Uzunboylu, H; Ozcinar, Z Research and Trends in Computer-assisted Language Learning during 1990-2008: Results of a Citation Analysis EGITIM ARASTIRMALARI-EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 8 (34): 133-150 WIN 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: huzunboylu at neu.edu.tr; zehra.ozcinar at aoa.edu.tr 

Author(s): Uzunboylu, H (Uzunboylu, Huseyin); Ozcinar, Z (Ozcinar, Zehra) 

Title: Research and Trends in Computer-assisted Language Learning during 
1990-2008: Results of a Citation Analysis 

Source: EGITIM ARASTIRMALARI-EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 8 
(34): 133-150 WIN 2009 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: Computer-assisted language learning; citation analysis; 
research; trends; h-index 

KeyWords Plus: JOURNALS; PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; 
EDUCATION; ARTICLES 

Abstract: Problem Statement: In a search of available literature, there 
wasn't any articles found that are related to computer-assisted language 
learning (CALL) on content analysis or citation analysis. This reveals 
that there was a research gap for citation analysis in the field of CALL. 
Therefore, there's a necessity for citation analysis in the field of CALL 
to examine the trends of analysis, research and citation.
Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was to examine research and 
trends in CALL published in selected professional * documents during 1990-
2008.
Methods: Citation analysis was used in this study to investigate documents 
related to CALL that are indexed by the Web of Science, Scopus EBSCOhost 
and ScienceDirect. "Computer-assisted language learning," "computer-
assisted language instruction," "computer-aided language 
learning," "CALL," "technology-assisted language learning," etc. were the 
keywords used in searching for documents. There were a total of 1309 
documents analyzed that were judged to be relevant to the field of 
computer-assisted language learning. Descriptive statistics were used to 
analyze and report this data.
Findings and Results: The principal documents related to CALL published in 
the sources during 1990-2008 were articles and English was the most 
frequently-used language. The most frequent publishers of documents 
related to the CALL field were Computer-assisted Language Learning and 
Language Learning and Technology journals. Interestingly, the number of 
published documents increased sharply to a high level in 1997, as compared 
to the previous year. The majority of the source documents which were 
related to CALL were co-authored. Speech and Learning Systems were the 
most frequently used keywords. A total of 3536 cited documents were 
related to CALL during the years 1990-2008 by the authors. The most 
frequently-cited article topic was "conversation/computer-mediated 
communication," and descriptive research was used most frequently in 
research design.
Conclusions and Recommendations: The trend line is an increasing trend in 
the number of articles on CALL starting from the year 2000. It was 
recommended that a combination of citation analysis and other analysis 
types should be used in future research studies. It was also recommended 
that similar studies should be conducted with the journal and should be 
repeated at least every five years. 

Addresses: [Uzunboylu, Huseyin] Near E Univ, Fac Educ, N Cyprus, Turkey; 
[Ozcinar, Zehra] Ataturk Teacher Acad, N Cyprus, Turkey 

Reprint Address: Uzunboylu, H, Near E Univ, Fac Educ, Via Mersin 10, N 
Cyprus, Turkey. 

E-mail Address: huzunboylu at neu.edu.tr; zehra.ozcinar at aoa.edu.tr 

Cited Reference Count: 41 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ANI YAYINCILIK 

Publisher Address: KIZILIRMAK SOK NO 10-A, BAKANLIKLAR, ANKARA 00000, 
TURKEY 

ISSN: 1302-597X 

29-char Source Abbrev.: EGIT ARAST 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Egit. Arast. 

Source Item Page Count: 18 

Subject Category: Education & Educational Research 

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