Yaw, K., Kytö, M., Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., & Sterling, S. (in press). Editorial: Mentoring ethically-reflexive quantitative researchers in applied linguistics. Studies in Second Language Acquisition.
Larsson, T., Kytö, M., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., & Yaw, K. (in press). Research ethics in applied linguistics. In K. Fordyce, A. Gayton, & M. Hennebry-Leung (Eds.), Research methods for applied linguistics: A practical guide. Edinburgh University Press.
Sterling, S., Kytö, M., Plonsky, L., Yaw, K., & Larsson, T. (in press). Sampling through the lens of QRPs. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics.
Sterling, S., Yaw, K., Plonsky, L., Larsson, T., & Kytö, M. (in press). Investigating researcher perceptions of questionable research practices. Journal of Second Language Studies. https://doi.org/10.1075/jsls.00048.ste
Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., Yaw, K., Larsson, T., & Kytö, M. (in press). Expanding the scope of questionable research practices in applied linguistics. Journal of Second Language Studies.
Wood, M., Sterling, S., Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Kytö, M., & Yaw, K. (2025). Researchers training researchers: Ethics training in quantitative applied Linguistics. TESOL Quarterly, 59, 1817-1833. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3323
Plonsky, L., Larsson, T., Sterling, S., Kytö, M, Yaw, K., & Wood, M. (2024). A taxonomy of questionable research practices in quantitative humanities. In P. I. De Costa, A. Rabie-Ahmed, & C. Cinaglia (Eds.), Ethical issues in applied linguistics scholarship (pp. 10-27). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/rmal.7.01plo
Wood, M., Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., Yaw, K. (2024). Addressing Questionable Research Practices in Applied Linguistics: A practical guide. Applied Linguistics Press.
Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., Yaw, K., & Wood, M. (2023). On the frequency, prevalence, and perceived severity of questionable research practices. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2(3), 100064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2023.100064
Yaw, K., Andringa, S., Gass, S., Hancock, G., Isbell, D., Kim, J., Kytö, M., Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., & Wood, M. (2023). Research in progress: Discussions on the past, present, and future of quantitative research ethics in applied linguistics. Language Teaching, 56, 557–561. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444823000253
Sterling, S., Plonsky, L., Larsson, T., Kytö, M., & Yaw, K. (2023). Introducing the Delphi method for applied linguistics research. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 2(1), 100040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2022.100040
Yaw, K., Plonsky, L., Larsson, T., Sterling, S., & Kytö, M. (2023). Timeline: Research ethics in applied linguistics. Language Teaching, 56, 478-494. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261444823000010
Sterling, S., Yaw, K., Plonsky, L., Larsson, T., & Kytö, M. (2025, March). Research ethics in applied linguistics. Workshop delivered at American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Denver, Colorado.
Plonsky, L. (2024, September). Methodological decisions are also ethical decisions: Exploring QRPs in applied linguistics. Post-conference workshop delivered at AZCALL, Arizona State University.
Plonsky, L. (2024, June). Questionable research practices in the (quantitative) humanities. Invited talk, ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas, University of Cologne (delivered virtually)
Sterling, S., Yaw, K., Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., & Kytö, M. (2024, March). “We’re all a bit guilty of this, aren’t we?”: Investigating researcher perceptions of Questionable Research Practices. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2024, Houston, Texas.
Sterling, S., Yaw, K., Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., & Kytö, M. (2023, December). A qualitative analysis of questionable research practices. Symposium on research ethics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., Yaw, K., & Wood, M. (2023, March 31). How widespread are questionable research practices in quantitative humanities research? Paper presented at Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) 2023. [online].
Plonsky, L. (2023, March). Quality in quantity: Methodological reform as an intellectual and ethical imperative. Plenary presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023, Portland, Oregon.
Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., Yaw, K., & Wood, M. (2023, March). Questionable research practices: Prevalence, frequency, and perceived severity. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023, Portland, Oregon.
Andringa, S. (2022, December 16). Moral dilemmas in open access publication. Symposium on research ethics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Plonsky, L. & Gass, S. The ethics of journal editing. (2022, December 16). Symposium on research ethics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Sterling, S., Yaw, K., & Wood, M. (2022, December 16). Developing training materials for the quantitative humanities. Symposium on research ethics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., Yaw, K., & Wood, M. (2022, December 16). Questionable research practices: Sweden vs. the US. Symposium on research ethics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Larsson, T., Plonsky, L., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., Yaw, K., & Wood, M. (2022, September 7). On the frequency, prevalence, and perceived severity of questionable research practices. Symposium on research ethics, Northern Arizona University, AZ.
Plonsky, L., Larsson, T., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., & Yaw, K. (2022, March 19-22). What counts as ‘questionable’? A taxonomy of ethical decisions in quantitative applied linguistics research. Colloquium paper presented at AAAL, Pittsburgh, PA.
Plonsky, L., Larsson, T., Sterling, S., Kytö, M., & Yaw, K. (2022, February 24-27). What do you mean by ‘questionable’? Developing a taxonomy of ethical decisions in quantitative humanities research. Paper presented at APPE (Association for Practical and Professional Ethics), Cincinnati, OH.
Larsson, T., Plonsky L., Sterling, S., & Kytö, M. (2020, December 9). Questionable Research Practices: The (un)ethical handling of data in quantitative humanities research. Invited talk given at the Open Science Community Sweden (OSCS) Conference 2020, [online].
We are currently working on a special issue in Journal of Second Language Studies on Questionable Research Practices (see the CfP below).
Luke Plonsky delivers his plenary session at the 2023 American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, titled Quality in quantity: Methodological reform as an intellectual and ethical imperative.