Peter Medway

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Medway is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Medway has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 10 papers in Language and Linguistics and 8 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Peter Medway's work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (6 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers). Peter Medway is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (6 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (6 papers). Peter Medway collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Sweden. Peter Medway's co-authors include Aviva Freedman, John M. Swales, Patrick Dias, Ivor Goodson, David Crook, John Hardcastle, Georgina Brewis, Richard Andrews, Carol Berkenkotter and Amy J. Devitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, British Journal of Educational Studies and Design Studies.

In The Last Decade

Peter Medway

34 papers receiving 880 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.

Genre and the New Rhetoric

1995 357 citations John M. Swales, Aviva Freedman 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 Medway Canada	13	639	374	309	163	144	37	1.1k
Aviva Freedman Canada	14	986 1.5×	577 1.5×	567 1.8×	289 1.8×	107 0.7×	28	1.5k
Carol Berkenkotter United States	16	977 1.5×	430 1.1×	495 1.6×	247 1.5×	112 0.8×	38	1.6k
Robert J. Connors United States	17	503 0.8×	347 0.9×	255 0.8×	119 0.7×	107 0.7×	52	1.0k
Lisa Ede United States	16	466 0.7×	284 0.8×	148 0.5×	203 1.2×	117 0.8×	37	1.0k
Paul Prior United States	16	1.1k 1.7×	688 1.8×	566 1.8×	298 1.8×	164 1.1×	51	1.7k
Sigrid Norris New Zealand	15	672 1.1×	253 0.7×	684 2.2×	185 1.1×	216 1.5×	28	1.4k
Chris M. Anson United States	17	336 0.5×	576 1.5×	170 0.6×	201 1.2×	64 0.4×	70	1.0k
Mike Rose United States	23	550 0.9×	926 2.5×	258 0.8×	253 1.6×	239 1.7×	66	1.6k
Kathleen Blake Yancey United States	19	549 0.9×	856 2.3×	214 0.7×	208 1.3×	118 0.8×	69	1.4k
Dorothy A. Winsor United States	14	419 0.7×	163 0.4×	110 0.4×	85 0.5×	97 0.7×	23	812

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Medway

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Medway. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Medway 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 Peter Medway. Peter Medway is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Medway, Peter, John Hardcastle, Georgina Brewis, & David Crook. (2014). English Teachers in a Postwar Democracy: Emerging Choice in London Schools, 1945-1965. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Dias, Patrick, et al.. (2013). Worlds Apart. 6 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter. (2005). Literacy and the idea of English. Changing English. 12(1). 19–29. 7 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter, et al.. (2003). Imagining the building: architectural design as semiotic construction. Design Studies. 24(3). 255–273. 32 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter. (2002). Teaching and Learning the English Method. Research Portal (King's College London). 4–7. 1 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter. (2001). The rhetoric and ideology of genre: strategies for stability and change. 80 indexed citations

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Swales, John M., Aviva Freedman, & Peter Medway. (1995). Genre and the New Rhetoric. Modern Language Journal. 79(4). 562–562. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Medway, Peter. (1994). The language component in technological capability: Lessons from architecture. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. 4(1). 85–107. 27 indexed citations

9.

Medway, Peter. (1994). Semiotic processes in architecture. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. 5(2). 171–171. 1 indexed citations

10.

Medway, Peter. (1994). Language, Learning and ‘Communication’ in an Architects’ Office. English in Education. 28(2). 3–14. 9 indexed citations

11.

Sherington, Geoffrey, Ivor Goodson, Peter Medway, & Allan Luke. (1993). Bringing English to Order: The History and Politics of a School Subject. History of Education Quarterly. 33(2). 254–254. 3 indexed citations

12.

Medway, Peter. (1991). Technology Education and its Bearing on English. 24(1). 3 indexed citations

13.

Medway, Peter. (1991). Modes of Engagement through Language. Educational Review. 43(2). 159–169. 2 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter. (1990). Language with Consequences: Worldly Engagement for Critical Inquiry. English Education. 22(3). 147–164. 1 indexed citations

15.

Goodson, Ivor & Peter Medway. (1990). Bringing English to order : the history and politics of a school subject. 42 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter. (1989). Issues in the Theory and Practice of Technology Education. Studies in Science Education. 16(1). 1–24. 40 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter. (1988). The Student’s World and The World of English. English in Education. 22(2). 26–35. 2 indexed citations

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Medway, Peter. (1984). Review Section. English in Education. 18(2). 97–99.

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Medway, Peter, et al.. (1981). Finding a Language: Autonomy and Learning in School. British Journal of Educational Studies. 29(3). 275–275. 15 indexed citations

20.

Martín, Nancy, et al.. (1974). Why write?. The Urban Review. 7(4). 303–318. 1 indexed citations

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