| The Psychology of the Language Learner Revisited Z Dornyei, S Ryan Routledge, 2015 | 2288 | 2015 |
| Self and identity in L2 motivation in Japan: The ideal L2 self and Japanese learners of English S Ryan Motivation, language identity and the L2 self 120 (143), 9781847691293-007, 2009 | 946 | 2009 |
| L2 motivation research 2005–2014: Understanding a publication surge and a changing landscape S Boo, Z., Dörnyei, Z., Ryan System 55, 145–157, 2015 | 845 | 2015 |
| A mindset for EFL: Learners’ beliefs about the role of natural talent S Mercer, S Ryan ELT journal 64 (4), 436-444, 2010 | 422 | 2010 |
| Exploring psychology in language learning and teaching S Williams, M., Mercer, S., Ryan Oxford University Press, 2015 | 351* | 2015 |
| Language learning motivation within the context of globalisation: An L2 self within an imagined global community S Ryan Critical inquiry in language studies: An international Journal 3 (1), 23-45, 2006 | 298 | 2006 |
| Psychology for language learning: Insights from research, theory and practice S Mercer, S Ryan, M Williams Springer, 2012 | 189 | 2012 |
| The ideal L2 selves of Japanese learners of English S Ryan University of Nottingham, 2008 | 158 | 2008 |
| The long-term evolution of language motivation and the L2 self. Z Ryan, S., Dörnyei Fremdsprachen in der Perspektive lebenslangen Lernens (Foreign languages in …, 2013 | 147* | 2013 |
| Study Abroad and the Dynamics of Change in Learner L2 Self-Concept S Ryan, K Irie Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning, 2014 | 136* | 2014 |
| Implicit theories: Language learning mindsets S Ryan, S Mercer Psychology for language learning: Insights from research, theory and …, 2012 | 136 | 2012 |
| Ambivalence and commitment, liberation and challenge: Investigating the attitudes of young Japanese people towards the learning of English S Ryan Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 30 (5), 405-420, 2009 | 130 | 2009 |
| The Palgrave handbook of motivation for language learning M Lamb, K Csizér, A Henry, S Ryan Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 | 118 | 2019 |
| Attitudes, knowledge, and behavior of family physicians regarding depression in late life JJ Gallo, SD Ryan, DE Ford Archives of Family Medicine 8 (3), 249, 1999 | 115 | 1999 |
| Imagined and Possible Selves: Stories We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves S Ryan, K Irie Multiple Perspectives on the Self in SLA, 109, 2014 | 111 | 2014 |
| Using films to develop learner motivation S Ryan The internet TESL journal 4 (11), 22-35, 1998 | 111 | 1998 |
| Using Q methodology to investigate pre-service EFL teachers’ mindsets about teaching competences K Irie, S Ryan, S Mercer Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 8 (3), 575-598, 2018 | 103 | 2018 |
| Natural talent, natural acquisition and abroad: Learner attributions of agency in language learning S Ryan, S Mercer na, 2011 | 65 | 2011 |
| Language learning mindsets across cultural settings: English learners in Austria and Japan S Ryan, S Mercer OnCUE Journal 6 (1), 6-22, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Motivation and individual differences S Ryan The Palgrave handbook of motivation for language learning, 163-182, 2019 | 43 | 2019 |
