Mostafa Papi

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Mostafa Papi is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mostafa Papi has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Language and Linguistics, 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mostafa Papi's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (24 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (8 papers) and Educational and Psychological Assessments (6 papers). Mostafa Papi is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (24 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (8 papers) and Educational and Psychological Assessments (6 papers). Mostafa Papi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and China. Mostafa Papi's co-authors include Yasser Teimouri, Phil Hiver, Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh, Gholam Hassan Khajavy, Shaofeng Li, Ángel Ríos, Dominik Wolff, Kimi Nakatsukasa, Shawn Loewen and Scott Sterling and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, Frontiers in Psychology and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Mostafa Papi

34 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Feedback‐Seeking Behavior in Language Learning: Basic Components and Motivational Antecedents

2019 113 citations Mostafa Papi, Ángel Ríos et al. Modern Language Journal profile →
Future selves, enjoyment and anxiety as predictors of L2 writing achievement

2021 111 citations Mostafa Papi et al. Journal of Second Language Writing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mostafa Papi United States	21	1.1k	672	563	561	559	34	2.0k
Phil Hiver United States	23	980 0.9×	830 1.2×	489 0.9×	708 1.3×	774 1.4×	62	2.3k
Alastair Henry Sweden	23	1.2k 1.0×	548 0.8×	832 1.5×	332 0.6×	456 0.8×	67	2.0k
Barry Bai Hong Kong	23	734 0.6×	874 1.3×	314 0.6×	375 0.7×	980 1.8×	69	2.0k
Lindy Woodrow Australia	12	1.1k 0.9×	478 0.7×	648 1.2×	304 0.5×	495 0.9×	20	1.6k
Jian‐E Peng China	18	974 0.9×	324 0.5×	647 1.1×	404 0.7×	329 0.6×	38	1.5k
Majid Elahi Shirvan Iran	24	658 0.6×	395 0.6×	287 0.5×	797 1.4×	331 0.6×	81	1.6k
Ema Ushioda United Kingdom	21	2.0k 1.7×	872 1.3×	1.4k 2.5×	335 0.6×	935 1.7×	49	3.0k
Zohreh R. Eslami United States	22	975 0.9×	443 0.7×	746 1.3×	139 0.2×	531 0.9×	107	1.8k
Vera Busse Germany	19	1.1k 1.0×	508 0.8×	1.0k 1.8×	187 0.3×	683 1.2×	48	2.0k
Mark Feng Teng Macao	30	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	443 0.8×	151 0.3×	1.1k 2.0×	149	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Papi, Mostafa & Phil Hiver. (2025). What Proactive Language Learning Theory Is and Is Not: A Response to Atkinson's Commentary. Language Learning. 75(1). 337–342. 2 indexed citations

Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2024). The effects of motivational dispositions on oral L2 task emotions and performance: A regulatory focus perspective. Language Teaching Research. 3 indexed citations

Papi, Mostafa & Yasser Teimouri. (2024). Manufactured crisis. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 47(4). 1096–1107. 5 indexed citations

Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2024). Regulatory focus predicts individual differences in pragmatic versus grammatical awareness and sensitivity. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. 14(2). 267–290. 5 indexed citations

Papi, Mostafa & Gholam Hassan Khajavy. (2023). Second language anxiety: Construct, effects, and sources. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 43. 127–139. 23 indexed citations

Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2023). Motivational dispositions predict qualitative differences in oral task performance. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 45(5). 1261–1286. 10 indexed citations

Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2022). Interplay of a Learner’s Regulatory Focus and Genre on Second Language Writing. English Teaching. 77(1). 41–66. 5 indexed citations

Li, Shaofeng, Phil Hiver, & Mostafa Papi. (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences. 101 indexed citations

Papi, Mostafa & Gholam Hassan Khajavy. (2021). Motivational Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Achievement: A Regulatory Focus Perspective. Language Learning. 71(2). 537–572. 94 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2021). Motivation and Second Language Pragmatics: A Regulatory Focus Perspective. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 753605–753605. 13 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2021). Future selves, enjoyment and anxiety as predictors of L2 writing achievement. Journal of Second Language Writing. 53. 100837–100837. 111 indexed citations breakdown →

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Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2021). Motivational factors underlying learner preferences for corrective feedback: Language mindsets and achievement goals. Language Teaching Research. 25(6). 858–877. 27 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2020). Persistence in language learning: The role of grit and future self-guides. Learning and Individual Differences. 81. 101904–101904. 110 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2019). Feedback‐Seeking Behavior in Language Learning: Basic Components and Motivational Antecedents. Modern Language Journal. 103(1). 205–226. 113 indexed citations breakdown →

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Papi, Mostafa, et al.. (2018). RETHINKING L2 MOTIVATION RESEARCH. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 41(2). 337–361. 125 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa. (2018). MOTIVATION AS QUALITY. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 40(4). 707–730. 53 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa & Yasser Teimouri. (2014). Language Learner Motivational Types: A Cluster Analysis Study. Language Learning. 64(3). 493–525. 116 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa & Yasser Teimouri. (2012). Dynamics of selves and motivation: a cross‐sectional study in the EFL context of Iran. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 22(3). 287–309. 73 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa & Esmaeel Abdollahzadeh. (2011). Teacher Motivational Practice, Student Motivation, and Possible L2 Selves: An Examination in the Iranian EFL Context. Language Learning. 62(2). 571–594. 162 indexed citations

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Papi, Mostafa. (2010). The L2 motivational self system, L2 anxiety, and motivated behavior: A structural equation modeling approach. System. 38(3). 467–479. 340 indexed citations

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