Li Wei

16.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
162 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Li Wei is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Wei has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Linguistics and Language, 67 papers in Language and Linguistics and 60 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Li Wei's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (77 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (51 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (35 papers). Li Wei is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (77 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (51 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (35 papers). Li Wei collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Hong Kong. Li Wei's co-authors include Ofelia Garcı́a, Zhu Hua, Kevin W. H. Tai, Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Chengchen Li, David W. Green, Chao‐Jung Wu, Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Angel M. Y. Lin and Lesley Milroy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neuropsychologia.

In The Last Decade

Li Wei

151 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language 2010 2026 2015 2020 2017 2010 2013 2021 2022 400 800 1.2k
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. Translanguaging as a Practical Theory of Language
    2017 1.3k citations Li Wei Applied Linguistics profile →
  2. Moment Analysis and translanguaging space: Discursive construction of identities by multilingual Chinese youth in Britain
    2010 1.1k citations Li Wei profile →
  3. Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education
    2013 802 citations Li Wei et al. profile →
  4. Rejecting abyssal thinking in the language and education of racialized bilinguals: A manifesto
    2021 265 citations Li Wei et al. profile →
  5. Anxiety, enjoyment, and boredom in language learning amongst junior secondary students in rural China: How do they contribute to L2 achievement?
    2022 192 citations Chengchen Li, Li Wei profile →
  6. Not a First Language but One Repertoire: Translanguaging as a Decolonizing Project
    2022 184 citations Li Wei et al. profile →
  7. New Chinglish and the Post-Multilingualism challenge: Translanguaging ELF in China
    2016 124 citations Li Wei profile →
  8. Translanguaging as a political stance: implications for English language education
    2021 118 citations Li Wei profile →
  9. Constructing Playful Talk through Translanguaging in English Medium Instruction Mathematics Classrooms
    2020 113 citations Li Wei et al. Applied Linguistics profile →
  10. Co-Learning in Hong Kong English medium instruction mathematics secondary classrooms: a translanguaging perspective
    2020 89 citations Li Wei et al. profile →
  11. Bringing the outside in: Connecting students’ out-of-school knowledge and experience through translanguaging in Hong Kong English Medium Instruction mathematics classes
    2020 86 citations Li Wei et al. System profile →
  12. Transformative pedagogy for inclusion and social justice through translanguaging, co-learning, and transpositioning
    2023 56 citations Li Wei Language Teaching profile →
  13. Translanguaging as method
    2022 51 citations Li Wei profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Li Wei United Kingdom 42 5.5k 4.6k 4.6k 830 827 162 7.9k
Piet Van Avermaet Belgium 21 1.2k 0.2× 2.2k 0.5× 2.4k 0.5× 1.8k 2.2× 1.2k 1.4× 99 5.0k
Alison Mackey United States 45 1.2k 0.2× 5.2k 1.1× 7.5k 1.6× 1.8k 2.2× 4.7k 5.7× 110 9.8k
James P. Lantolf United States 38 1.6k 0.3× 3.8k 0.8× 5.8k 1.3× 2.4k 2.9× 4.7k 5.7× 108 9.6k
Richard Clément Canada 34 1.5k 0.3× 2.9k 0.6× 4.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.6× 1.7k 2.1× 101 7.1k
Merrill Swain Canada 49 3.5k 0.6× 8.7k 1.9× 11.4k 2.5× 2.4k 2.9× 5.9k 7.1× 143 14.1k
Deborah Schiffrin United States 26 1.1k 0.2× 1.8k 0.4× 3.4k 0.7× 387 0.5× 482 0.6× 51 5.1k
Elizabeth B. Bernhardt United States 23 885 0.2× 1.9k 0.4× 3.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.8× 3.3k 4.0× 61 5.8k
Tracey M. Derwing Canada 44 3.7k 0.7× 825 0.2× 4.2k 0.9× 438 0.5× 2.2k 2.6× 82 8.2k
Steven L. Thorne United States 26 573 0.1× 1.9k 0.4× 2.4k 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 58 4.2k
Courtney B. Cazden United States 21 1.1k 0.2× 1.1k 0.2× 1.6k 0.4× 2.3k 2.8× 1.9k 2.3× 99 4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Wei

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All Works

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Li, Chengchen, et al.. (2024). Task complexity and L2 writing performance of young learners: Contributions of cognitive and affective factors. Modern Language Journal. 108(3). 741–770. 17 indexed citations
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Wei, Li, et al.. (2024). Modulating bilingual language production and cognitive control: how bilingual language experience matters. Bilingualism Language and Cognition. 28(1). 120–134. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Chengchen, et al.. (2023). Contributions of foreign language writing emotions to writing achievement. System. 116. 103074–103074. 33 indexed citations
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Li, Shaofeng, Matthew T. Prior, Shondel Nero, et al.. (2023). Methodological innovation in applied linguistics research: Perspectives, strategies, and trends. Language Teaching. 56(4). 551–556. 4 indexed citations
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Filippi, Roberto, et al.. (2023). The Foreign Language Effect on Tolerance of Ambiguity. Bilingualism Language and Cognition. 27(1). 16–24. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Chengchen & Li Wei. (2022). Language attitudes: construct, measurement, and associations with language achievements. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 46(10). 3324–3349. 21 indexed citations
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Wei, Li. (2021). Key concepts in applied linguistics / Conceptos clave de la lingüística aplicada: Translanguaging.. idUS (Universidad de Sevilla). 126–163. 4 indexed citations
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Hua, Zhu, et al.. (2019). Whose Karate? Language and Cultural Learning in a Multilingual Karate Club in London. Applied Linguistics. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Huiling, et al.. (2018). Current situation of foreign organic greenhouse horticulture and its inspiration for sustainable development of Chinese protected agriculture.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 34(15). 1–9. 4 indexed citations
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Dewaele, Jean‐Marc & Li Wei. (2014). Intra- and inter-individual variation in self-reported code-switching patterns of adult multilinguals. International Journal of Multilingualism. 11(2). 225–246. 46 indexed citations
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Wei, Li. (2010). The Functions and Use of Greetings/LES FONCTIONS ET L'UTILISATION DES SALUTATIONS. Canadian social science. 6(4). 56–62. 8 indexed citations
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Wei, Li. (2007). The Roles of Different Components of Phonological Awareness in English Reading among Mandarin-speaking Children. Xinli fazhan yu jiaoyu. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Li. (2006). The Relationship Between Jingchu Culture and the Grotesquely Styled Poems by Han Yu.
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Wei, Li. (2005). Mandarin-speaking Children's Phonological Awareness:Similarities, Differences and Transference between Chinese and English. Journal of Beijing Normal University. 1 indexed citations
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Dewaele, Jean‐Marc, Alex Housen, Li Wei, & Hugo Baetens Beardsmore. (2003). Bilingualism : beyond basic principles : festschrift in honour of Hugo Baetens Beardsmore. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Wei, Li. (2003). Studies on the Diversity of Lianes in Tengshan Nature Reserve of Fujian. Journal of Fujian Forestry Science and Technology. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Li. (1994). Three generations, two languages, one family : language choice and language shift in a Chinese community in Britain. Multilingual Matters eBooks. 206 indexed citations

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