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Academic Writing

Academic Writing is a formal, conventionalized register of written discourse employed in educational and research settings to construct and communicate disciplinary knowledge and argument through objective, evidence-based, and well-structured texts that adhere to established scholarly norms of language use and documentation.

15.6K

Publications

839.5K

Citations

21.7K

Authors

4.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3.5K

Variants

Scholarly Writing

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Publications

15.6K

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes.

Carole Joffe, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1996 · 5.2K citations

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Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings

Mark O. James, John M. Swales · Modern Language Journal · 1992 · 4.7K citations

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Writing: A Method of Inquiry

Laurel Richardson · 2004 · 4.3K citations

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A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing

Linda Flower, John R. Hayes · College Composition and Communication · 1981 · 3.5K citations

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A New Academic Word List

Averil Coxhead · TESOL Quarterly · 2000 · 2.8K citations

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Authors

21.7K

  1. KH
    Ken Hyland

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    78 publications · 17.5K citations

    52

    h-index

  2. SG
    Steve Graham

    Arizona State University, United States

    56 publications · 5.6K citations

    36

    h-index

  3. TL
    Theresa Lillis

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    28 publications · 4.5K citations

    24

    h-index

  4. KR
    Karen R. Harris

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    25 publications · 1.9K citations

    23

    h-index

  5. AA
    Andrea A. Lunsford

    Oregon State University, United States

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

    21

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Institutions

4.2K

  1. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    50 h-index

    132 publications

    11.4K citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    47 h-index

    180 publications

    12.6K citations

  3. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    41 h-index

    110 publications

    7.2K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    40 h-index

    177 publications

    12.5K citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    40 h-index

    151 publications

    7.4K citations

  6. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    39 h-index

    156 publications

    7.3K citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    38 h-index

    126 publications

    8.2K citations

  8. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    85 publications

    9.6K citations

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Venues

  1. College Composition and Communication

    CCC · 553 publications · 45.1K citations

    96

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  2. Journal of Second Language Writing

    JSLW · 252 publications · 26.8K citations

    90

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  3. Journal of English for Academic Purposes

    269 publications · 20.2K citations

    80

    h-index

  4. English for Specific Purposes

    187 publications · 23.7K citations

    75

    h-index

  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 196 publications · 20.7K citations

    66

    h-index

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