L2 writing scholarship in JSLW: An updated report of research published between 1992 and 2015

JSLW has become an important voice in the field of second language writing. As the volume of L2 writing scholarship grows in JSLW and in other journals, it becomes important to take a systematic view of the available research. This report provides an updated analysis of the research published between 1992 and 2015 in JSLW, looking at volume of publication, geographic and linguistic distribution of the scholarship, research orientations, and topics addressed. While L2 writing researchers might have an anecdotal sense of what the journal publishes and earlier reports exist (Matsuda, 1997; Kapper 2002), researchers--and to some extent journal editors and reviewers--will find it useful to support that understanding with quantifiable and current data.