. Munro;Ron I. Thomson

565
Citations
The Effectiveness of L2 Pronunciation Instruction: A Narrative Review

Ron I. Thomson;Tracey M. Derwing

532
Citations
The functional load principle in ESL pronunciation instruction: An exploratory study

Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

512
Citations
MODELING PERCEPTIONS OF THE ACCENTEDNESS AND COMPREHENSIBILITY OF L2 SPEECH The Role of Speaking Rate

Murray J. Munro;Tracey M. Derwing

485
Citations
The Effects of Pronunciation Instruction on the Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity of L2 Accented Speech.

Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter

473
Citations
A Longitudinal Study of ESL Learners' Fluency and Comprehensibility Development.

Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro;Ron I. Thomson

443
Citations
Survey of the Teaching of Pronunciation in Adult ESL Programs in Canada, 2010

Jennifer A. Foote;Amy K. Holtby;Tracey M. Derwing

436
Citations
Educated and underemployed: Refugee integration into the Canadian labour market

Harvey Krahn;Tracey Derwing;Marlene Mulder;Lori Wilkinson

426
Citations
ESL learners' perceptions of their pronunciation needs and strategies

Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter

418
Citations
Pronunciation Teaching Practices in Canada

Judith A. Breitkreutz;Tracey M. Derwing;Marian J. Rossiter

403
Citations
The Relationship between L1 Fluency and L2 Fluency Development.

Tracey M. Derwing;Murray J. Munro;Ronald I. Thomson;Marian J. Rossiter

370
Citations
What Do ESL Students Say About Their Accents

Tracey M. Derwing

357
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray J. Munro Simon Fraser University

Patricia A. Duff University of British Columbia

James Emil Flege University of Alabama at Birmingham

Helmer Strik Radboud University

Catia Cucchiarini Radboud University

External Links

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