Standout Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Self-efficacy in EFL Teachers’ Technology Adoption
    2023 82 citations Ran Zhi, Yunsong Wang et al. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher profile →
  2. English as a foreign language teachers’ professional success, loving pedagogy and creativity: A structural equation modeling approach
    2023 63 citations Ran Zhi, Yongliang Wang Thinking Skills and Creativity profile →
  3. On the relationship between EFL students' attitudes toward artificial intelligence, teachers' immediacy and teacher-student rapport, and their willingness to communicate
    2024 60 citations Ran Zhi et al. System profile →
  4. Modelling the interplay between resilience, emotion regulation and psychological well‐being among Chinese English language teachers: The mediating role of self‐efficacy beliefs
    2024 53 citations Ran Zhi, Ali Derakhshan European Journal of Education profile →
  5. On the Role of Academic Buoyancy and Self-Efficacy in Predicting Teachers’ Work Engagement: A Case of Chinese English as a Foreign Language Teachers
    2023 33 citations Ran Zhi, Ali Derakhshan et al. Perceptual and Motor Skills profile →

Immediate Impact

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Citing Papers

Does Artificial Intelligence (AI) Nurture or Hinder Language Learners' Higher‐ Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)? A Phenomenological Study on L2 Learners' Perspectives and Lived Experiences
2025 Hit
Integrating Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) Into the English as a Foreign Language Classroom: Exploring Its Impact on Students' Achievement Emotions and Willingness to Communicate ( WTC )
2025 Hit
28 intermediate papers

Works of Ran Zhi being referenced

On the relationship between EFL students' attitudes toward artificial intelligence, teachers' immediacy and teacher-student rapport, and their willingness to communicate
2024 Hit
Modelling the interplay between resilience, emotion regulation and psychological well‐being among Chinese English language teachers: The mediating role of self‐efficacy beliefs
2024 Hit
and 5 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ran Zhi 171 114 73 62 61 11 322
Abdulbaset Saeedian 126 0.7× 117 1.0× 109 1.5× 52 0.8× 61 1.0× 22 334
Laura Abellán Roselló 93 0.5× 177 1.6× 59 0.8× 50 0.8× 84 1.4× 19 357
Nikolaus T. Butz 110 0.6× 202 1.8× 69 0.9× 44 0.7× 41 0.7× 16 338
Karim Shateri 96 0.6× 152 1.3× 67 0.9× 38 0.6× 78 1.3× 8 357
Mike Yough 81 0.5× 177 1.6× 49 0.7× 17 0.3× 36 0.6× 22 283
Kristina Stockinger 144 0.8× 106 0.9× 67 0.9× 15 0.2× 53 0.9× 10 293
Dominique T. Chlup 57 0.3× 154 1.4× 51 0.7× 32 0.5× 22 0.4× 15 319
Johnson C.-H. Li 94 0.5× 127 1.1× 51 0.7× 15 0.2× 74 1.2× 10 264
Rutger Kappe 100 0.6× 77 0.7× 33 0.5× 16 0.3× 116 1.9× 11 274
Jennifer D. Moss 213 1.2× 143 1.3× 73 1.0× 36 0.6× 45 0.7× 16 366

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