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This study therefore conducts a bibliometric analysis to map publication patterns on AI-mediated EFL learning environments. Peer-reviewed SSCI-indexed journal articles published between 2021 and 2025 were retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection; 311 eligible articles were analyzed. Descriptive performance indicators, citationbased mapping, and network analysis were applied to identify influential documents, authors, institutions, journals, and countries. The findings show an exponential rise in publications and citations, but this growth is uneven. Knowledge production is overwhelmingly concentrated in East Asia, particularly Mainland China and Hong Kong, while research is dominated by chatbot-mediated and mobile-interactive AI applications published in a small cluster of technology-enhanced and interactive learning journals. The field is expanding rapidly but remains conceptually narrow and geographically concentrated. This study provides a structural baseline for future inquiry and highlights the need to widen AI modalities, strengthen theory-linked constructs, and advance cross-regional comparative designs to support cumulative knowledge development in mobile-interactive EFL learning contexts.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3991\/ijim.v20i08.59677","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,24]],"date-time":"2026-04-24T13:02:18Z","timestamp":1777035738000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Artificial Intelligence in Mobile-Interactive EFL Learning Environments"],"prefix":"10.3991","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-4218-8654","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bo","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0322-7572","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seong Pek","family":"Lim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nahdia","family":"Kabir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4834-8973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohamed","family":"Bouteraa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-0085-9968","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Asna","family":"Asna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2371","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"50147","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"[1]K. 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