Vivian Zamel

3.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Vivian Zamel is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Vivian Zamel has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Language and Linguistics, 15 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 13 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Vivian Zamel's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (17 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (10 papers) and Writing and Handwriting Education (8 papers). Vivian Zamel is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (17 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (10 papers) and Writing and Handwriting Education (8 papers). Vivian Zamel collaborates with scholars based in United States. Vivian Zamel's co-authors include Ruth Spack, Stephanie Vandrick, Ann Raimes, Marilyn S. Sternglass and Jay R. Dee and has published in prestigious journals such as TESOL Quarterly, Journal of Second Language Writing and College Composition and Communication.

In The Last Decade

Vivian Zamel

29 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Responding to Student Writing

1985 485 citations Vivian Zamel TESOL Quarterly profile →
The Composing Processes of Advanced ESL Students: Six Case Studies

1983 461 citations Vivian Zamel TESOL Quarterly profile →
Writing: The Process of Discovering Meaning

1982 359 citations Vivian Zamel TESOL Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vivian Zamel United States	16	1.5k	1.4k	1.2k	597	202	32	2.2k
Richard G. Kern United States	10	1.0k 0.7×	766 0.5×	447 0.4×	590 1.0×	231 1.1×	12	1.5k
Renate A. Schulz United States	17	936 0.6×	729 0.5×	529 0.4×	431 0.7×	222 1.1×	68	1.4k
Joan G. Carson United States	12	1.0k 0.7×	965 0.7×	785 0.7×	607 1.0×	130 0.6×	20	1.6k
David Little Ireland	19	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	839 0.7×	485 0.8×	393 1.9×	53	1.9k
Diane J. Tedick United States	23	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	546 0.5×	490 0.8×	584 2.9×	61	1.9k
Paul Kei Matsuda United States	25	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	910 0.8×	573 1.0×	435 2.2×	68	2.4k
Christopher Brumfit United Kingdom	21	1.1k 0.7×	928 0.7×	630 0.5×	603 1.0×	350 1.7×	75	1.9k
John Angell France	4	1.2k 0.8×	843 0.6×	454 0.4×	711 1.2×	330 1.6×	10	1.7k
George Braine Hong Kong	17	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	548 0.5×	332 0.6×	579 2.9×	35	1.6k
Ilona Leki United States	23	1.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	921 1.5×	318 1.6×	37	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Vivian Zamel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vivian Zamel

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

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Zamel, Vivian & Ruth Spack. (2012). Dancing With Professors: The Trouble With Academic Prose: Patricia Nelson Limerick. 206–213. 1 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian, et al.. (2011). Addressing Plagiarism in A Digital Age. Human architecture. 9(3). 3. 7 indexed citations

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Dee, Jay R., et al.. (2009). Editors’ Note: NECIT, CIT, and Teaching Transformations 2009. Human architecture. 7(1). 1. 1 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian & Ruth Spack. (2006). Teaching Multilingual Learners: Beyond the ESOL Classroom and Back Again. Journal of Basic Writing. 25(2). 126–152. 10 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (2000). Engaging Students in Writing-to-Learn: Promoting Language and Literacy Across the Curriculum. Journal of Basic Writing. 19(2). 3–21. 15 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian & Marilyn S. Sternglass. (2000). Time to Know Them: A Longitudinal Study of Writing and Learning at the College Level. TESOL Quarterly. 34(1). 186–186. 1 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1996). Transcending Boundaries: Complicating the Scene of Teaching Language.. 6(2). 1–11. 5 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian, et al.. (1996). The Discovery of Competence: Teaching and Learning with Diverse Student Writers. College Composition and Communication. 47(2). 305–305. 26 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1995). Strangers in Academia: The Experiences of Faculty and ESL Students across the Curriculum. College Composition and Communication. 46(4). 506–506. 73 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1993). Questioning Academic Discourse.. 3(1). 28–39. 34 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1992). Writing One's Way into Reading. TESOL Quarterly. 26(3). 463–463. 114 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian, et al.. (1992). At the Point of Need: Teaching Basic and ESL Writers. College Composition and Communication. 43(2). 263–263. 12 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1991). Acquiring Language, Literacy, and Academic Discourse: Entering Ever New Conversations.. 1(1). 10–18. 6 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1990). Through Students' Eyes: The Experiences of three ESL Writers. Journal of Basic Writing. 9(2). 83–98. 16 indexed citations

15.

Zamel, Vivian. (1987). Recent Research on Writing Pedagogy. TESOL Quarterly. 21(4). 697–697. 131 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1984). Comments on Vivian Zamel's "The Composing Processes of Advanced ESL Students: Six Case Studies". The Author Responds. TESOL Quarterly. 18(1). 154–154. 9 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1982). Writing: The Process of Discovering Meaning. TESOL Quarterly. 16(2). 195–195. 359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zamel, Vivian. (1980). Re-Evaluating Sentence-Combining Practice. TESOL Quarterly. 14(1). 81–81. 11 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1976). A Reply to Professor Ney's "Note". TESOL Quarterly. 10(3). 352–352. 1 indexed citations

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Zamel, Vivian. (1976). Teaching Composition in the ESL Classroom: What We Can Learn from Research in the Teaching of English. TESOL Quarterly. 10(1). 67–67. 72 indexed citations

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