OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Early Education and Development is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
School-Based Early Childhood Education and Children’s Development in Urban Nepal	84
Pathways to Early Academic Achievement: Exploring the Contributions of Early Environments, Attention Regulation, and Language Skills	34
Evaluating Qualities of Pretend Play: Classroom Observations and Teacher Perceptions	30
Home‐Rearing Environment and Early Math Achievement: Longitudinal Mediation Through Children’s Self-Regulation and Math Anxiety	29
The Effect of a Sibling Shared Reading Intervention on the Reading Development of Early School-Aged Children in Rural China	28
Executive Functioning and Early Math Skills in Young Children at Risk for Mathematical Difficulties: Evaluation of Interventions Efficacy and Transfer Effects	23
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Change in a School-Based Intervention Combining Universal and Indicated Prevention for Preschoolers’ Behavior Problems	22
Cumulative Family Sociodemographic Risk and Preschoolers’ Language Skills Development: The Mediating Role of the Home Literacy Environment	21
Socioeconomic Status and Children’s English Language and Literacy Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Home Literacy Environment	21
Head Start Educators’ Occupational Stress: Discovering Common Stressors and Underlying Causes Through the Improvement Science-Based Intervention Data	20
Do Servant Leadership and Emotional Labor Matter for Kindergarten Teachers’ Organizational Commitment and Intention to Leave?	17
Preschool Teachers’ Child-Directed Talk: Unlocking Opportunities for Language Learning and Knowledge-Building	17
Understanding Young Children’s Learning and Development in the Wake of the Pandemic: Evidence from Acelero Head Start Programs	16
Media Use in Daily Routines and Young Children’s Social Skills	16
Catholic Schooling and Self-Discipline: Outcomes for Early Elementary Students	14
Examination of Equitable Access and Experiences in Head Start by Race and Language Status	14
Chinese Preschool Teachers’ Use of Concept Development Strategies to Elicit Children’s Higher-Order Thinking During Whole-Group Science Teaching	13
The Impact of Block Play on Young Children’s Production of Intrinsic Frame of Reference: A Quasi-Experiment	13
A Systematic Review of Reported Assent Methodology in Early Childhood Research	13
The Link Between Black Preschoolers’ Effortful Control and Their Positive and Conflictual Teacher Interactions: Moderating Role of Family Involvement and Emotionally Supportive Classrooms	13
How Early Digital Experience Shapes Young Brains During 0-12 Years: A Scoping Review	12
Influence of Maternal Cognitions on Child Mental Health and Educational Experiences at Home During COVID-19	11
Does Participation Benefit Children’s Socio-Emotional Development? Positive Associations Between Children’s Participation and Self-Concept, Through Children’s Perceptions	11
Does Preschool Education Moderate the Associations Between Paternal, Maternal, and Allocaregivers’ Engagement and Children’s Literacy and Social Skills in African Countries?	11
Preschool Children’s Evaluations of Prototypic and Accidental Moral Transgressions Differ by Economic Strata	10

AI Literacy in Chinese Preschoolers: Evidence from Scale Validation Study	10
Validity, Reliability, and Relevance of a Measurement Tool for Childcare Providers’ Work-Related Stress and Job Satisfaction	10
Learning to Name Uppercase and Lowercase Letters in Preschoolers and Kindergarteners: An Investigation of the Effects of Child- and Letter-Related Factors	10
Mapping the Global State of AI Curricula in Early Childhood Education: A Scoping Study	10
Transformative Digital Agency in Chinese Early Childhood Teachers: A CHAT Perspective	10
School- Versus Center-Based Pre-K: Are There Differences in Student Achievement, Executive Function, and Social–Emotional Outcomes?	10
Early Home-Based Intervention Supports Behavioral Self-Regulation in Kindergarten Through Cognitive Stimulation in At-Risk Families	10
Differences in Characteristics Between Head Start Participants and Non-Participants Among Head Start Eligible Families with Young Children	9
A National Scan of Statewide Kindergarten Entry Assessments and Data Reports	9
Fostering Beginning Early Childhood Education Teachers’ Occupational Well-Being: A Tripartite Model Integrating Preexisting Self-Control, Job Demands, and Job Resources	9
Cross-Lagged Associations Between Caregiver-Child and Teacher-Child Relationships and Approaches to Learning in Rural Preschoolers: The Moderating Role of Boarding Status	9
Strengthening Family-School Partnerships: Perspectives on Parent-Educator Communication in Pre-K Programs	9
What Factors Drive School Districts to Adopt Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK): Evidence from Wisconsin	9
Digital Transformations in Early Learning: From Touch Interactions to AI Conversations	9
Young Children’s and Teachers’ Perceptions of Affective Teacher-Child Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between the Netherlands and China	9
The Effects of Short-Term Bilingual Exposure on Executive Functions, Theory of Mind, and Receptive Vocabulary in Monolingual Mandarin-Speaking Preschoolers	8
Homelessness in Early Childhood and Third-Grade Academic Achievement: Do Executive Function Skills Mediate or Moderate Risk?	8
Highlighting ECE Teachers’ Proximal Processes as Designers: An Investigation of Teachers’ Design Thinking Engagement, TPACK Efficacy, and Design Vitality	8
Validation of the Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions Scale Adapted to the Early Childhood Education and Care Context	8
How Does Comprehensive Art Education Facilitate Children’s Creativity? A Mixed-Methods Study in China	8
Profiles of Professional Wellbeing and Turnover Intentions Among Australian Early Childhood Educators	8
