James Milton

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

James Milton is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, James Milton has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 26 papers in Language and Linguistics and 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in James Milton's work include Second Language Acquisition and Learning (40 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (16 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (16 papers). James Milton is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Acquisition and Learning (40 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (16 papers) and Natural Language Processing Techniques (16 papers). James Milton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Greece. James Milton's co-authors include Paul Meara, Jeanine Treffers‐Daller, Ahmed Masrai, Helmut Daller, Tess Fitzpatrick, Michael Daller, David Malvern, Brian Richards, Boyd Richards and Hayley Hutchings and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Investigative Dermatology and System.

In The Last Decade

James Milton

56 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300
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. Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition
    2009 372 citations James Milton profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Milton United Kingdom 20 1.2k 953 576 445 210 58 1.6k
YouJin Kim United States 23 985 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 189 0.3× 883 2.0× 338 1.6× 65 1.7k
David D. Qian Hong Kong 15 1.2k 1.0× 677 0.7× 524 0.9× 237 0.5× 225 1.1× 22 1.4k
Jang Ho Lee South Korea 19 407 0.3× 438 0.5× 387 0.7× 323 0.7× 165 0.8× 64 1.1k
June Eyckmans Belgium 20 976 0.8× 927 1.0× 372 0.6× 340 0.8× 100 0.5× 66 1.3k
Diane Schmitt United Kingdom 10 1.3k 1.1× 871 0.9× 632 1.1× 326 0.7× 221 1.1× 15 1.6k
Ineke Vedder Netherlands 18 913 0.8× 983 1.0× 284 0.5× 670 1.5× 294 1.4× 44 1.4k
James F. Lee United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 153 0.3× 612 1.4× 254 1.2× 71 1.6k
Yongqi Gu New Zealand 17 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 165 0.3× 668 1.5× 502 2.4× 40 1.8k
Noriko Iwashita Australia 18 649 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 130 0.2× 724 1.6× 290 1.4× 42 1.4k
Jonathan Newton New Zealand 15 630 0.5× 864 0.9× 186 0.3× 423 1.0× 263 1.3× 36 1.2k

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All Works

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Masrai, Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Measuring the contribution of specialist vocabulary knowledge to academic achievement: disentangling effects of multiple types of word knowledge. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education. 6(1). 12 indexed citations
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Milton, James, et al.. (2018). Frequency and the lexis of low level EFL texts. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 13. 444–455. 5 indexed citations
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Alhazmi, Khaled, James Milton, & Stephen J. Johnston. (2018). Examining ‘vowel blindness’ among native Arabic speakers reading English words from the perspective of eye-tracking. System. 80. 235–245. 5 indexed citations
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Milton, James, et al.. (2017). Using Category Generation Tasks to Estimate Productive Vocabulary Size in a Foreign Language.. 12(1). 143–159. 5 indexed citations
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Dobbs, Thomas D., et al.. (2017). 571 The readability of online patient resources for skin cancer treatment. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 137(10). S290–S290. 3 indexed citations
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Masrai, Ahmed & James Milton. (2016). How Different Is Arabic from Other Languages? The Relationship Between Word Frequency and Lexical Coverage. Journal of applied linguistics and language research. 3(1). 15–35. 4 indexed citations
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Masrai, Ahmed & James Milton. (2015). Investigating the Relationship between the Morphological Processing of Regular and Irregular Words and L2 Vocabulary Acquisition. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature. 4(4). 1 indexed citations
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Milton, James. (2015). French lexis and formal exams in the British foreign language classroom. Revue française de linguistique appliquée. Vol. XX(1). 107–119. 7 indexed citations
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Milton, James & Jeanine Treffers‐Daller. (2013). Vocabulary size revisited: the link between vocabulary size and academic achievement. Applied Linguistics Review. 4(1). 151–172. 94 indexed citations
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Milton, James, et al.. (2012). Vocabulary input, vocabulary uptake and approaches to language teaching. Language Learning Journal. 40(1). 1–5. 7 indexed citations
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Milton, James, et al.. (2012). The Vocabulary Knowledge of University Students in Saudi Arabia. 35 indexed citations
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Richards, Brian, Michael Daller, David Malvern, et al.. (2009). Vocabulary Studies in First and Second Language Acquisition. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Treffers‐Daller, Jeanine, Michael Daller, David Malvern, et al.. (2008). Knowledge and use of the lexicon in French as a second language. Cambridge University Press eBooks.
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Milton, James. (2008). French vocabulary breadth among learners in the British school and university system: comparing knowledge over time. Journal of French Language Studies. 18(3). 333–348. 18 indexed citations
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Daller, Helmut, James Milton, & Jeanine Treffers‐Daller. (2007). Modelling and Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge. Cureus. 14(12). e32885–e32885. 94 indexed citations
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Milton, James, et al.. (2006). Comparing Phonological and Orthographic Vocabulary Size: Do Vocabulary Tests Underestimate the Knowledge of Some Learners?. Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes. 63(1). 127–147. 47 indexed citations
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Milton, James. (2004). Comparing the lexical difficulty of French reading comprehension exam texts. Language Learning Journal. 30(1). 5–11. 5 indexed citations
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Milton, James, et al.. (2000). Assessing English for academic purposes. P. Lang eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Milton, James, et al.. (2000). VIRLAN: Collaborative Foreign Language Learning on the Internet for Primary Age Children: Problems and a Solution. Educational Technology & Society. 3. 6 indexed citations
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Milton, James & Paul Meara. (1998). Are the British really bad at learning foreign languages?. Language Learning Journal. 18(1). 68–76. 55 indexed citations

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