Tarja Nikula

2.1k total citations
37 papers, 828 citations indexed

About

Tarja Nikula is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Tarja Nikula has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 828 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 22 papers in Language and Linguistics and 11 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Tarja Nikula's work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (27 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (16 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers). Tarja Nikula is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Learning and Teaching (27 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (16 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (11 papers). Tarja Nikula collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Austria and Spain. Tarja Nikula's co-authors include Christiane Dalton‐Puffer, Pat Moore, Sirpa Leppänen, Anne Pitkänen-Huhta, Arja Piirainen–Marsh, Saija Peuronen, Leila Kääntä, Ana Llinares, David Marsh and Kari Nissinen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Learning and Instruction and Language Learning.

In The Last Decade

Tarja Nikula

31 papers receiving 695 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tarja Nikula Finland 14 655 525 271 142 96 37 828
Amos Paran United Kingdom 13 473 0.7× 449 0.9× 150 0.6× 221 1.6× 248 2.6× 33 784
Martin Dewey United Kingdom 12 817 1.2× 928 1.8× 585 2.2× 121 0.9× 134 1.4× 19 1.2k
Ian Walkinshaw Australia 11 297 0.5× 300 0.6× 118 0.4× 61 0.4× 103 1.1× 19 447
Doğan Yüksel United Kingdom 14 439 0.7× 353 0.7× 99 0.4× 114 0.8× 159 1.7× 46 622
Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe Spain 15 769 1.2× 400 0.8× 94 0.3× 210 1.5× 123 1.3× 42 858
Peter Lowenberg United States 9 496 0.8× 715 1.4× 662 2.4× 84 0.6× 95 1.0× 15 974
Rosa María Jiménez Catálan Spain 15 606 0.9× 605 1.2× 99 0.4× 548 3.9× 152 1.6× 43 1.0k
Nóra Németh Hungary 3 271 0.4× 357 0.7× 127 0.5× 139 1.0× 82 0.9× 4 444
Francesca Helm Italy 14 440 0.7× 398 0.8× 88 0.3× 111 0.8× 296 3.1× 32 728
Nathan Thomas United Kingdom 15 310 0.5× 322 0.6× 58 0.2× 208 1.5× 164 1.7× 40 534

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tarja Nikula

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tarja Nikula

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nikula, Tarja, et al.. (2026). A multidimensional framework of bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 1–17. 1 indexed citations
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Hüttner, Julia, Ana Llinares, & Tarja Nikula. (2025). Conceptualizing bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies in CLIL: insights from a European research network. Frontiers in Education. 10. 4 indexed citations
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Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne, et al.. (2023). Muuttuva ja moninainen kielenoppiminen. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä).
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Nikula, Tarja, et al.. (2018). Introduction to the special issue: On the transgressive nature of translanguaging pedagogies. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 5(2). 1–7. 18 indexed citations
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Nikula, Tarja. (2015). Hands-on tasks in CLIL science classrooms as sites for subject-specific language use and learning. System. 54. 14–27. 39 indexed citations
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Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne & Tarja Nikula. (2013). 8 Teenagers making sense of their foreign language practices: individual accounts indexing social discourses. 104–118. 8 indexed citations
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Ihalainen, Pasi, et al.. (2011). Aika kielipolitiikassa : päivälehtien nettikeskustelujen historiakäsitysten analyysi. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Leppänen, Sirpa, Anne Pitkänen-Huhta, Tarja Nikula, et al.. (2011). National Survey on the English Language in Finland : Uses, Meanings and Attitudes. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 49 indexed citations
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Nikula, Tarja. (2010). Kielikäsityksen ja kielenopetuksen kytköksistä. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä).
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Nikula, Tarja, et al.. (2010). Identity construction in ELF contexts: a case study of Finnish engineering students working in Germany. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 20(2). 251–273. 32 indexed citations
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Dalton‐Puffer, Christiane, Tarja Nikula, & Ute Smit. (2010). ‘CLIL and Immersion Classrooms: Applied Linguistic Perspectives’. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 20(3). 432–433. 2 indexed citations
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Leppänen, Sirpa, Anne Pitkänen-Huhta, Tarja Nikula, et al.. (2009). Kansallinen kyselytutkimus englannin kielestä Suomessa : käyttö, merkitys ja asenteet. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 9 indexed citations
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Nikula, Tarja. (2007). Speaking English in Finnish content‐based classrooms. World Englishes. 26(2). 206–223. 55 indexed citations
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Leppänen, Sirpa & Tarja Nikula. (2007). Diverse uses of English in Finnish society: Discourse-pragmatic insights into media, educational and business contexts. Multilingua. 26(4). 333–380. 31 indexed citations
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Nikula, Tarja. (2005). English as an object and tool of study in classrooms: Interactional effects and pragmatic implications. Linguistics and Education. 16(1). 27–58. 57 indexed citations
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Nikula, Tarja. (2003). Englanti oppimisen kohteena ja välineenä : katsaus luokkahuoneinteraktioon. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 2 indexed citations
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Nikula, Tarja & David Marsh. (1998). Terminological considerations regarding content and language integrated learning. reroDoc Digital Library. 13–18. 10 indexed citations
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Nikula, Tarja. (1993). The Use of Lexical Certainty Modifiers by Non-Native (Finnish) and Native Speakers of English.. 3 indexed citations

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