Jim King

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 548 citations indexed

About

Jim King is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Education and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim King has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 548 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Language and Linguistics, 8 papers in Education and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jim King's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers) and Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (5 papers). Jim King is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (12 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 papers) and Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (5 papers). Jim King collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Japan. Jim King's co-authors include Scott Aubrey, Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Christina Gkonou, Giulia Sulis, Sarah Mercer, Astrid Mairitsch, Sonja Babić, Jun Jin and Ursula Lanvers and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Jim King

26 papers receiving 520 citations

Hit Papers

Language Learner Engagement During Speaking Tasks: A Long... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 25 50 75 100
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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. Language Learner Engagement During Speaking Tasks: A Longitudinal Study
    2020 105 citations Scott Aubrey, Jim King et al. RELC Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim King United Kingdom 11 264 203 180 150 123 26 548
Cecilia Thorsén Sweden 13 208 0.8× 190 0.9× 136 0.8× 118 0.8× 130 1.1× 22 513
Azar Hosseini Fatemi Iran 13 264 1.0× 218 1.1× 202 1.1× 157 1.0× 145 1.2× 56 611
Anna Mystkowska‐Wiertelak Poland 13 399 1.5× 125 0.6× 196 1.1× 146 1.0× 198 1.6× 31 604
Jinfen Xu China 15 331 1.3× 258 1.3× 146 0.8× 236 1.6× 216 1.8× 57 714
Mohammad Nabi Karimi Iran 13 171 0.6× 298 1.5× 97 0.5× 215 1.4× 104 0.8× 72 557
Yinxing Jin China 9 237 0.9× 118 0.6× 234 1.3× 136 0.9× 83 0.7× 15 490
Danuta Gabryś‐Barker Poland 9 195 0.7× 94 0.5× 107 0.6× 74 0.5× 106 0.9× 29 350
László Vincze Finland 10 191 0.7× 77 0.4× 138 0.8× 81 0.5× 87 0.7× 35 415
Peter Göbel Japan 8 409 1.5× 153 0.8× 110 0.6× 201 1.3× 219 1.8× 15 579
Kaiqi Shao China 9 263 1.0× 202 1.0× 408 2.3× 187 1.2× 90 0.7× 12 702

Countries citing papers authored by Jim King

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim King

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim King

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jim King. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jim King 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 Jim King. Jim King 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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King, Jim, et al.. (2024). Scaling the apex of engagement: Anxious language learners’ positive flow experiences during speaking tasks. System. 124. 103373–103373. 1 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2024). Post-elicitation Wait Time in the Japanese University English as a Foreign Language Classroom. RELC Journal. 56(3). 657–672. 1 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2023). Language anxiety and learner silence in the classroom from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 43. 105–111. 5 indexed citations
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Babić, Sonja, Astrid Mairitsch, Sarah Mercer, Giulia Sulis, & Jim King. (2023). Language teachers’ capitals as resources for wellbeing across the career trajectories. European Journal of Teacher Education. 48(4). 820–838. 7 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2023). University language teachers’ contextually dependent uses of instrumental emotion regulation. System. 116. 103080–103080. 14 indexed citations
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Aubrey, Scott, et al.. (2023). Fluctuations in Japanese English majors’ capacity to speak before, during and after studying abroad. System. 113. 103001–103001. 6 indexed citations
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Sulis, Giulia, Sonja Babić, Astrid Mairitsch, et al.. (2022). Retention and Attrition in Early‐Career Foreign Language Teachers in Austria and the United Kingdom. Modern Language Journal. 106(1). 155–171. 24 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2022). Silence behind the Veil: An Exploratory Investigation into the Reticence of Female Saudi Arabian Learners of English. TESOL Quarterly. 57(2). 456–479. 5 indexed citations
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Babić, Sonja, Astrid Mairitsch, Sarah Mercer, et al.. (2022). Late-career language teachers in Austria and the UK: Pathways to retirement. Teaching and Teacher Education. 113. 103686–103686. 8 indexed citations
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Mercer, Sarah, Sonja Babić, Giulia Sulis, et al.. (2021). Riding the happiness curve: the wellbeing of mid-career phase language teachers. Language Learning Journal. 51(2). 195–207. 22 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2020). Observing Anxiety in the Foreign Language Classroom: Student Silence and Nonverbal Cues. 2(1). 116–141. 7 indexed citations
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Gkonou, Christina, Jean‐Marc Dewaele, & Jim King. (2020). The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 59 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2020). East Asian Perspectives on Silence in English Language Education. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2018). "It's Never Too Late": A Narrative Inquiry of Older Polish Adults' English Language Learning Experiences.. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ. 22(3). 8 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2017). A dynamic systems approach to wait time in the second language classroom. System. 68. 1–14. 15 indexed citations
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King, Jim, et al.. (2017). Talk, silence and anxiety during one-to-one tutorials: A cross-cultural comparative study of Japan and UK undergraduates’ tolerance of silence. Asia Pacific Education Review. 18(4). 489–499. 14 indexed citations
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King, Jim. (2012). Silence in the Second Language Classrooms of Japanese Universities. Applied Linguistics. 34(3). 325–343. 85 indexed citations
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King, Jim. (2008). The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition. TESL Canada Journal. 26(1). 112. 1 indexed citations
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