Rui Yuan

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
174 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Rui Yuan is a scholar working on Education, Language and Linguistics and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Yuan has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Education, 56 papers in Language and Linguistics and 52 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Rui Yuan's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (55 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (50 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (39 papers). Rui Yuan is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (55 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (50 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (39 papers). Rui Yuan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Macao. Rui Yuan's co-authors include Icy Lee, Min Yang, Pauline Mak, Benjamin Tycko, Lawrence Jun Zhang, Peijian Paul Sun, Anne Burns, Wei Liao, Ching-Wen Chang and Ji‐Kang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Rui Yuan

161 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

‘I need to be strong and competent’: a narrative inquiry of a student-teacher’s emotions and identities in teaching practicum

2016 150 citations Rui Yuan, Icy Lee profile →

Peers

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Fiona Hyland United States

Deborah Cameron United Kingdom

Keith Johnson United States

Greg Myers United Kingdom

Keith Watson United Kingdom

Richard Lehrer United States

Janet Holmes New Zealand

Norma González United States

Denis Newman United States

John McH. Sinclair United Kingdom

Fiona Hyland United States

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2.3k ×1.3

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2.0k ×2.3

1.5k ×1.9

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535 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Rui Yuan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Yuan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Yuan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rui Yuan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rui Yuan 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 Rui Yuan. Rui Yuan 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

Liao, Wei, et al.. (2025). How is teachers’ critical thinking defined, approached, measured, and evaluated in empirical studies? A methodological review. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 57. 101795–101795.

Chen, Xi, Yuanhua Liu, Jiaqi Huang, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal filtering modeling of hand, foot, and mouth disease: a case study from East China, 2009–2015. Epidemiology and Infection. 153. e61–e61.

Yuan, Rui, et al.. (2025). Language teacher educator psychology: A research agenda. Language Teaching. 1–21. 2 indexed citations

Li, Mo, et al.. (2024). Navigating assessment tensions in English-medium instruction (EMI) courses. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 73. 101455–101455.

Li, Shiying, Xinnan Wang, Ping Yu, Yiqi Zhang, & Rui Yuan. (2024). Effects of stressful life events on suicide risk among orphaned and left-behind adolescents in China: The mediating roles of loneliness and subjective well-being. Children and Youth Services Review. 161. 107675–107675.

Yuan, Rui, et al.. (2023). Towards an understanding of EMI teacher expertise in higher education: An intrinsic case study. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 65. 101288–101288. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Jie, Wu Zhang, Qun Wang, et al.. (2023). A Comparative Study of China’s Carbon Neutrality Policy and International Research Keywords under the Background of Decarbonization Plans in China. Sustainability. 15(17). 13069–13069. 3 indexed citations

Yuan, Rui, et al.. (2023). “Physically I was there, but my mind had gone somewhere else”: Probing the emotional side of English-medium instruction. Linguistics and Education. 75. 101163–101163. 15 indexed citations

Tsang, Art, Scott Aubrey, & Rui Yuan. (2023). Multiculturalism and multilingualism in higher education: intercultural activity participation and opportunities for language learning. International Journal of Multilingualism. 21(3). 1332–1348. 3 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rui, Manling Liu, Ying Cheng, et al.. (2023). Biomimetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Target Delivery of Hypoxia-Responsive Plasmid of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 to Reverse Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension. ACS Nano. 17(9). 8204–8222. 19 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rui, et al.. (2023). Probing curriculum coherence in pre-service teacher education: an exploratory study. Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy. 49(4). 739–742. 1 indexed citations

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Mak, Pauline, Min Yang, & Rui Yuan. (2022). Fostering teacher competence through classroom-based research during field experiences. Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy. 49(5). 841–856. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiao, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Socially Shared Regulation on Computational Thinking Performance in Cooperative Learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rui & Dan Huang. (2021). Exploring the Organizational Resilience of A School-embedded Social Work Agency: A Teaching/learning Case Study. Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance. 45(5). 493–505. 4 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rui, Min Yang, & Icy Lee. (2021). Preparing pre-service language teachers to teach critical thinking: Can overseas field school experience make a difference?. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 40. 100832–100832. 15 indexed citations

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Tsang, Art & Rui Yuan. (2021). Examining Home and International Students’ Awareness of, Attitudes Towards and Participation in Intercultural Activities on Campus. Journal of Studies in International Education. 26(3). 390–409. 11 indexed citations

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Tsang, Art, Min Yang, & Rui Yuan. (2021). The relationships between participation in intercultural activities on campus, whole-person development, and academic achievement: a mixed-methods study. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45(4). 1256–1270. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Min & Rui Yuan. (2020). Early-stage doctoral students’ conceptions of research in higher education: cases from Hong Kong. Teaching in Higher Education. 28(1). 85–100. 10 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rui, et al.. (2018). Long-term motivations for L2 learning: a biographical study from a situated learning perspective. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 40(2). 164–178. 13 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rui, Fatemeh Haghighi, Susan M. White, et al.. (2006). A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Chip-Based Method for Combined Genetic and Epigenetic Profiling: Validation in Decitabine Therapy and Tumor/Normal Comparisons. Cancer Research. 66(7). 3443–3451. 46 indexed citations

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