Stephen Evans

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen Evans is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Linguistics and Language and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Evans has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 32 papers in Linguistics and Language and 24 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Stephen Evans's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (32 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (31 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (21 papers). Stephen Evans is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (32 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (31 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (21 papers). Stephen Evans collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Australia. Stephen Evans's co-authors include Bruce Morrison, B. M. Ewen Smith, G. de Q. Robin, Christopher Green, Ling Lin, Julian A. Dowdeswell, James A. Suttil, David S. McGuinness, Michael G. Gardiner and Joanne Greenhalgh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Evans

87 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Meeting the challenges of English-medium higher education: The first-year experience in Hong Kong

2011 245 citations Stephen Evans, Bruce Morrison English for Specific Purposes profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Evans Hong Kong	28	1.0k	999	861	502	426	90	3.0k
Richard West United States	23	193 0.2×	705 0.7×	209 0.2×	41 0.1×	27 0.1×	82	1.8k
Jacob L. Mey United States	28	458 0.4×	45 0.0×	817 0.9×	172 0.3×	15 0.0×	121	3.3k
D. K. Davies United States	20	305 0.3×	134 0.1×	215 0.2×	113 0.2×	32 0.1×	82	2.6k
Peter Knight United Kingdom	29	96 0.1×	788 0.8×	32 0.0×	6 0.0×	169 0.4×	108	3.3k
Akira Takada Japan	20	12 0.0×	199 0.2×	96 0.1×	26 0.1×	48 0.1×	74	1.4k
Robert M. Wilson United States	27	54 0.1×	319 0.3×	111 0.1×	5 0.0×	21 0.0×	192	2.9k
Thomas Keenan Australia	34	79 0.1×	1.7k 1.7×	40 0.0×	8 0.0×	12 0.0×	79	3.1k
Stefan Müller Germany	20	39 0.0×	566 0.6×	28 0.0×	19 0.0×	15 0.0×	92	2.4k
Thomas Trautmann Germany	33	22 0.0×	1.8k 1.8×	52 0.1×	30 0.1×	17 0.0×	184	3.5k
Daniel A. Miller United States	23	44 0.0×	166 0.2×	13 0.0×	4 0.0×	109 0.3×	86	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Evans

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All Works

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Morrison, Bruce & Stephen Evans. (2018). Supporting non-native speaker student writers making the transition from school to an English-medium university. Language Learning in Higher Education. 8(1). 1–20. 12 indexed citations

Evans, Stephen & Bruce Morrison. (2016). English-medium instruction in Hong Kong: illuminating a grey area in school policies and classroom practices. Current Issues in Language Planning. 18(3). 303–322. 25 indexed citations

Evans, Stephen. (2015). Modelling the development of English in Hong Kong. World Englishes. 34(3). 389–410. 3 indexed citations

Evans, Stephen. (2014). The evolutionary dynamics of postcolonial Englishes: A Hong Kong case study. Journal of Sociolinguistics. 18(5). 571–603. 9 indexed citations

Suttil, James A., et al.. (2013). Synthesis of Ti(iv) complexes of donor-functionalised phenoxy-imine tridentates and their evaluation in ethylene oligomerisation and polymerisation. Dalton Transactions. 42(25). 9129–9129. 14 indexed citations

Suttil, James A., David S. McGuinness, Michael G. Gardiner, & Stephen Evans. (2013). Ethylene polymerisation and oligomerisation with arene-substituted phenoxy-imine complexes of titanium: investigation of multi-mechanism catalytic behaviour. Dalton Transactions. 42(12). 4185–4185. 11 indexed citations

Evans, Stephen. (2013). Designing tasks for the Business English classroom. ELT Journal. 67(3). 281–293. 29 indexed citations

Suttil, James A., et al.. (2012). Preparation and structures of aryloxy– and alkoxy–Ti(iv) complexes and their evaluation in ethylene oligomerisation and polymerisation. Dalton Transactions. 41(22). 6625–6625. 17 indexed citations

Lin, Ling & Stephen Evans. (2011). Structural patterns in empirical research articles: A cross-disciplinary study. English for Specific Purposes. 31(3). 150–160. 119 indexed citations

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Suttil, James A., David S. McGuinness, & Stephen Evans. (2010). Arene substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes of Zr and Hf: preparation and evaluation as catalysts for ethylene trimerisation. Dalton Transactions. 39(22). 5278–5278. 11 indexed citations

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Koten, Pavel, Pavel Spurný, Jiří Borovička, et al.. (2006). The beginning heights and light curves of high-altitude meteors. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 41(9). 1305–1320. 22 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen, et al.. (2000). Selecting a mental health needs assessment scale: guidance on the critical appraisal of standardized measures. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 6(4). 379–393. 30 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen. (2000). Classroom Language Use in Hong Kong's English-Medium Secondary Schools. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 8 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen, et al.. (1995). Photographic and visual observations of the Quadrantid meteor stream in 1992. Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 105. 83–88. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen, et al.. (1993). The spectrum of a Perseid meteor. 103. 27–29. 1 indexed citations

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Robin, G. de Q., et al.. (1969). Interpretation of radio echo sounding in polar ice sheets. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 265(1166). 437–505. 262 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen. (1967). Progress report on radio echo sounding. Polar Record. 13(85). 413–420. 21 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen. (1965). Dielectric Properties of Ice and Snow–a Review. Journal of Glaciology. 5(42). 773–792. 68 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen, et al.. (1964). Radio Echo Sounding of Polar Ice Sheets. Nature. 204(4957). 420–421. 54 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen. (1954). SCALE HEIGHTS AND PRESSURES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE FROM RADIO ECHO OBSERVATIONS OF METEORS. Geophysical Journal International. 6. 616–616. 2 indexed citations

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