• Lei Lei, Ph.D., Professor and doctoral supervisor of Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University. His research interests include corpus linguistics, language digital humanities, academic English and so on. He has published many monographs in Cambridge University Press, TESOL Press and Science Press and has published nearly 40 research papers and more than 10 book reviews in SSCI journals such as Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics and System. Two of his papers have been selected as ESI highly cited papers, and more than 10 papers or book reviews have been published in CSSCI journals such as Modern Foreign Languages, Foreign Language Teaching and Journal of PLA Foreign Languages Institute. He has presided over a number of scientific research projects such as National Social Science Fund projects. He is also the editorial board of Journal of English for Academic Purposes (SSCI) and other domestic and international journals.

• 2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PhD

• 2006 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, MA

• 1997 Central China Normal University, BA

• 2022.07 – Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University

• 2020.12-2022.06 School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• 1997.07-2020.11 School of Foreign Languages, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

• Undergraduate: Corpus linguistics, Fundamentals of statistics and R language practice

• Master's Degree: Language research Methods and Statistics, Academic English Studies

• PhD: Language research methodology, Corpus linguistics

Books

• 1.Lei, Lei & Liu, Dilin. 2021. Conducting Sentiment Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• 2.雷蕾. 2020. 基于Python的语料库数据处理. 北京: 科学出版社.

• 3.Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2017. Using Corpora for Language Learning and Teaching. Alexandria, VA: TESOL Press.

• 4.雷蕾. 2016. 应用语言学研究: 设计与方法. 武汉: 华中科技大学出版社.

• 5.雷蕾. 2013. 以汉语为母语双语者的双语句法表征和处理研究. 武汉: 华中科技大学出版社.

International journal papers

• 1.Lei, Lei, Deng, Yaochen, & Liu, Dilin*. Accepted. Research on the learning/teaching in L2 listening: A bibliometric review and its implications. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. (SSCI)

• 2.Lei, Lei & Qin, Jie*. 2022. Research in foreign language teaching and learning in China (2012–2021). Language Teaching. 1–27. 10.1017/S0261444822000155. (SSCI)

• 3.Wen, Ju & Lei, Lei*. 2022. Adjectives and adverbs in life sciences across 50 years: implications for emotions and readability in academic texts. Scientometrics. 10.1007/s11192-022-04453-z. (SSCI)

• 4.Liu, Kanglong, Liu, Zhongzhu, & Lei, Lei*. 2022. Simplification in translated Chinese: An entropy-based approach. Lingua, 275, 103364. (SSCI)

• 5.Zhu, Haoran, & Lei, Lei*. 2022. The Research Trends of Text Classification Studies (2000–2020): A Bibliometric Analysis. Sage Open, 1–16. (SSCI)

• 6.Wen, Ju and Lei, Lei*. 2021. Linguistic positivity bias in academic writing: A large-scale diachronic study in life sciences across 50 years. Applied Linguistics, 1-25. (SSCI)

• 7.Shi, Yaqian, & Lei, Lei*. 2021. Lexical use and social class: A study from the perspectives of lexical richness, word length, and word class. Lingua. (SSCI)

• 8.Liu, Wenjun, & Lei, Lei. 2021. Retractions in the middle east from 1999 to 2018: a bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics. (SSCI)

• 9.Lei, Lei, Deng, Yaochen* & Liu, Dilin. 2020. Examining research topics with a dependency-based noun phrase extraction method: a case in accounting. Library Hi Tech. 1-13. 10.1108/LHT-12-2019-0247. (SSCI)

• 10.Cao, Xiaoke, Lei, Lei* & Wen, Ju. 2020. Promoting science with linguistic devices: A large-scale study of the use of positive and negative words in academic writing. Learned Publishing. 1-7. (SSCI)

• 11.Deng, Yaochen, Lei, Lei*, & Liu, Dilin. 2020. Calling for more consistency, refinement, and critical consideration in the use of syntactic complexity measures for writing. Applied Linguistics. 1-9. 10.1093/applin/amz069 (SSCI)

• 12.Lin, Zhong & Lei, Lei*. 2020. The Research Trends of Multilingualism in Applied Linguistics and Education (2000–2019): A Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability. 1-14. (SSCI)

• 13.Wu, Xue*, Mauranen, Anna, & Lei, Lei. 2020. Syntactic complexity in English as a lingua franca academic writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 100798. 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.100798 (SSCI)

