Lourdes Ortega

12.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
64 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Lourdes Ortega is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lourdes Ortega has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Language and Linguistics, 38 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 20 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lourdes Ortega's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (35 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (31 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (15 papers). Lourdes Ortega is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (35 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (31 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (15 papers). Lourdes Ortega collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Lourdes Ortega's co-authors include John M. Norris, Michael H. Long, Shunji Inagaki, Heidi Byrnes, Gina Iberri-Shea, Shuling Wu, Andrea Tyler, Hae In Park, Luke Plonsky and John W. Norris and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Lourdes Ortega

59 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Effectiveness of L2 Instruction: A Research Synthesis and Quantitative Meta‐analysis

2000 1.3k citations John M. Norris, Lourdes Ortega profile →
Towards an Organic Approach to Investigating CAF in Instructed SLA: The Case of Complexity

2009 730 citations John M. Norris, Lourdes Ortega Applied Linguistics profile →
Syntactic Complexity Measures and their Relationship to L2 Proficiency: A Research Synthesis of College-level L2 Writing

2003 594 citations Lourdes Ortega Applied Linguistics profile →
SLA and the Study of Equitable Multilingualism

2019 197 citations Lourdes Ortega Modern Language Journal profile →
SLA for the 21st Century: Disciplinary Progress, Transdisciplinary Relevance, and the Bi/multilingual Turn

2013 171 citations Lourdes Ortega profile →
Praxeology, humanism, equity, and mixed methods: Four pillars for advancing second language acquisition and teaching

2025 11 citations Yongyan Zheng, Lourdes Ortega et al. Modern Language Journal profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Praxeology, humanism, equity, and mixed methods: Four pillars for advancing second language acquisition and teaching breakdown → 2025 ·Modern Language Journal ·Yongyan Zheng, Lourdes Ortega, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Miyuki Sasaki, Søren Wind Eskildsen, Xuesong Gao	11
2	Forging common ground in second language acquisition and teaching: A combined synergy statement 2025 ·Modern Language Journal ·Marije Michel, Dwight Atkinson, (unknown), Theodora Alexopoulou, (unknown), Søren Wind Eskildsen, Xuesong Gao, John Hellermann, Hayriye Kayı-Aydar, Wander Lowie, (unknown), Lourdes Ortega, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Miyuki Sasaki, Masatoshi Sato, Steven L. Thorne, Yongyan Zheng	8
3	Rethinking Language Proficiency: Commentary on Hulstijn (2024) 2025 ·Languages ·Lourdes Ortega, Shuling Wu	0
4	Methodological innovation in applied linguistics research: Perspectives, strategies, and trends 2023 ·Language Teaching ·Shaofeng Li, Matthew T. Prior, Shondel Nero, Phil Hiver, Ali H. Al‐Hoorie, Akira Murakami, Li Wei, Lourdes Ortega	4
5	Sketches Toward a Decolonial Applied Linguistics 2023 ·Applied Linguistics ·Anna De Fina, (unknown), Lourdes Ortega	10
6	ELICITED IMITATION AS A MEASURE OF L2 PROFICIENCY 2021 ·Studies in Second Language Acquisition ·Shuling Wu, (unknown), Lourdes Ortega	20
7	<p>Difluprednate 0.05% versus Prednisolone Acetate Post-Phacoemulsification for Inflammation and Pain: An Efficacy and Safety Clinical Trial</p> 2020 ·Clinical ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lourdes Ortega, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
8	The Cambridge handbook of bilingualism 2019 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Annick De Houwer, Lourdes Ortega	5
9	The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism 2016 ·Georgetown University Press eBooks ·(unknown), Hae In Park, Andrea Tyler, Lourdes Ortega	47
10	Bromfenac 0.09% bioavailability in aqueous humor, prophylactic effect on cystoid macular edema, and clinical signs of ocular inflammation after phacoemulsification in a Mexican population 2016 ·Clinical ophthalmology ·(unknown), (unknown), Lourdes Ortega, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
11	Social dimensions of L2 learning 2014 ·Routledge eBooks ·Lourdes Ortega	0
12	Measuring global oral proficiency in SLA research: A new elicited imitation test of L2 Chinese 2013 ·Foreign Language Annals ·Shuling Wu, Lourdes Ortega	73
13	Agendas for language learning research 2013 ·Wiley-Blackwell eBooks ·Lourdes Ortega, Alister Cumming, Nick C. Ellis	2
14	Cognition in second language acquisition 2011 ·Routledge eBooks ·Lourdes Ortega	1
15	Balancing communication and grammar in beginning-level foreign language classrooms: A study of guided planning and relativization 2008 ·Language Teaching Research ·(unknown), Lourdes Ortega	94
16	The Future of Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics: Beyond Art or Science 2007 ·TESOL Quarterly ·John M. Norris, Lourdes Ortega	39
17	APROXIMACIONES COGNITIVO-INTERACCIONISTAS AL APRENDIZAJE DE SEGUNDAS LENGUAS MEDIANTE TAREAS 2004 ·Lourdes Ortega	2
18	The Role of Implicit Negative Feedback in SLA: Models and Recasts in Japanese and Spanish 1998 ·Modern Language Journal ·Michael H. Long, Shunji Inagaki, Lourdes Ortega	41
19	Processes and outcomes in networked classroom interaction: Defining the research agenda for L2 computer-assisted classroom discussion 1997 ·Language learning & technology ·Lourdes Ortega	131
20	INTERCEPCION y CALIDAD DEL AGUA DE LLUVIA BAJO DIFERENTES CONDICIONES DE CUBIERTA VEGETAL 1988 ·Ecología ·(unknown), (unknown), Lourdes Ortega	1

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