--- title: "Diane Nicholls — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Diane Nicholls, Cambridge University Press: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2024), h-index 4 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diane-nicholls/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diane-nicholls/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Diane Nicholls # Diane Nicholls Diane Nicholls has 3 papers in our library, in 2024, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Speech & spoken language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/); often with [Kate Knill](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kate-knill/), [Mark Gales](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-gales/), [Mengjie Qian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mengjie-qian/). 3 papers in our library · 2024 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5006722257) · [**h-index 4**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5006722257) · [20 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5006722257) · [149 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5006722257&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diane-nicholls/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 33 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diane-nicholls/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9430](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/95/#star-9430) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Diane+Nicholls) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Diane+Nicholls) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Diane+Nicholls) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Diane+Nicholls) ## Affiliations [🏢**Cambridge University Press** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2024–2026 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/cambridge-university-press/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Education · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/education/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Speech & spoken language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2024** 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diane-nicholls/year/2024/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Logging Keystrokes in Writing by English Learners](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/velentzas-2024-logging-keystrokes-writing-english-learners/)** *(2024 · 7 citations)* Most NLP work on learner essays, such as automated scoring or grammatical error correction, looks only at the finished text. 2. **[Speak & Improve Corpus 2025: an L2 English Speech Corpus for Language Assessment and Feedback](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/knill-2024-speak-improve-corpus-2025-l2/)** *(2024 · 5 citations)* Research on automated speaking assessment and feedback for learners of English has been held back by a shortage of public, well-annotated L2 speech. 3. **[Speak & Improve Challenge 2025: Tasks and Baseline Systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/qian-2024-speak-improve-challenge-2025-tasks/)** *(2024 · 3 citations)* Building automatic tools that grade learner speech and give feedback is difficult. Learners speak spontaneously, the content is not known in advance, and their accents and grammar differ from L1 speakers. Progress has also been held back by a lack of well-labelled public data. The authors launch the Speak & Improve… ## Co-authors here 12 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kate Knill](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kate-knill/) ×2 - [Mark Gales](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-gales/) ×2 - [Mengjie Qian](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mengjie-qian/) ×2 - [Andrew Caines](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-caines/) - [Erin Pacquetet](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/erin-pacquetet/) - [Helen Yannakoudakis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/helen-yannakoudakis/) - [Nicolas Ballier](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nicolas-ballier/) - [Paula Buttery](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/paula-buttery/) - [Penny Karanasou](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/penny-karanasou/) - [Stefano Banno](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/stefano-banno/) - [Taylor Arnold](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/taylor-arnold/) - [Thomas Gaillat](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/thomas-gaillat/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/): [LREC 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/2024/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 33 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [10 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/diane-nicholls/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026