Ron Darvin

2.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
32 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ron Darvin is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Linguistics and Language and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Darvin has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 15 papers in Linguistics and Language and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ron Darvin's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (15 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (13 papers) and Literacy, Media, and Education (8 papers). Ron Darvin is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (15 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (13 papers) and Literacy, Media, and Education (8 papers). Ron Darvin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Hong Kong and Spain. Ron Darvin's co-authors include Bonny Norton, Guangxiang Liu, Chaojun Ma, Christoph A. Hafner, Yue Zhang, Melinda Dooly, Angel M. Y. Lin, Yuen Yi Lo, Jim Anderson and Theresa Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Ron Darvin

31 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Identity and a Model of Investment in Applied Linguistics

2015 536 citations Ron Darvin, Bonny Norton Annual Review of Applied Linguistics profile →
Investment and motivation in language learning: What's the difference?

2021 109 citations Ron Darvin, Bonny Norton profile →
Exploring AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE): a mixed-method investigation of Chinese EFL learners’ AI adoption and experiences

2024 106 citations Guangxiang Liu, Ron Darvin et al. Computer Assisted Language Learning profile →
Unpacking the role of motivation and enjoyment in AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE): A mixed-method investigation in the Chinese context

2024 64 citations Guangxiang Liu, Ron Darvin et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →
The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing

2025 22 citations Ron Darvin 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
Ron Darvin Canada	17	712	596	592	312	187	32	1.3k
Melinda Dooly Spain	21	534 0.8×	560 0.9×	187 0.3×	565 1.8×	127 0.7×	77	1.3k
Maria Kuteeva Sweden	17	976 1.4×	517 0.9×	267 0.5×	267 0.9×	56 0.3×	47	1.2k
Kingsley Bolton Hong Kong	20	847 1.2×	941 1.6×	965 1.6×	176 0.6×	155 0.8×	87	1.7k
Barbara A Lafford United States	19	855 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	363 0.6×	247 0.8×	41 0.2×	53	1.5k
Christine M. Tardy United States	19	987 1.4×	624 1.0×	152 0.3×	448 1.4×	61 0.3×	42	1.4k
Diane Belcher United States	20	1.3k 1.9×	986 1.7×	211 0.4×	615 2.0×	71 0.4×	45	1.9k
Do Coyle United Kingdom	18	2.2k 3.1×	1.2k 1.9×	342 0.6×	513 1.6×	88 0.5×	50	2.5k
Reima Al-Jarf Saudi Arabia	20	214 0.3×	608 1.0×	105 0.2×	615 2.0×	228 1.2×	206	1.6k
Paul Kei Matsuda United States	25	1.6k 2.3×	1.4k 2.3×	435 0.7×	910 2.9×	88 0.5×	68	2.4k
A. Mehdi Riazi Iran	22	685 1.0×	814 1.4×	216 0.4×	627 2.0×	73 0.4×	73	1.5k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Darvin, Ron, et al.. (2025). Texts and countertexts: dismantling dominating discourses through decolonizing and antiracist pedagogies. Language Awareness. 34(3). 581–591.

Darvin, Ron. (2025). The need for critical digital literacies in generative AI-mediated L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing. 67. 101186–101186. 22 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Yue & Ron Darvin. (2025). Negotiating gender ideologies and investing in teacher identities: The motivation and investment of EFL pre-service teachers. System. 133. 103669–103669. 2 indexed citations

Darvin, Ron. (2025). Identity and investment in the age of generative AI. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 45. 10–27. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Guangxiang, Ron Darvin, & Chaojun Ma. (2024). Unpacking the role of motivation and enjoyment in AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE): A mixed-method investigation in the Chinese context. Computers in Human Behavior. 160. 108362–108362. 64 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Guangxiang, Ron Darvin, & Chaojun Ma. (2024). Exploring AI-mediated informal digital learning of English (AI-IDLE): a mixed-method investigation of Chinese EFL learners’ AI adoption and experiences. Computer Assisted Language Learning. 38(7). 1632–1660. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

Darvin, Ron, et al.. (2024). Intercultural Communication and Identity. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Guangxiang & Ron Darvin. (2023). From Rural China to the Digital Wilds: Negotiating Digital Repertoires to Claim the Right to Speak. TESOL Quarterly. 58(1). 334–362. 34 indexed citations

Darvin, Ron. (2023). Sociotechnical structures, materialist semiotics, and online language learning. Language learning & technology. 27(2). 28–45. 9 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron & Christoph A. Hafner. (2022). Digital Literacies in TESOL: Mapping Out the Terrain. TESOL Quarterly. 56(3). 865–882. 27 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron. (2022). Design, resistance and the performance of identity on TikTok. Discourse Context & Media. 46. 100591–100591. 29 indexed citations

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Dooly, Melinda & Ron Darvin. (2022). Intercultural communicative competence in the digital age: critical digital literacy and inquiry-based pedagogy. Language and Intercultural Communication. 22(3). 354–366. 21 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron, Yuen Yi Lo, & Angel M. Y. Lin. (2020). Examining CLIL through a Critical Lens. 44(2). 103–108. 11 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron, et al.. (2019). La clase social y las alfabetizaciones digitales desiguales de la juventud / Social class and unequal digital literacies of youth. Revista de educación. 29–53. 2 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron. (2019). Youth, Technology, and the Hidden Curriculum of the 21st Century. 1(2). 210–229. 9 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron. (2019). Creativity and criticality: Reimagining narratives through translanguaging and transmediation. Applied Linguistics Review. 11(4). 581–606. 30 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron. (2018). Blog: Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity (BILD)/Langage, Identité, Diversité, Appartenance (LIDA). http://bild-lida.ca/blog/. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 23(1). 109–113. 2 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron & Bonny Norton. (2015). Identity and a Model of Investment in Applied Linguistics. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 35. 36–56. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

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Darvin, Ron & Bonny Norton. (2014). Transnational Identity and Migrant Language Learners: The Promise of Digital Storytelling. The Journal of Teaching and Learning. 2(1). 57 indexed citations

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Darvin, Ron & Bonny Norton. (2014). Social Class, Identity, and Migrant Students. Journal of Language Identity & Education. 13(2). 111–117. 63 indexed citations

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