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. Effects of proficiency differences and patterns of pair interaction on second language learning: collaborative dialogue between adult ESL learners
    2007 280 citations Yuko Watanabe, Merrill Swain Language Teaching Research profile →

Immediate Impact

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Works of Yuko Watanabe being referenced

Peer–Peer Interaction between L2 Learners of Different Proficiency Levels: Their Interactions and Reflections
2008
Effects of proficiency differences and patterns of pair interaction on second language learning: collaborative dialogue between adult ESL learners
2007 Hit

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yuko Watanabe 350 278 216 79 38 3 397
Markus Kötter 287 0.8× 194 0.7× 84 0.4× 80 1.0× 32 0.8× 13 392
Nóra Németh 358 1.0× 271 1.0× 138 0.6× 82 1.0× 128 3.4× 4 444
Diana Frantzen 290 0.8× 155 0.6× 212 1.0× 111 1.4× 26 0.7× 12 343
Shoichi Matsumura 317 0.9× 194 0.7× 83 0.4× 50 0.6× 65 1.7× 9 363
Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas 242 0.7× 181 0.7× 119 0.6× 147 1.9× 30 0.8× 10 405
Garold Murray 229 0.7× 183 0.7× 140 0.6× 146 1.8× 78 2.1× 13 391
Mary Lee Scott 377 1.1× 223 0.8× 146 0.7× 64 0.8× 50 1.3× 12 444
Dawn E. McCormick 229 0.7× 182 0.7× 138 0.6× 216 2.7× 79 2.1× 11 440
Klaus Brandl 216 0.6× 163 0.6× 166 0.8× 169 2.1× 23 0.6× 10 393
Josef Hellebrandt 268 0.8× 173 0.6× 73 0.3× 144 1.8× 97 2.6× 10 412

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