Language Testing

2.7(top 20%)

impact factor

888(top 20%)

papers

34.2K(top 10%)

citations

92(top 5%)

h-index

3.0(top 20%)

extended IF

1.2K

all documents

38.5K

doc citations

130(top 10%)

g-index

Top Articles

#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Developing and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test	Language Testing	2001	683
2	Validity and washback in language testing	Language Testing	1996	557
3	A vocabulary-size test of controlled productive ability	Language Testing	1999	418
4	The development of a new measure of L2 vocabulary knowledge	Language Testing	1993	302
5	Using FACETS to model rater training effects	Language Testing	1998	256
6	Interviewer variation and the co-construction of speaking proficiency	Language Testing	2003	255
7	Pair versus individual writing: Effects on fluency, complexity and accuracy	Language Testing	2009	251
8	Self-assessment in second language testing: a meta-analysis and analysis of experiential factors	Language Testing	1998	250
9	An alternative to multiple choice vocabulary tests	Language Testing	1987	232
10	Working for washback: a review of the washback concept in language testing	Language Testing	1996	231
11	Some reflections on task-based language performance assessment	Language Testing	2002	230
12	TOEFL preparation courses: a study of washback	Language Testing	1996	227
13	Rater characteristics and rater bias: implications for training	Language Testing	1995	218
14	Test impact revisited: washback effect over time	Language Testing	1996	208
15	Investigating accommodation in language proficiency interviews using a new measure of lexical diversity	Language Testing	2002	204
16	A closer look at the relationship of cognitive and metacognitive strategy use to EFL reading achievement test performance	Language Testing	2003	202
17	vocd: A theoretical and empirical evaluation	Language Testing	2007	199
18	A Rasch-based validation of the Vocabulary Size Test	Language Testing	2010	198
19	Assessment criteria in a large-scale writing test: what do they really mean to the raters?	Language Testing	2002	193
20	Constructing a language assessment knowledge base: A focus on language assessment courses	Language Testing	2008	189
21	Short texts, best-fitting curves and new measures of lexical diversity	Language Testing	2002	188
22	What makes speech sound fluent? The contributions of pauses, speed and repairs	Language Testing	2013	186
23	Modern language testing at the turn of the century: assuring that what we count counts	Language Testing	2000	182
24	Rater types in writing performance assessments: A classification approach to rater variability	Language Testing	2008	177
25	Expertise in evaluating second language compositions	Language Testing	1990	176
26	Does thick description lead to smart tests? A data-based approach to rating scale construction	Language Testing	1996	173
27	Size and strength: do we need both to measure vocabulary knowledge?	Language Testing	2004	173
28	Design and analysis in task-based language assessment	Language Testing	2002	172
29	An investigation of planning time and proficiency level on oral test discourse	Language Testing	1997	168
30	Language assessment literacy as self-awareness: Understanding the role of interpretation in assessment and in teacher learning	Language Testing	2013	168
31	The influence of peer feedback on self- and peer-assessment of oral skills	Language Testing	2002	166
32	Validating score interpretations and uses	Language Testing	2012	165
33	The effect of rater variables in the development of an occupation-specific language performance test	Language Testing	1995	161
34	The key to success: English language testing in China	Language Testing	2008	158
35	A many-facet Rasch analysis of the second language group oral discussion task	Language Testing	2003	155
36	Examining washback: the Sri Lankan Impact Study	Language Testing	1993	153
37	An introduction to structural equation modelling for language assessment research	Language Testing	1998	149
38	Language assessment as social practice: challenges for research	Language Testing	2001	147
39	Effects of training on raters of ESL compositions	Language Testing	1994	146
40	Scaling descriptors for language proficiency scales	Language Testing	1998	145
41	How assessing reading comprehension with multiple-choice questions shapes the construct: a cognitive processing perspective	Language Testing	2006	144
42	Self-assessment in second language testing: a meta-analysis and analysis of experiential factors	Language Testing	1998	144
43	Validation of listening comprehension tests: the effect of text and question type	Language Testing	1991	143
44	Self-assessment of language proficiency: rationale and applications	Language Testing	1989	142
45	Application of the rule-space procedure to language testing: examining attributes of a free response listening test	Language Testing	1998	142
46	Diagnostic assessment of writing: A comparison of two rating scales	Language Testing	2009	142
47	Validating automated speaking tests	Language Testing	2010	141
48	Communicating the theory, practice and principles of language testing to test stakeholders: Some reflections	Language Testing	2013	141
49	Does the testing method make a difference? The case of reading comprehension	Language Testing	1984	138
50	Investigating variability in tasks and rater judgements in a performance test of foreign language speaking	Language Testing	1995	138

Scientometrics

Overviews

Citing Bodies

Language Testing

Top Articles