Abstract
This study explores self-mentions in Applied Linguistics research articles written by Indonesians and non-Indonesians. Twenty research articles consisting of 10 research articles written by Indonesians, and the other 10 by non-Indonesians were randomly selected from the leading and international Applied Linguistics journal published in 2017-2018. The use of first person pronouns in those articles was recorded and analyzed. The results indicate the more frequent use of self-mentions in the research articles written by Indonesians than by non-Indonesians. However, the use of first person plural pronoun is higher in the research articles written by non-Indonesians. 
Highlights
The world of academic writing is traditionally viewed as a faceless and impersonal discourse (Hyland, 2002)
The results in table 1 indicate that the number of first person pronouns used in the articles written by Indonesians is 44, the number of first person pronouns in the articles written by non-Indonesians is 34
The detail use of first person pronouns in the research articles written by Indonesians and non-Indonesians is presented in the table below
Summary
The world of academic writing is traditionally viewed as a faceless and impersonal discourse (Hyland, 2002). It is often characterized by depersonalization in which the authorial identity is minimally avoided. Recent trends see that authors start to show their presence in their academic writing through the use of self-mentions. Self-mentions are realized in first person pronouns together with possessive adjectives. Hyland (2001) states that self-mentions reflect the degree of confidence and authority of the authors. It is conducted consciously to “adopt a particular stance and disciplinary-situated authorial identity” (2008: 8)
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