• 14.Shi, Yaqian, & Lei, Lei*. 2020. Lexical richness and text length: An entropy-based perspective. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 1-18 (SSCI)

• 15.Zhu, Haoran, Craig, Hugh*, & Lei Lei. 2020. Prose, verse and authorship in Dream of the Red Chamber: A stylometric analysis. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. (SSCI)

• 16.Lei, Lei & Sun, Yunmei*. 2020. Should highly cited items be excluded for impact factor calculation? The effect of review articles on journal impact factor. Scientometrics. 122:1697–1706. (SSCI)

• 17.Li, Jing, Lei, Lei*, & Cheng, Le. 2020. Mapping evaluation, appraisal and stance in discourse (2000–2015): A bibliometric analysis. Glottotheory, 10(1-2), 31–55. https://doi.org/10.1515/glot-2019-0002

• 18.Lei, Lei., & Wen, Ju*. 2019. Is dependency distance experiencing a process of minimization? A diachronic study based on the State of the Union addresses. Lingua, S002438411930511X. 10.1016/j.lingua.2019.102762 (SSCI)

• 19.Shi, Yaqian, & Lei, Lei*. 2019. The evolution of LGBT labelling words: Tracking 150 years of the interaction of semantics with social and cultural changes. English Today, 1–7. 10.1017/S0266078419000270 (SSCI)

• 20.Li, Xin, & Lei Lei*. 2019. A bibliometric analysis of topic modelling studies (2000–2017). Journal of Information Science. 1-15. 10.1177/0165551519877049 (SSCI)

• 21.Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2019. The research trends and contributions of System’s publications over the past four decades (1973–2017): A bibliometric analysis. System. 80:1-13. 10.1016/j.system.2018.10.003 (SSCI)

• 22.Wei, Yaoyu, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. Institution bias in the New England Journal of Medicine? A bibliometric analysis of publications (1997-2016). Scientometrics. 117(3):1771–1775. (SSCI)

• 23.Zhu, Haoran, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. Is Modern English becoming less inflectionally diversified? Evidence from an entropy-based algorithm. Lingua. 126: 10-27. (SSCI)

• 24.Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2019. Research trends in applied linguistics from 2005 - 2016: A bibliometric analysis and its implications. Applied Linguistics. 40(3):540–561.  (SSCI)

• 25.Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2018. The Academic English Collocation List: A corpus-driven study. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 23(2): 216-243. (SSCI)

• 26.Liu, Dilin, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. The appeal to political sentiment: An analysis of Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s speech themes and discourse strategies in the 2016 US presidential election. Discourse, Context & Media. 25: 143-152 (SSCI)

• 27.Lei, Lei*, & Jockers, Matthew. 2018. Normalized Dependency Distance: Proposing a New Measure. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2018.1504615. (SSCI)

• 28.Zhu, Haoran, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. British Cultural Complexity: An Entropy-based Approach. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 25(2): 190-205. doi: 10.1080/09296174.2017.1348014  (SSCI)

• 29.Lei, Lei*, & Zhang, Ying. 2018. Lack of Improvement in Scientific Integrity: An Analysis of WoS Retractions by Chinese Researchers (1997–2016). Science and Engineering Ethics. 24(5): 1409-1420. doi:10.1007/s11948-017-9962-7   (SSCI)

• 30.Wu, Xue, & Lei, Lei*. 2017. Pragmatic force modifiers in ELF academic discussions. Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics. 53(3): 423–448 (SSCI)

• 31.Liao, Shengyu, & Lei, Lei*. 2017. What we talk about when we talk about corpus: a bibliometric analysis of corpus-related research in linguistics (2000-2015). Glottometrics. 38: 1-20.

• 32.Lei, Lei*, & Liao, Shengyu. 2017. Publications in linguistics journals from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau (2003–2012): A bibliometric analysis. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 24(1): 54-64. (SSCI)

• 33.Lei, Lei*, & Yan, Sheng. 2016. Readability and citations in information science: evidence from abstracts and articles of four journals (2003 - 2012). Scientometrics.  108(3):1155–1169. (SSCI)

• 34.Lei, Lei*. 2016. When science meets cluttered writing: Adjectives and adverbs in academia revisited. Scientometrics. 107(3):1361-1372. (SSCI)

• 35.Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2016. A new medical academic word list: A corpus-based study with enhanced methodology. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 22:42-53. (SSCI)

• 36.Wu, Xue*, & Lei, Lei. 2016. Functions of you know and I mean in academic seminar discussions by ELF speakers. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 39(3):288-303.

