Trends in language assessment and testing: A bibliometric study

The current bibliometric study employed citation analysis and keyword analysis to perform a review of language assessment and testing. Based on citation counts and keywords, this study identified the recent trends/changes and the most influential regions, institutions, scholars, and publications in...

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Published inStudies in second language learning and teaching Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 171 - 198
Main Author Zhang, Xian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Adam Mickiewicz University 01.03.2025
Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Subjects
bibliometrics
citation analysis
co-citation analysis
Foreign languages learning
keyword analysis
language assessment
language testing
Pedagogy
United Kingdom
Europe
citation anal ysis
cocitation analysis
keyword analysis
language testing
bibliometrics
language assessment
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ISSN2083-5205
2084-1965
DOI10.14746/ssllt.25141

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Summary:The current bibliometric study employed citation analysis and keyword analysis to perform a review of language assessment and testing. Based on citation counts and keywords, this study identified the recent trends/changes and the most influential regions, institutions, scholars, and publications in the field. In addition, the intellectual structures of the field reviewed by the network maps of the most influential documents and scholars showed how these eminent documents and authors were related to each other. It was found that the field experienced significant changes with the emergence of new scholars, research themes, and topics. This study is also a tribute to hundreds of scholarly documents in the field, which keep the field moving forward.
ISSN:2083-5205
2084-1965
DOI:10.14746/ssllt.25141