Getting cited is important for scholars in the burgeoning field of written feedback on English as a second language (ESL) writing. While much depends on the quality of the paper and the reputation of the author, there are a range of subjective factors that are known to impact on citation counts generally. The present study investigated the effects of 11 journal- and paper-based variables on the age-weighted citation rates (measured using data from Google Scholar) of a comprehensive body of 376 research articles on the topic of written feedback on ESL writing (spanning 1980-2018). It was found that the following factors positively predicted the citation rates of papers; a) the journal of publication, b) its publishing company, c) the journal's impact factor, d) inclusion on the Social Sciences or Emerging Sources Citation Indices and SCOPUS, e) subscription access to the journal, f) appearance in a specialist publication, g) paper length, and h) age of the article. The presence of keywords and title lengths were found to negatively correlate. The implications of the findings are discussed, and recommendations for future authors seeking to improve article citability are provided.

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ESL 写作研究书面反馈中引用的预测因素

对于新兴的英语作为第二语言 (ESL) 写作的书面反馈领域的学者来说，被引用很重要。虽然很大程度上取决于论文的质量和作者的声誉，但已知有一系列主观因素通常会影响引用计数。本研究调查了 11 个基于期刊和论文的变量对 376 篇关于 ESL 写作书面反馈主题的综合研究文章的年龄加权引用率（使用来自谷歌学术的数据测量）的影响（跨越 1980 -2018）。发现以下因素对论文的引用率有正向预测：a) 出版期刊，b) 其出版公司，c) 期刊的影响因子，d) 被社会科学或新兴资源引文索引和 SCOPUS 收录，e) 订阅期刊，f) 出现在专业出版物中，g) 论文长度，以及 h) 文章的年龄。发现关键字和标题长度的存在呈负相关。讨论了研究结果的含义，并为寻求提高文章可引用性的未来作者提供了建议。