Aims & Scope
Assessing Writing is a refereed international journal providing a forum for ideas, research and practice on the assessment of written language.
Assessing Writing publishes articles, book reviews, conference reports, and academic exchanges concerning writing assessments of all kinds, including traditional ('direct' and standardised forms of) testing of writing, alternative performance assessments (such as portfolios), workplace sampling and classroom assessment.
The journal focuses on all stages of the writing assessment process, including needs evaluation, assessment creation, implementation, and validation, and test development; it aims to value all perspectives on writing assessment as process, product and politics (test takers and raters; test developers and agencies; educational administrations; and political motivations).
The journal is interested in review essays of key issues in the theory and practice of writing assessment.
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
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| 2025 | 5.5 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 787 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 1262 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 2.847 |
Quartile
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| 2024 | Q1 |
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Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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Student engagement with teacher and automated feedback on L2 writing
Citation: 313
Authors: Zhe (Victor), Ken
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Collaborating with ChatGPT in argumentative writing classrooms
Citation: 289
Authors: Yanfang, Yun, Chun
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Student engagement with teacher written corrective feedback in EFL writing: A case study of Chinese lower-proficiency students
Citation: 220
Authors: Yao, Shulin
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Differences in written discourse in independent and integrated prototype tasks for next generation TOEFL
Citation: 218
Authors: Alister, Robert, Kyoko, Usman, Keanre, Mark
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Student engagement with automated written corrective feedback (AWCF) provided by Grammarly: A multiple case study
Citation: 193
Authors: Svetlana
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Predicting human judgments of essay quality in both integrated and independent second language writing samples: A comparison study
Citation: 174
Authors: Liang, Scott A., Danielle S.
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The effects of computer-generated feedback on the quality of writing
Citation: 169
Authors: Marie, Aek
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Reliability and validity of rubrics for assessment through writing
Citation: 162
Authors: Ali Reza, Michael