Ali Derakhshan is  Professor of Applied Linguistics at the English Language and Literature Department, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran. He has been a member of the Iranian Elites Foundation since 2015. He has also been selected as a distinguished researcher by the Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran in 2021. He is currently a Yunshan Chair Professor at the School of English Education, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), Guangzhou, China. As authenticated by the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) Database, Clarivate Analytics shows his name among the world’s top 1% of scientists in 2024. His name appeared in Stanford University’s list of the world’s top 2% of the most influential scientists in 2022, 2023, and 2024. He has published in accredited international journals, including Computers and Education, Review of Educational Research, Computers in Human Behavior, Education and Information Technologies, Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, System, Assessing Writing, Applied Linguistics Review, Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, ELT Journal, English for Specific Purposes, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Thinking Skills and Creativity, Current Psychology, Asia Pacific Education Researcher, European Journal of Education, Educational Studies, Pragmatics and Society, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Porta Linguarum, Revista Ibérica, etc. His recent monograph, Loving pedagogy in second and foreign language education: Underlying components, measurement, and ecological systems, will be published by Springer in 2025. His monograph, The“5Cs” positive teacher interpersonal behaviors: Implications for learner empowerment and learning in an L2 context, was published by Springer in 2022. His co-authored book Instructed second language pragmatics for the speech acts of request, apology, and refusal: A meta-analysis was published by Springer in 2023. His research interests are educational psychology, technology in language education, teacher education, learner individual differences, and cross-cultural interpersonal factors in educational psychology.