Bruce Morrison

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 859 citations indexed

About

Bruce Morrison is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Morrison has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 12 papers in Language and Linguistics and 4 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Bruce Morrison's work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (13 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (3 papers). Bruce Morrison is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Learning and Teaching (13 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (3 papers). Bruce Morrison collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and Canada. Bruce Morrison's co-authors include Stephen Evans, Tracy K. McIntosh, David F. Meaney, Kathryn E. Saatman, Peter B. Crino, Chun Lai, Dianne M. O’Dell, James Eberwine and David C. Gardner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neurotrauma, World Politics and System.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Morrison

19 papers receiving 788 citations

Hit 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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Meeting the challenges of English-medium higher education: The first-year experience in Hong Kong
    2011 245 citations Stephen Evans, Bruce Morrison English for Specific Purposes profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce Morrison Hong Kong 12 472 369 185 166 123 20 859
Jane Arnold United Kingdom 6 166 0.4× 296 0.8× 123 0.7× 119 0.7× 60 0.5× 8 627
Sarah J. Shin United States 17 181 0.4× 266 0.7× 71 0.4× 114 0.7× 305 2.5× 50 818
Junko Yamashita Japan 19 266 0.6× 600 1.6× 1.1k 5.8× 219 1.3× 60 0.5× 48 1.4k
Yuan Yao China 17 92 0.2× 160 0.4× 145 0.8× 185 1.1× 6 0.0× 57 900
Gisela Håkansson United States 18 126 0.3× 532 1.4× 753 4.1× 51 0.3× 253 2.1× 107 1.2k
Yilin Sun China 7 122 0.3× 140 0.4× 40 0.2× 66 0.4× 65 0.5× 13 248
Susan Petrilli Italy 15 125 0.3× 177 0.5× 9 0.0× 95 0.6× 7 0.1× 169 890
Shaofeng Li United States 25 1.2k 2.5× 1.8k 4.9× 1.3k 7.3× 581 3.5× 140 1.1× 64 2.5k
Carol A. Klee Portugal 15 637 1.3× 1.2k 3.4× 540 2.9× 339 2.0× 600 4.9× 46 2.1k
Angela Downing Spain 8 185 0.4× 269 0.7× 56 0.3× 23 0.1× 62 0.5× 14 434

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Morrison

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Morrison

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Morrison

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Morrison. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Morrison based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce Morrison. Bruce Morrison is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Morrison, Bruce, et al.. (2021). Challenges in academic writing: Perspectives of Engineering faculty and L2 postgraduate research students. English for Specific Purposes. 63. 59–70. 41 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce & Stephen Evans. (2018). Supporting non-native speaker student writers making the transition from school to an English-medium university. Language Learning in Higher Education. 8(1). 1–20. 12 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen & Bruce Morrison. (2016). English-medium instruction in Hong Kong: illuminating a grey area in school policies and classroom practices. Current Issues in Language Planning. 18(3). 303–322. 25 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen & Bruce Morrison. (2016). Adjusting to higher education in Hong Kong: the influence of school medium of instruction. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 21(8). 1016–1029. 49 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce & Stephen Evans. (2014). Challenges faced by non-native undergraduate student writers in an English-medium university. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 136–174. 6 indexed citations
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Lai, Chun & Bruce Morrison. (2013). Towards an Agenda for Learner Preparation in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Environments. CALICO Journal. 30(2). 154–162. 7 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen & Bruce Morrison. (2012). Learning and Using English at University: Lessons from a Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 9 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce. (2011). Independent Language LearningBuilding on Experience, Seeking New Perspectives. Hong Kong University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen & Bruce Morrison. (2011). Meeting the challenges of English-medium higher education: The first-year experience in Hong Kong. English for Specific Purposes. 30(3). 198–208. 245 indexed citations breakdown →
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Evans, Stephen & Bruce Morrison. (2011). The student experience of English-medium higher education in Hong Kong. Language and Education. 25(2). 147–162. 74 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce. (2011). A Framework for the Evaluation of a Self-Access Language Learning Centre. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal. 241–256. 7 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen & Bruce Morrison. (2010). The first term at university: implications for EAP. ELT Journal. 65(4). 387–397. 69 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce, et al.. (2010). The impact of the medium of instruction in Hong Kong secondary schools on tertiary students’ vocabulary. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 9(4). 255–266. 67 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce. (2008). The role of the self-access centre in the tertiary language learning process. System. 36(2). 123–140. 34 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce. (2005). Evaluating learning gain in a self-access language learning centre. Language Teaching Research. 9(3). 267–293. 18 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce. (2003). Transnational democracy in critical and comparative perspective : democracy's range reconsidered. Ashgate eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Morrison, Bruce, et al.. (1999). Information Technology & Multimedia in English Language Teaching. Selected Papers from the ITMELT '99 Conference (Hong Kong, November 6-7, 1999)..
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Morrison, Bruce, Kathryn E. Saatman, David F. Meaney, & Tracy K. McIntosh. (1998). In Vitro Central Nervous System Models of Mechanically Induced Trauma: A Review. Journal of Neurotrauma. 15(11). 911–928. 158 indexed citations
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O’Dell, Dianne M., et al.. (1998). Amplification of mRNAs from Single, Fixed, TUNEL-Positive Cells. BioTechniques. 25(4). 566–570. 22 indexed citations

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