Karen E. Johnson

8.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
61 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Karen E. Johnson is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen E. Johnson has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Language and Linguistics, 23 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 20 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Karen E. Johnson's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (34 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (18 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (15 papers). Karen E. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (34 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (18 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (15 papers). Karen E. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Karen E. Johnson's co-authors include Paula R. Golombek, Donald Freeman, Frank B. Brooks, James P. Lantolf, László I. Técsi, Robert P. Walker, Richard C. Leegood, Franco Famiani, Robert Phillipson and Michael Sharwood Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Karen E. Johnson

59 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Reconceptualizing the Knowledge-Base of Language Teacher ... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1998 2006 2009 1994 2018 200 400 600
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. Reconceptualizing the Knowledge-Base of Language Teacher Education
    1998 617 citations Donald Freeman, Karen E. Johnson TESOL Quarterly profile →
  2. The Sociocultural Turn and Its Challenges for Second Language Teacher Education
    2006 468 citations Karen E. Johnson TESOL Quarterly profile →
  3. Second language teacher education : a sociocultural perspective
    2009 391 citations Karen E. Johnson profile →
  4. Peer Review Negotiations: Revision Activities in ESL Writing Instruction
    1994 309 citations Karen E. Johnson et al. TESOL Quarterly profile →
  5. Informing and transforming language teacher education pedagogy
    2018 153 citations Karen E. Johnson et al. Language Teaching Research profile →

Peers

Karen E. Johnson
Leo van Lier United States
Thomas S. C. Farrell Canada
Gary Barkhuizen New Zealand
Anne Burns Australia
B. Kumaravadivelu United States
Icy Lee Hong Kong
Patricia A. Duff Canada
Mary J. Schleppegrell United States
Sharon Lapkin Canada
Graham Crookes United States
Leo van Lier United States
Karen E. Johnson
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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen E. Johnson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen E. Johnson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnson, Karen E., et al.. (2023). Provoking novice teacher development: Cognition-and-emotion in learning-to-teach. System. 117. 103112–103112. 13 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E., et al.. (2023). Dialogic Restorying: A Novel Methodology for Provoking Second Language Teacher Development Across the Career Span. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ. 27(2). 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E., et al.. (2022). Praxis-oriented Pedagogy for Novice L2 Teachers. 5 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E., et al.. (2022). Perezhivanie in Action. ScholarSphere (Penn State Libraries). 8(2). 153–179. 7 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E.. (2021). Li, L. (2020). Language Teacher Cognition: A Sociocultural Perspective. 7(2). 224–229. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E., et al.. (2015). L2/FL Teacher Education: Bridging the complexities of Teaching and the Learning of Teaching. Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language Literatures in English and Cultural Studies. 68(1). 11–11. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E., et al.. (2013). How ‘sign meaning develops’: Strategic mediation in learning to teach. Language Teaching Research. 17(4). 409–432. 36 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E.. (2009). Second Language Teacher Education. 374 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E.. (2009). Second language teacher education : a sociocultural perspective. 391 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lantolf, James P. & Karen E. Johnson. (2007). Extending Firth and Wagner's (1997) Ontological Perspective to L2 Classroom Praxis and Teacher Education. Modern Language Journal. 91(s1). 877–892. 67 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E.. (2006). The Sociocultural Turn and Its Challenges for Second Language Teacher Education. TESOL Quarterly. 40(1). 235–235. 468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johnson, Karen E.. (2004). Middle school science inquiry: Connecting experiences and beliefs to practice. PhDT. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E.. (2003). Textile and Papyrus Figurines from Karanis. Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E., et al.. (1998). Protecting Drinking Water Supply Sources: San Francisco's Water Quality Vulnerability Zones. 449–452. 1 indexed citations
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Brooks, Frank B. & Karen E. Johnson. (1996). Understanding Communication in Second Language Classrooms. Modern Language Journal. 80(2). 235–235. 181 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E.. (1992). Learning to Teach: Instructional Actions and Decisions of Preservice ESL Teachers. TESOL Quarterly. 26(3). 507–507. 122 indexed citations
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Zoller, Mark J., Wes Yonemoto, Susan S. Taylor, & Karen E. Johnson. (1991). Mammalian cAMP-dependent protein kinase functionally replaces its homolog in yeast. Gene. 99(2). 171–179. 11 indexed citations
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Zoller, Mark J., Karen E. Johnson, Wes Yonemoto, & Lonny R. Levin. (1991). [51] Functional expression of mammalian adenosine cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinase in saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 200. 605–627. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Karen E.. (1989). The theoretical orientations of English as a Second Language teachers: The relationship between beliefs and practices. University Microfilms International eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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