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How intentional is incidental learning? Learners, words, task types, and learning gains

Overview of attention for article published in Second Language Research, October 2026
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#21 of 320)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (91st percentile)

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Article details
Title
How intentional is incidental learning? Learners, words, task types, and learning gains
Published in
Second Language Research, October 2026
DOI 10.1177/02676583261483404
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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 October 2026.
All research outputs
#4,947,864
of 34,601,289 outputs
Outputs from Second Language Research
#21
of 320 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,519
of 209,209 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Second Language Research
#1
of 3 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,601,289 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 85th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 320 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.3. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its peers.
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