John Gray

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 515 citations indexed

About

John Gray is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, John Gray has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 515 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 5 papers in Language and Linguistics and 2 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in John Gray's work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (6 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (1 paper). John Gray is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Learning and Teaching (6 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (1 paper). John Gray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Spain. John Gray's co-authors include David Block, Marnie Holborow and Tom Morton and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Linguistics, ELT Journal and Language Teaching Research.

In The Last Decade

John Gray

6 papers receiving 453 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.

Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics

2013 283 citations David Block, John Gray et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Gray United Kingdom	6	361	270	253	148	61	6	515
Viniti Vaish Singapore	14	268 0.7×	325 1.2×	252 1.0×	87 0.6×	77 1.3×	34	484
Elizabeth J. Erling Austria	14	336 0.9×	279 1.0×	266 1.1×	124 0.8×	48 0.8×	40	502
Kerry Taylor-Leech Australia	11	260 0.7×	369 1.4×	254 1.0×	71 0.5×	92 1.5×	39	512
Suhanthie Motha United States	11	392 1.1×	448 1.7×	371 1.5×	289 2.0×	156 2.6×	20	713
Syed Abdul Manan Kazakhstan	15	363 1.0×	418 1.5×	311 1.2×	149 1.0×	67 1.1×	52	628
Clare Mar‐Molinero United Kingdom	11	162 0.4×	268 1.0×	198 0.8×	39 0.3×	66 1.1×	29	430
Peter Sayer United States	13	447 1.2×	501 1.9×	362 1.4×	211 1.4×	77 1.3×	33	712
Roxy Harris Sweden	7	203 0.6×	315 1.2×	254 1.0×	54 0.4×	90 1.5×	15	442
John P. O’Regan United Kingdom	9	161 0.4×	147 0.5×	131 0.5×	101 0.7×	54 0.9×	27	340
Prem Phyak United States	14	310 0.9×	307 1.1×	202 0.8×	110 0.7×	31 0.5×	32	438

Countries citing papers authored by John Gray

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Gray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by John Gray. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by John Gray. The network helps show where John Gray may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Gray

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Gray. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Gray 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 John Gray. John Gray is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

1.

Morton, Tom & John Gray. (2018). Social Interaction and English Language Teacher Identity. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations

2.

Block, David, John Gray, & Marnie Holborow. (2013). Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics. 283 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Gray, John. (2010). The Construction of English. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 86 indexed citations

4.

Morton, Tom & John Gray. (2010). Personal practical knowledge and identity in lesson planning conferences on a pre-service TESOL course. Language Teaching Research. 14(3). 297–317. 22 indexed citations

5.

Gray, John. (2010). The Branding of English and The Culture of the New Capitalism: Representations of the World of Work in English Language Textbooks. Applied Linguistics. 31(5). 714–733. 98 indexed citations

6.

Gray, John. (1998). The language learner as teacher: the use of interactive diaries in teacher training. ELT Journal. 52(1). 29–37. 12 indexed citations

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