Lisa Emerson

510 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 250 citations indexed

About

Lisa Emerson is a scholar working on Education, Literature and Literary Theory and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lisa Emerson has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 250 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Education, 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 4 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lisa Emerson's work include Student Assessment and Feedback (5 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (4 papers). Lisa Emerson is often cited by papers focused on Student Assessment and Feedback (5 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (4 papers). Lisa Emerson collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Lisa Emerson's co-authors include Bruce R. MacKay, F. Elizabeth Gray, B.R. MacKay, Juliana Mansvelt, Keith A. Funnell, Bronwen Patricia Dyson, Rosemary Clerehan, Catherine J. Doughty and Susan Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Studies in Higher Education, British Journal of Educational Technology and Higher Education Research & Development.

In The Last Decade

Lisa Emerson

18 papers receiving 207 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.

  1. A scholarly dialogue: writing scholarship, authorship, academic integrity and the challenges of AI
    2024 21 citations Lisa Emerson et al. Higher Education Research & Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lisa Emerson New Zealand 8 140 48 43 34 31 22 250
Omer Hassan Ali Mahfoodh Malaysia 9 210 1.5× 71 1.5× 61 1.4× 93 2.7× 8 0.3× 28 370
Yu-mei Wang United States 11 213 1.5× 80 1.7× 23 0.5× 18 0.5× 39 1.3× 31 318
Donna Lanclos United Kingdom 9 61 0.4× 30 0.6× 24 0.6× 26 0.8× 21 0.7× 23 249
Jill Willis Australia 13 431 3.1× 81 1.7× 26 0.6× 27 0.8× 33 1.1× 53 514
Cesare Aloisi United Kingdom 6 221 1.6× 43 0.9× 12 0.3× 11 0.3× 14 0.5× 7 289
Sandra Sinfield United Kingdom 9 133 0.9× 43 0.9× 15 0.3× 25 0.7× 9 0.3× 40 250
Kason Ka Ching Cheung United Kingdom 10 141 1.0× 104 2.2× 11 0.3× 56 1.6× 14 0.5× 29 329
Lucinda McKnight Australia 8 116 0.8× 20 0.4× 12 0.3× 47 1.4× 17 0.5× 46 242
George Watson United States 4 153 1.1× 22 0.5× 111 2.6× 9 0.3× 42 1.4× 9 309
Kate Chanock Australia 10 373 2.7× 57 1.2× 36 0.8× 134 3.9× 10 0.3× 31 487

Countries citing papers authored by Lisa Emerson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lisa Emerson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lisa Emerson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lisa Emerson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lisa Emerson 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 Lisa Emerson. Lisa Emerson 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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Emerson, Lisa, et al.. (2025). Using a Scenario-Based Method to Explore University Students’ Views About Writing Assistance. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 60(1). 225–245.
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Emerson, Lisa. (2016). The Forgotten Tribe: Scientists as Writers. 18 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa. (2014). Enculturation in STEM. 2(1). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa & Juliana Mansvelt. (2014). Buckets and fire: metaphors in tertiary teaching. Studies in Higher Education. 40(10). 1872–1888. 6 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa, et al.. (2014). Let’s talk about literacy: Preparing students for the transition to tertiary learning. set Research Information for Teachers. 3–8. 2 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa, et al.. (2014). Starting the conversation: Student transition from secondary to academic literacy. 10. 94–112. 2 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa & Juliana Mansvelt. (2013). ‘If they're the customer, I'm the meat in the sandwich’: an exploration of tertiary teachers' metaphorical constructions of teaching. Higher Education Research & Development. 33(3). 469–482. 13 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa. (2010). Reading fluency in children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine).
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Emerson, Lisa & Bruce R. MacKay. (2010). A comparison between paper‐based and online learning in higher education. British Journal of Educational Technology. 42(5). 727–735. 50 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa & Rosemary Clerehan. (2009). Writing program administration outside the North American context. 166–174. 5 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa, et al.. (2009). The impact that Turnitin® has had on text-based assessment practice*. International Journal for Educational Integrity. 5(1). 7 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa, et al.. (2006). A team of equals: teaching writing in the sciences. Educational Action Research. 14(1). 65–81. 14 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa & B.R. MacKay. (2006). Subjective Cognitive Workload, Interactivity and Feedback in a Web-based Writing Program. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 3(1). 4–18. 3 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa, et al.. (2005). Scaffolding Academic Integrity: Creating a Learning Context for Teaching Referencing Skills. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. 2(3). 17–30. 36 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa. (2004). Writing Guidelines for Business Students. 1 indexed citations
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Emerson, Lisa, et al.. (2002). Writing in a New Zealand Tertiary Context: WAC and Action Research. 5(3). 110–133. 11 indexed citations
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MacKay, Bruce R., et al.. (1999). Challenging the Pedagogy of Tertiary Level Horticulture. HortTechnology. 9(2). 272–276. 4 indexed citations

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