Leaderboards/EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
İslam Elhadki
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf University
2
Meilu Liu
University of Auckland
3
Tzu‐Yu Tai
Taipei Medical University
4
Reham El Shazly
Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport
5
Chit Cheung Matthew Sung
City University of Hong Kong
6
Hui Wang
McKendree University
7
Muzakki Bashori
State University of Semarang
8
Abdikholikova Dilobar
Unknown
9
Reima Al-Jarf
King Saud University
10
Ashlyn Pierson
The Ohio State University

Rising Stars Papers

1
ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2024
Dil Eğitimi ve Araştırmaları Dergisi|2024
266 cit.
2
Improving elementary EFL speaking skills with generative AI chatbots: Exploring individual and paired interactions
Computers & Education|2024
167 cit.
3
Enhancing student GAI literacy in digital multimodal composing through development and validation of a scale
Computers in Human Behavior|2025
29 cit.
4
Predictors of second language willingness to communicate among US undergraduate students: Classroom social climate, emotions, and language mindset
Language Teaching Research|2024
28 cit.
5
<i>I Can Speak</i> : improving English pronunciation through automatic speech recognition-based language learning systems
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching|2024
27 cit.
6
Exploring the role of internet self-efficacy, perceived enjoyment, and anxiety on learning outcome in intelligent personal assistant-based EFL learning
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching|2024
21 cit.
7
Student engagement in foreign language learning: relations with classroom goal structure, self-efficacy, and gender
Frontiers in Education|2024
10 cit.
8
Designing to support equity-as-transformation perspectives for multilingual science learners
Instructional Science|2024
8 cit.
9
Examining language learners’ GenAI-assisted writing self-efficacy profiles and the relationship with their writing self-regulated learning strategies
System|2025
8 cit.
10
Exploring the effects of intelligent personal assistants on bilingual education teachers’ L2 speaking proficiency
Interactive Learning Environments|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Livia Dewaele
RAND Europe
2
Nayana Prabhu
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
3
Susan Duchesne
University of Wollongong
4
Phil Hiver
Florida State University
5
Mostafa Papi
Florida State University
6
Ali H. Al‐Hoorie
Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
7
Handoyo Puji Widodo
Shantou University
8
Jinfen Xu
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
9
Amy Snyder Ohta
University of Washington
10
Almas Ashraf
NED University of Engineering and Technology

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Designing English language materials from the perspective of Global Englishes
Asian Englishes|2022
67 cit.
2
The effect of self-regulated writing strategies on students’ L2 writing engagement and disengagement behaviors
System|2022
67 cit.
3
The validation crisis in the L2 motivational self system tradition
Studies in Second Language Acquisition|2023
63 cit.
4
Dynamic engagement: A longitudinal dual-process, reciprocal-effects model of teacher motivational practice and L2 student engagement
Language Teaching Research|2023
60 cit.
5
Second language anxiety: Construct, effects, and sources
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics|2023
57 cit.
6
Self-regulated learning strategies, self-efficacy, and learning engagement of EFL students in smart classrooms: A structural equation modeling analysis
System|2024
50 cit.
7
Proactive Language Learning Theory
Language Learning|2024
47 cit.
8
Open science: Considerations and issues for <scp>TESOL</scp> research
TESOL Quarterly|2024
28 cit.
9
Mindsets, resilience and student engagement as predictors of L2 achievement among Chinese English learners: Insights from fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
System|2024
28 cit.
10
Effects of <scp>AI</scp> Affordances on Student Engagement in <scp>EFL</scp> Classrooms: A Structural Equation Modelling and Latent Profile Analysis
European Journal of Education|2024
28 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Rebecca L. Oxford
University of Maryland, College Park
2
Stephen Krashen
Southern California University for Professional Studies
3
Merrill Swain
University of Toronto
4
Zoltán Dörnyei
University of Nottingham
5
Sharon Lapkin
University of Toronto
6
Rod Ellis
Curtin University
7
Peter D. MacIntyre
Cape Breton University
8
Lawrence Jun Zhang
University of Auckland
9
Peter Skehan
University College London
10
David Nunan
University of Oxford

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Language Learning Strategies: What Every Teacher Should Know
Modern Language Journal|1991
6k cit.
2
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
Modern Language Journal|1983
5.4k cit.
3
THEORETICAL BASES OF COMMUNICATIVE APPROACHES TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TESTING
Applied Linguistics|1980
5k cit.
4
Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning
Modern Language Journal|1989
4.7k cit.
5
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition
TESOL Quarterly|1983
4.5k cit.
6
The Study of Second Language Acquisition
Modern Language Journal|1996
4.2k cit.
7
A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning
TESOL Quarterly|1999
3.5k cit.
8
The Study of Second Language Acquisition
TESOL Quarterly|1995
3.2k cit.
9
The Input Hypothesis: Issues and Implications
TESOL Quarterly|1986
3.1k cit.
10
Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom
Modern Language Journal|1990
2.3k cit.

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