Ran Zhi is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Education and Clinical Psychology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Zhi has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 313 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Social Psychology, 3 papers in Education and 2 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ran Zhi's work include Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation (2 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (2 papers). Ran Zhi is often cited by papers focused on Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation (2 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (2 papers). Ran Zhi collaborates with scholars based in China and Iran. Ran Zhi's co-authors include Yongliang Wang, Ali Derakhshan and Yunsong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as System, Thinking Skills and Creativity and European Journal of Education.
In The Last Decade
Ran Zhi
8 papers
receiving
306 citations
Hit Papers
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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.
The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Self-efficacy in EFL Teachers’ Technology Adoption
202385 citationsRan Zhi, Yunsong Wang et al.The Asia-Pacific Education Researcherprofile →
On the relationship between EFL students' attitudes toward artificial intelligence, teachers' immediacy and teacher-student rapport, and their willingness to communicate
English as a foreign language teachers’ professional success, loving pedagogy and creativity: A structural equation modeling approach
202363 citationsRan Zhi, Yongliang WangThinking Skills and Creativityprofile →
Modelling the interplay between resilience, emotion regulation and psychological well‐being among Chinese English language teachers: The mediating role of self‐efficacy beliefs
202456 citationsRan Zhi, Ali DerakhshanEuropean Journal of Educationprofile →
On the Role of Academic Buoyancy and Self-Efficacy in Predicting Teachers’ Work Engagement: A Case of Chinese English as a Foreign Language Teachers
202336 citationsRan Zhi, Ali Derakhshan et al.Perceptual and Motor Skillsprofile →
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Zhi
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Zhi, Ran, et al.. (2024). On the relationship between EFL students' attitudes toward artificial intelligence, teachers' immediacy and teacher-student rapport, and their willingness to communicate. System. 124. 103341–103341.66 indexed citations breakdown →
Zhi, Ran & Ali Derakhshan. (2024). Modelling the interplay between resilience, emotion regulation and psychological well‐being among Chinese English language teachers: The mediating role of self‐efficacy beliefs. European Journal of Education. 59(3).56 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhi, Ran, Yunsong Wang, & Yongliang Wang. (2023). The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Self-efficacy in EFL Teachers’ Technology Adoption. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 33(4). 845–856.85 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhi, Ran & Yongliang Wang. (2023). English as a foreign language teachers’ professional success, loving pedagogy and creativity: A structural equation modeling approach. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 49. 101370–101370.63 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhi, Ran, et al.. (2023). On the Role of Academic Buoyancy and Self-Efficacy in Predicting Teachers’ Work Engagement: A Case of Chinese English as a Foreign Language Teachers. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 131(2). 612–629.36 indexed citations breakdown →
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