• 37.Lei, Lei & Liu, Zehua*. 2014. A word type-based quantitative study on the lexical change of American and British English. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 21(1), 36-49. (SSCI)

• 38.Sun, Yazhen*, & Lei, Lei. 2013. Academic lexical items in economics journal papers. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 36(3):354-367.

• 39.Lei, Lei*. 2012. Linking adverbials in academic writing on applied linguistics by Chinese doctoral students. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 11(3): 267–275. (SSCI)

• 40.Wei, Yaoyu* & Lei, Lei. 2011. Lexical bundles in the academic writing of advanced Chinese EFL learners. The RELC Journal. 42(2):1-12.

• 41.Lei, Lei* & Qin, Xiaoqing. 2009. An empirical study of success and failure attributions of EFL learners at the tertiary level in China. Asian EFL Journal. 11(3):28-50.

• 42.Lei, Lei*. 2008. Validation of the C-Test amongst Chinese ESL learners. Journal of Asia TEFL. 5(2):117-140.

• 43.Lei, Lei*. 2008. Use of idioms in Chinese EFL learners’ spoken English: Evidence from SECCL and COLSEC. Teaching English in China. 31(6): 82-90.

• 44.Lei, Lei* & Wei, Yao. 2007. An empirical study on writer’s block of Chinese EFL learners at the tertiary level. Teaching English in China. 30(5): 13-18.

International journal book reviews

• 1.Zhu, Haoran & Lei, Lei. 2021. Review of Quantitative analysis of dependency structures. Journal of Linguistics. 1-4. (SSCI)

• 2.Yan, Sheng & Lei, Lei. 2020. Review of Introducing Corpus-based Translation Studies. Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics 56(2): 365–371 (SSCI)

• 3.Zhu, Haoran & Lei, Lei. 2018. Review of Style, Computers, and Early Modern Drama: Beyond Authorship. Australian Journal of Linguistics. (SSCI)

• 4.Zhu, Haoran & Lei, Lei. 2018. Review of Motifs in Language and Text. Journal of Quantitative linguistics. 25(3): 288-292. doi: 10.1080/09296174.2017.1405489 (SSCI)

• 5.Wu, Xue & Lei, Lei. 2018. Review of Language Regulation in English as a Lingua Franca. English Today. doi:10.1017/S026607841700030X  (SSCI)

• 6.Zhang, Ying & Lei, Lei. 2018. Review of Regional Variation in Written American English. English Today. doi:10.1017/S0266078417000335  (SSCI)

• 7.Yan, Sheng, & Lei, Lei. 2017. Review of the English language in Hong Kong: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives. Language in Society, 46(3), 435-438. (SSCI)

• 8.Wu, Xue & Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Corpora and Discourse Studies: Integrating Discourse and Corpora. Australian Journal of Linguistics. 36(4): 560–562. (SSCI)

• 9.Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Text Analysis with R for Students of Literature. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 23(2): 228-233. (SSCI)

• 10.Zhang, Ying & Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Language Proficiency in Native and Non-Native Speakers: Theory and Research. System. 56:140-141. (SSCI)

• 11.Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Computational Methods for Corpus Annotation and Analysis. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 21(1):133–138. (SSCI)

• 12.Zhang, Ying & Lei, Lei. 2014. Review of Discourse in English Language Education. RELC Journal. 45(2), 213-214.

• 13.Lei, Lei. 2013. Review of Exploring Corpus Linguistics: Language in Action. ELT Journal. 67(4): 503-505. (SSCI)

• 14.Lei, Lei. 2013. Review of Collocation: Applications and Implications. System. 41(4):1088-1090. (SSCI)

• 15.Lei, Lei. 2012. Review of Quantitative Linguistic Computing with Perl. Literary and Linguistic Computing. 27(2):227-230. (SSCI)

Chapters

• 1.Wu, Xue & Lei, Lei. 2022. English as a Lingua Franca: Corpora and English language teaching. In Jablonkai, ByReka R. & Csomay, Eniko (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Corpora and English Language Teaching and Learning. pp. 161-174. London: Routledge.

