Peter Lowenberg

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 974 citations indexed

About

Peter Lowenberg is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Lowenberg has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 974 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Linguistics and Language, 7 papers in Language and Linguistics and 5 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Peter Lowenberg's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (5 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 papers). Peter Lowenberg is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (5 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 papers). Peter Lowenberg collaborates with scholars based in United States. Peter Lowenberg's co-authors include H. G. Widdowson and Randolph Quirk and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, Studies in Second Language Acquisition and Annual Review of Applied Linguistics.

In The Last Decade

Peter Lowenberg

14 papers receiving 829 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.

English in the World: Teaching and Learning the Language and Literatures

1987 727 citations Peter Lowenberg, Randolph Quirk et al. Modern Language Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Lowenberg United States	9	715	662	496	95	84	15	974
Kimberley Brown United States	8	577 0.8×	512 0.8×	416 0.8×	79 0.8×	77 0.9×	10	781
René Appel Netherlands	11	500 0.7×	492 0.7×	198 0.4×	56 0.6×	55 0.7×	19	759
Martin Dewey United Kingdom	12	928 1.3×	585 0.9×	817 1.6×	134 1.4×	78 0.9×	19	1.2k
Enric Llurda Spain	12	751 1.1×	584 0.9×	710 1.4×	206 2.2×	35 0.4×	31	1.0k
Alessia Cogo United Kingdom	13	911 1.3×	561 0.8×	833 1.7×	127 1.3×	76 0.9×	29	1.2k
Susan Meredith Burt United States	10	489 0.7×	214 0.3×	293 0.6×	46 0.5×	119 1.4×	24	656
Hugo Baetens Beardsmore Belgium	12	350 0.5×	386 0.6×	291 0.6×	71 0.7×	48 0.6×	36	630
Janina Brutt‐Griffler United States	14	616 0.9×	652 1.0×	599 1.2×	178 1.9×	25 0.3×	36	1.0k
Aya Matsuda United States	16	1.1k 1.5×	753 1.1×	991 2.0×	149 1.6×	41 0.5×	27	1.2k
Péter Medgyes Hungary	13	869 1.2×	533 0.8×	737 1.5×	240 2.5×	50 0.6×	24	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Lowenberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Lowenberg

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Lowenberg

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Lowenberg, Peter. (2018). English in Malaysia: Current use and status . Edited by Toshiko Yamaguchi, David Deterding. 2016. Leiden: Brill, ix + 202. World Englishes. 37(4). 724–726. 1 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (2005). Language and the Institutionalization of Ethnic Inequality: Malay and English in Malaysia. 165–178. 1 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (2002). Assessing English proficiency in the Expanding Circle. World Englishes. 21(3). 431–435. 62 indexed citations

4.

Lowenberg, Peter. (2000). Non-native varieties and issues of fairness in testing English as a world language. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 43–59. 8 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (2000). Writing and literacy in Indonesia. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 4 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (1993). Issues of validity in tests of English as a world language: whose standards?. World Englishes. 12(1). 95–106. 33 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (1992). Language Policy and Language Identity in Indonesia.. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication. 3(1). 59–77. 14 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (1992). The marking of ethnicity in Malaysian English literature: nativization and its functions. World Englishes. 11(2-3). 251–258. 8 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (1991). English as an additional language in Indonesia. World Englishes. 10(2). 127–138. 26 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter, Randolph Quirk, & H. G. Widdowson. (1987). English in the World: Teaching and Learning the Language and Literatures. Modern Language Journal. 71(1). 86–86. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lowenberg, Peter. (1986). Non-Native Varieties of English: Nativization, Norms, and Implications. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 8(1). 1–18. 33 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (1986). Sociolinguistic context and second‐language acquisition: acculturation and creativity in Malaysian English. World Englishes. 5(1). 71–83. 24 indexed citations

13.

Lowenberg, Peter. (1985). Malay in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore: Three Faces of a National Language.. 9 indexed citations

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Lowenberg, Peter. (1984). English in the Malay archipelago : nativization and its functions in a sociolinguistic area. University Microfilms International eBooks. 24 indexed citations

15.

Lowenberg, Peter. (1983). Literacy in Indonesia. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 4. 124–140.

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