Yo In’nami

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 953 citations indexed

About

Yo In’nami is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Yo In’nami has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 953 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Language and Linguistics, 18 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 10 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Yo In’nami's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (22 papers), Second Language Acquisition and Learning (10 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (9 papers). Yo In’nami is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (22 papers), Second Language Acquisition and Learning (10 papers) and Second Language Learning and Teaching (9 papers). Yo In’nami collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Yo In’nami's co-authors include Rie Koizumi, Mariko Abe, Kazuya Saito, Jean‐Marc Dewaele, Phil Hiver, Ali H. Al‐Hoorie, Luke Plonsky, Atsushi Mizumoto, Keita Nakamura and Pavel Trofimovich and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Yo In’nami

35 papers receiving 889 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.

Motivation, Emotion, Learning Experience, and Second Language Comprehensibility Development in Classroom Settings: A Cross‐Sectional and Longitudinal Study

2018 296 citations Kazuya Saito, Mariko Abe et al. Language Learning profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yo In’nami Japan	13	519	406	224	190	184	38	953
Wen‐Ta Tseng Taiwan	12	567 1.1×	658 1.6×	261 1.2×	340 1.8×	137 0.7×	36	1.2k
Jenifer Larson‐Hall Japan	12	692 1.3×	575 1.4×	376 1.7×	218 1.1×	57 0.3×	25	1.3k
Rie Koizumi Japan	13	334 0.6×	358 0.9×	161 0.7×	152 0.8×	31 0.2×	59	703
Joseph P. Vitta Japan	11	236 0.5×	301 0.7×	120 0.5×	243 1.3×	172 0.9×	29	706
Patricia Dunkel United States	16	761 1.5×	439 1.1×	334 1.5×	244 1.3×	69 0.4×	37	1.1k
Mansoor Tavakoli Iran	18	673 1.3×	530 1.3×	434 1.9×	413 2.2×	146 0.8×	114	1.2k
Aek Phakiti Australia	17	634 1.2×	611 1.5×	432 1.9×	565 3.0×	63 0.3×	27	1.3k
Anne Lazaraton United States	15	1.1k 2.1×	439 1.1×	635 2.8×	304 1.6×	44 0.2×	27	1.5k
Rüdiger Grotjahn Germany	11	305 0.6×	184 0.5×	147 0.7×	124 0.7×	54 0.3×	30	624
Albert Weideman South Africa	14	543 1.0×	261 0.6×	516 2.3×	239 1.3×	39 0.2×	70	968

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yo In’nami

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Al‐Hoorie, Ali H., Phil Hiver, & Yo In’nami. (2025). Looking beyond the L2 Motivational Self System. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 47(4). 1193–1204.

Saito, Kazuya, et al.. (2025). Disentangling the causal role of motivation, enjoyment, and anxiety in second language speech learning: A final report. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 47(2). 461–487. 3 indexed citations

Koizumi, Rie, et al.. (2024). Considerations to promote and accelerate Open Science: A response to Winke. Language Testing. 41(4). 892–897. 2 indexed citations

Koizumi, Rie & Yo In’nami. (2023). Predicting functional adequacy from complexity, accuracy, and fluency of second-language picture-prompted speaking. System. 120. 103208–103208. 3 indexed citations

Al‐Hoorie, Ali H., Phil Hiver, & Yo In’nami. (2023). The validation crisis in the L2 motivational self system tradition. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 46(2). 307–329. 25 indexed citations

Koizumi, Rie, et al.. (2022). Skill profiles of Japanese English learners and reasons for uneven patterns. Language Testing in Asia. 12(1). 4 indexed citations

In’nami, Yo & Rie Koizumi. (2022). Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment: A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman. Language Assessment Quarterly. 19(5). 547–551. 2 indexed citations

In’nami, Yo, Mike W.‐L. Cheung, Rie Koizumi, & Matthew P. Wallace. (2022). Examining Second Language Listening and Metacognitive Awareness: A Meta‐Analytic Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Language Learning. 73(3). 759–798. 11 indexed citations

Koizumi, Rie & Yo In’nami. (2022). Assessing Functional Adequacy Using Picture Description Tasks in Classroom-Based L2 Speaking Assessment. 25(0). 60–79. 1 indexed citations

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In’nami, Yo, Atsushi Mizumoto, Luke Plonsky, & Rie Koizumi. (2022). Promoting computationally reproducible research in applied linguistics: Recommended practices and considerations. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. 1(3). 100030–100030. 24 indexed citations

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In’nami, Yo & Rie Koizumi. (2021). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN L2 LISTENING AND METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS ACROSS LISTENING TESTS AND LEARNER SAMPLES. International Journal of Listening. 36(2). 100–117. 12 indexed citations

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In’nami, Yo, et al.. (2021). WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY AND L2 READING. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 44(2). 381–406. 11 indexed citations

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Koizumi, Rie & Yo In’nami. (2020). Structural Equation Modeling of Vocabulary Size and Depth Using Conventional and Bayesian Methods. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 618–618. 10 indexed citations

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Saito, Kazuya, Pavel Trofimovich, Mariko Abe, & Yo In’nami. (2020). Dunning-Kruger effect in second language speech learning: How does self perception align with other perception over time?. Learning and Individual Differences. 79. 101849–101849. 14 indexed citations

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Koizumi, Rie, et al.. (2019). Examination of CEFR-J spoken interaction tasks using many-facet Rasch measurement and generalizability theory. 1–33. 3 indexed citations

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In’nami, Yo, et al.. (2015). Relationships Between Strategy Use, Listening Proficiency Level, Task Type, and Scores in an L2 Listening Test. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 18(2). 45–77. 6 indexed citations

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In’nami, Yo & Rie Koizumi. (2013). Review of Sample Size for Structural Equation Models in Second Language Testing and Learning Research: A Monte Carlo Approach. International Journal of Testing. 13(4). 329–353. 30 indexed citations

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Koizumi, Rie & Yo In’nami. (2012). Effects of text length on lexical diversity measures: Using short texts with less than 200 tokens. System. 40(4). 554–564. 62 indexed citations

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In’nami, Yo & Rie Koizumi. (2011). Structural Equation Modeling in Language Testing and Learning Research: A Review. Language Assessment Quarterly. 8(3). 250–276. 44 indexed citations

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In’nami, Yo & Rie Koizumi. (2010). Can Structural Equation Models in Second Language Testing and Learning Research be Successfully Replicated?. International Journal of Testing. 10(3). 262–273. 9 indexed citations

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