Picturebooks Increase the Frequency and Diversity of Emotion Vocabulary in Children’s Language Environments: Modeling Potential Benefits to Emotional Literacy, with Pedagogical Resources	8
Profiles and Predictors of Physical Abuse and Behavior Problems in Chinese Preschool-Aged Children	7
Chinese Preschoolers’ Pattern Creation: Performance and Predictors	7
How the Type and Context of Children's Storybook Reading Relate to Select Empathy Skills: A Meta-Analysis	7
What Factors are Associated with Young Children’s Language Learning Environment? A Systematic Review of Language Environment Analysis (LENA) Measures	7
Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms Among Preschool Teachers: Associations with Children’s Social-Emotional, Cognitive, and Executive Functioning Skills	7
Short-Term Effects of an Outdoor Activities Intervention on Children’s Stress, Socio emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Regulation Skills	7
Correction	7
Spontaneous Neural Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex Accounts for Indirect Effects in the Association Between Fine Motor Skills and Mathematical Abilities in 4–5-Year-Old Children	6
Childcare Providers and COVID-19: The Role of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy in Sustaining Subjective Well-Being	6
Family Socioeconomic Status and Child Executive Functions: Exploring the Mediating Role of Child Routines	6
Family Experiences of Early Childhood Programs’ Reactions and Expulsion Decisions in Response to Children’s Unwanted Behavior	6
Process Quality in Toddler Classrooms in Four European Countries	6
How Early Educators Make Emergent Curricula Work: A Qualitative Analysis with an Eye Toward Scale	6
Children’s Learning Experiences in Rural Boarding Preschools: Classroom Quality and Associations with Developmental Outcomes	6
Synergistic Relations of Teacher and Parent Burnout and Preschooler’s Social-Emotional Competence and Behavioral Self-Regulation	6
Exploring Gender Disparity in Chinese Children’s Literature: The Impact of Authorship and Narrative Elements	6
Classroom Quality, Children’s Unoccupied-Disruptive Behavior, and Social Interaction: Associations with Language and Math Achievement in Head Start	6
The Roles of Student-Teacher Relationship Quality and Classroom Self-Regulatory Supports for Children’s Self-Regulatory Skills in Kindergarten and First Grade	6
Beyond Book Reading: New Pathways to Vocabulary Development Through Playful Learning	6
Do Early Care and Education Programs Improve When Enrolled in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems? Longitudinal Evidence from One System	6
Which Interactive Features in Children’s Digital Picture Books Promote Reading Comprehension? A Meta-Analysis	6
Validation of the Chinese Empathy Questionnaire for Pre-School Children	6
The Effect of Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy on Learning Engagement and Subsequent Reading Performance: The Difference Between L1 and L2 Reading in First-Grade Students	6
Relative Contributions of Mothers, Fathers, and Other Caregivers’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Stimulation on Ghanaian Children’s School Readiness	6
Spanish Validation of the Two-Factor Interpersonal Reactivity Index: Evidence for the Relationship Between Empathy, Social Competence, and Emotion Regulation	6
Opportunities to Talk Matter in Shared Reading: The Mediating Roles of Children’s Engagement and Verbal Participation in Narrative Listening Comprehension	6
Beyond Free Play and Physical Activity: Assessing the Quality and Determinants of Outdoor Environments for Children	6
Investigating the Determinants of School Readiness in Indonesian Preschool Children: Does Home Activity Play a Role?	6

From Pre-Service Preparation to Professional Development: Early Childhood Teachers’ Learning Experiences, ECE Quality, and Child Development in China	6
Asian Immigrant Parent Involvement and Their Children’s Socio-Emotional and Academic Outcomes in Early Childhood: A Comparison with U.S.-Born Asian Parents	6
Head Start in Low-Wealth, Rural Communities: Evidence from the Family Life Project	6
Exploring Links Between Social Competence, Immigrant Background, and Children’s Preschool Adjustment	6
A Focus Group Study on Participatory Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care Across Four European Countries	5
Teacher–Child Agreement in Relationship Quality: Predictors and Associations with Child School Adjustment Among Chinese Kindergarteners	5
Concurrent Predictors of Science Performance in Latine Kindergarteners	5
Multicomponent Digital Intervention for Nurturing the Well-Being of Preschool Teachers in Hong Kong: Evidence from the EASP Programme	5
Young Children’s Perceptions of Hypothetical Peers’ Social and Solitary Preferences	5
Instrument Development and Validation of the Home Child Care Version of the Assessment for Quality Improvement	5
The Effects of Student–Teacher Ethnoracial Matching on Chronic Absenteeism: Exploring the Role of Relational Dynamics in Early Education	5
Digital Technology in Preschool Classrooms: A Qualitative Case Study	5
Aladdin’s Genie or Pandora’s Box for Early Childhood Education? Experts Chat on the Roles, Challenges, and Developments of ChatGPT	5
Investigating Preschool Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Number Comparison	5
Language Dominance and the School Readiness of Preschool-Age Spanish-English Dual Language Learners	5
Assessing Educator Responsivity in Outdoor Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: Validating the Outdoor Environment Version of the Responsive Interactions for Learning Measure	5
Parents’ Psychological Distress During COVID-19: Correlates and Relations with Parents’ Engagement in Early Education	5
Self-Regulation Scaffolding Behaviors of Teachers in Chilean Preschool Classrooms	5
A Validation Study of the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES) in Pre-Kindergarten to Third Grade Classrooms	5
Adaptive Caregiving Beliefs and Professional Competence Among Chinese Childcare Center Teachers: A Moderated Mediation Model	5