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Studies in Second Language Acquisition is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition and Learning, Multilingual Education and Policy.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Studies in Second Language Acquisition 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Second Language Acquisition and Learning Multilingual Education and Policy Second Language Learning and Teaching Legal case studies and regulations
ISSN0272-2631
Citation impact (2-yr)4.07
h-index196
i10-index1,099
Total citations139,776
Top institutions publishing hereMichigan State University
Journal websitejournals.cambridge.org
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Papers published in Studies in Second Language Acquisition per year

66
2014
52
2015
48
2016
41
2017
36
2018
71
2019
67
2020
100
2021
60
2022
67
2023
66
2024
84
2025

Citation impact of Studies in Second Language Acquisition by publication year

1.5K
2014
3K
2015
2.6K
2016
2.2K
2017
1.7K
2018
3.2K
2019
2.1K
2020
2.2K
2021
1.4K
2022
881
2023
508
2024
212
2025

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Most-cited papers in Studies in Second Language Acquisition

TASK-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

Alison Mackey · 1 Sep 2004

TASK-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING. Rod Ellis . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. x + 387. $24.95 paper. This book is part of the Oxford University Press series in Applied Linguistics . In the preface, Ellis explains that his goal was to produce a book that “attempts to examine ‘task’ from a variety of…

2,870 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK AND LEARNER UPTAKE

Roy Lyster, Leila Ranta · 1 Mar 1997

This article presents a study of corrective feedback and learner uptake (i.e., responses to feedback) in four immersion classrooms at the primary level. Transcripts totaling 18.3 hours of classroom interaction taken from 14 subject-matter lessons and 13 French language arts lessons were analyzed using a model developed for the study and comprising the various moves…

2,226 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
FREQUENCY EFFECTS IN LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Nick C. Ellis · 1 Jun 2002

This article shows how language processing is intimately tuned to input frequency. Examples are given of frequency effects in the processing of phonology, phonotactics, reading, spelling, lexis, morphosyntax, formulaic language, language comprehension, grammaticality, sentence production, and syntax. The implications of these effects for the representations and developmental sequence of SLA are discussed. Usage-based theories hold…

2,196 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH IN SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Charlene Polio · 25 Oct 2006

HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH IN SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING. Eli Hinkel (Ed.) . Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2005. Pp. xxii + 1144. $260.00 cloth, $99.95 paper. Hinkel's ambitious tome is the newest addition to handbooks in the field of applied linguistics. The volume is composed of eight sections: “Important Social Contexts in Research on Second Language…

1,440 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
THE ROBUSTNESS OF CRITICAL PERIOD EFFECTS IN SECOND LANGUAGEACQUISITION

Robert DeKeyser · 1 Dec 2000

This study was designed to test the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis (Bley-Vroman, 1988), which states that, whereas children are known to learn language almost completely through (implicit) domain-specific mechanisms, adults have largely lost the ability to learn a language without reflecting on its structure and have to use alternative mechanisms, drawing especially on their problem-solving capacities,…

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