• 2.Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2020. Technical vocabulary. In Webb, Stuart (Ed), The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies. New York: Routledge

• 3.Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2018. Teaching idiomatic expressions with make, do, have and other common verbs. In J. Liontas (Ed.), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Oxford, UK/Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell

• 4.Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2018. Teaching location in time and other metaphorical senses.  In J. Liontas (Ed), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Oxford, UK/Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell

• 5.Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2018. Using Corpora to Teach Vocabulary. In J. Liontas (Ed.), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Oxford, UK/Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell

Domestic journal papers and book reviews

• 1.李辛、雷蕾. 2022. 中国非英语专业学习者书面语短语能力发展历时研究. 外语教学. (CSSCI)

• 2.施雅倩、雷蕾. 2020. 通用英语口语词表. 中国ESP研究.

• 3.刘迪麟、雷蕾. 2020. 学术词表研究综述. 外语教学. 41(2): 34-38+50. (CSSCI)

• 4.李辛、雷蕾. 2020. 输出任务对英语阅读中词汇附带习得影响的元分析. 解放军外国语学院学报. (CSSCI)

• 5.雷蕾. 2019. 语言学领域高被引论文: 文献计量分析. 当代外语研究. 1:67-76.

• 6.施雅倩、雷蕾. 2018.《新闻价值话语》述评. 语料库语言学. 第1期.

• 7.吴雪、雷蕾，2018. 二语水平与句法复杂度研究元分析. 现代外语. 第4期. 481-492. (CSSCI)

• 8.张英、雷蕾，2018. 学术语篇中名词+补足语结构立场表达. 解放军外国语学院学报. 第1期. 39-47.  (CSSCI)

• 9.雷蕾，2017. 中国英语学习者学术写作句法复杂度研究. 解放军外国语学院学报. 第5期. 1-10. (CSSCI)

• 10.顾嘉慧，雷蕾，2017. 中国大学英语学习者词典使用策略调查.  外语与翻译. 第1期 77-83.

• 11.雷蕾、刘迪麟、晏胜，2017. 基于窗口与基于句法分析的搭配提取：问题与方法. 语料库与跨文化研究. 13-36.

• 12.雷蕾，曹伟，2016. 《在学术界立足：文化间性，跨文化性，文化趋同性》书评. 英语研究(第三辑). 140-144.

• 13.吴雪，雷蕾，2015.《话语分析与媒体态度：伊斯兰教在英国媒体中的呈现》评介. 现代外语.第3期. (CSSCI)

• 14.张英，雷蕾，2015. 中国大学生语料库辅助外语写作态度调查. 当代外语研究. 第4期.

• 15.雷蕾，潘璠，2012.《定量语料库语言学与R编程:实用导论》述评，外语教学理论与实践，第4期。(CSSCI)

• 16.雷蕾.  2010. 《三语或多语习得》述评. 现代外语. 2010年第2期。(CSSCI)

• 17.雷蕾，王同顺，2009. 双语句法表征——来自汉英不平衡双语者句法启动的证据，现代外语，第2期。(CSSCI)

• 18.雷蕾，2009. 结构方程建模及AMOS软件在应用语言学研究中的应用，中国外语，第1期。(CSSCI)

• 19.赵庆红、雷蕾、张梅，2009. 学生英语学习需求视角下的大学英语教学，外语界，第4期。(CSSCI)

• 20.韦瑶瑜、雷蕾，2009. 《言语产生与第二语言习得》述评，中国外语教育，第2期。

• 21.雷蕾，韦瑶瑜，叶琳，张梅，2007. 中国非英语专业大学生通过写作附带习得词汇实证研究，解放军外国语学院学报，第1期。(CSSCI)

• 22.雷蕾，韦瑶瑜，2005. VocabProfile在英语教学中的应用，外语电化教学，第4期。(CSSCI)

• 23.雷蕾，韦瑶瑜，2005. 探索性因子分析与我国应用语言学研究, 中国英语教育, 第4期。

• 24.韦瑶瑜，雷蕾，2004. 中国英语学习者使用SIB材料的调查报告，外语电化教学，第2期。(CSSCI)

• General Project of National Social Science Fund

• 短语学视阈下中国学者学术英语语篇研究. 2015 – 2020. 主持. 已结项(良好).

• Chongqing University, adjunct professor

• East China University of Political Science and Law, adjunct professor

• Journal of English for Academic Purposes (SSCI), Editorial board

• Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (SSCI), Editorial board

• International Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Editorial board

• Ampersand, Editorial board