Merrill Swain

117 papers and 11.4k indexed citations
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About

Merrill Swain is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Merrill Swain has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Language and Linguistics, 61 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 57 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Merrill Swain’s work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (70 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (54 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (39 papers). Merrill Swain is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (70 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (54 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (39 papers). Merrill Swain collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and India. Merrill Swain's co-authors include Sharon Lapkin, Michael Canale, Martin Bygate, Peter Skehan, Susanne Carroll, Robert Keith Johnson, Yuko Watanabe, Lindsay Brooks, Jim Cummins and Hossein Nassaji and has published in prestigious journals such as Nutrients, Modern Language Journal and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merrill Swain

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merrill Swain. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merrill Swain 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 Merrill Swain. Merrill Swain is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Merrill Swain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Merrill Swain. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Merrill Swain. The network helps show where Merrill Swain may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Merrill Swain

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