OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infant and Child Development is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The characteristics of Chinese anxiously withdrawn children's friendships: Quantity, quality, and protecting against loneliness	78
The relationship between oral language and storytelling prosody in preschool children	63
Alternative perspectives: Relations between belief reasoning and ambiguous figure perception in bilingual children	63
Learning in Dos Idiomas: The Impact of Codeswitching on Children's Noun and Verb Learning	55
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An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the strengths and difficulties scale in Turkey: Implications for other non‐WEIRD countries	43
Does surgency moderate the relationship between parenting and children's aggression in middle childhood?	39
Goldilocks and the home mathematics environment: Parents' rate activities ‘too easy,’ ‘just right,’ or ‘too hard’ across early development	36
We need to talk about validity – A commentary on “Six solutions for more reliable infant research” from the viewpoint of an early executive functions researcher	30
Longitudinal associations between attachment representations coded in the adult attachment interview in late adolescence and perceptions of romantic relationship adjustment in adulthood	29
Adolescent loneliness, stress and depressive symptoms during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The protective role of friends	27
Caregiver Beliefs About Childhood Development and Schooling Outcomes: A Qualitative Study in Mahikeng, South Africa	25
Black‐Asian solidarity through collective racial socialization	18
Reliability and replicability in infant research: A commentary on Byers‐Heinlein et al. (2021)	18
The dynamic functions of social cues during children's word learning	15
Additive and synergistic relations of early mother–child and caregiver–child interactions and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood	15
Fulfilling the promise of applied developmental science: Is it time to reconsider our approach?	15
U.S. and Chinese preschoolers' compliance and regulatory behaviours in two challenging contexts	13
The health costs associated with “looking forward to success”: Educational expectations and children's health	13
Perspectives on the impact of generative AI on early‐childhood development and education	13
Pre‐K attendance and social development: The moderating role of kindergarten classroom experiences	12
Examining the indirect role of perceived normativeness in the association between collectivistic values and psychological control of Turkish mothers	10
Infant‐directed communication in Tanna, Vanuatu and Vancouver, Canada	10
Identifying developmental adaptations to early‐life stress	10
Gender attitudes and gender discrimination among ethnically and geographically diverse young children	10

Temperament and behaviour problems in children: A multilevel analysis of cross‐cultural differences	10
Preschool children's high‐frequency heart rate variability during low and high emotional challenge in relation to their self‐regulation	10
Mediators of the relation of family income with adolescent behaviour problems and cognitive achievement: Material hardship, parent distress, and parent support	10
It matters how you start: Early numeracy mastery predicts high school math course‐taking and college attendance	9
Will power serve for oneself or others? An exploratory study toward 6‐ to 9‐year‐old Chinese children	9
Impact of decision‐making autonomy and social distance on young Chinese children's sharing behaviour	9
The Indonesian version of Ages and Stages Questionnaire III accuracy compared to Bayley Scales of Infant Development III	9
Open and reproducible practices in developmental psychology research: The workflow of the WomCogDev lab as an example	9
“I definitely feel like a scientist”: Exploring science identity trajectories among Latinx students in a critical race theory‐informed undergraduate research experience	9
Preschool language exposure and use: A comparison study of dual‐language learners and English monolingual children	8
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Child refugee's social skills and resilience: Moderating effects of time in refugee camp, parental education, and preschool attendance	8
Dyslexia is not a gift, but it is not that simple	8
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Do mother's socialization goals in early childhood predict children's later self?	7
Do preschoolers always trust the majority? The influence of familiarity and expertise of a dissenter in a Chinese sample	7
Life satisfaction trajectories among junior high school students in China: The role of parent–child communication	7
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Understanding the relation between socioeconomic status and elementary science achievement: A quantile regression approach	7
Toddler teachers' responses to tantrums and relations to successful resolutions	7
Issue Information	7
The role of the natural history museum in promoting word learning for young children	6
The Marshmallow Test as a Screening Instrument: Sensitivity and Specificity of a Delay of Gratification Task for Later ADHD and Conduct Problems	6
Variability in parenting behaviours during play and during mealtimes with toddlers	6
Don't look any further: How a model's linguistic group membership limits exploration and discovery in preschool children	6
Anxiety, Depression, and Behavioural Problems Among US Children and Adolescents, 2016–2022	6
Longitudinal associations between metaphor understanding and peer relationships in middle childhood	6
Defining Parent Responsiveness: A Systematic Review‐Based Theoretical Model	6
Effect of HEG biofeedback on selected cognitive functions—Randomized study in children with ADHD and neurotypical children	6
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The other side of false belief: Constructing the objectivity of reality	5
I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: Combining imitation and selective trust literatures	5
Latent profiles of infant negative affect and respiratory sinus arrhythmia during the still‐face paradigm: The role of maternal sensitivity	5
‘When my mummy and daddy aren't looking at me when I do my maths she helps me’; Children can be taught to create imaginary companions: An exploratory study	5
Trauma is not the whole story: Trajectories of responses to childhood disasters intertwining with Life following the Indian Ocean tsunami	5
Associations among family socioeconomic status, parenting and sustained attention for socioeconomically disadvantaged children at age 5 years	5
The role of fathers in children's emotion regulation development: A systematic review	5
‘The system is unfair’: Uncontrollable attributions for inequality predict more equitable giving in adolescents	5
Optimal input for language development: Tailor nurture to nature	4
Infancy researchers need to change the way they develop their measures: A comment on Byers‐Heinlein et al. (2021)	4
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Prevalence, risk and protective factors of substance use amongst adolescents living in peri‐urban communities in Abuja, Nigeria	4
Analysing infant data at the group‐ or individual‐level: The impact of measurement error on sophisticated analyses	4
Infant placement and language exposure in daily life	4
Bayesian sample size planning for developmental studies	4
Testing prosodic development with the Headturn Preference Procedure: A test‐retest reliability study	4
The developing of executive function skills through culturally organized autonomy and helping	4
Examining the female‐talker default in experimental language acquisition research	4
Genetic syndromes, neuroconstuctivism and replicable research; challenges and future directions	4
Towards a Haudenosaunee developmental science: Perspectives from the Two Row Wampum	4

Open science and metascience in developmental psychology: Introduction to the special issue	4
Differences in how mothers and fathers support children playfulness	4
Performance during object retrieval tasks in young children with and without Down syndrome: A pilot study	4
Spanking and parental verbal aggression during early childhood: Association with later academic achievement and the mediating role of executive function	4
Can we predict non‐response in developmental tasks? Assessing the longitudinal relation between toddlers' non‐response and early academic skills	4
Fine motor abilities and parental input of spatial features predict object word comprehension of Turkish‐learning children	4
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Children's preferences of the colour composition of art paintings	4
Beliefs, practices and support needs of preschool teachers toward shy‐withdrawn behaviours	4
The cost–benefit trade‐off in young children's overimitation behaviour	4
Changing the conversation: A culturally responsive perspective on executive functions, minoritized children and their families	3
Issue Information	3
Some considerations for social cognition assessment in children	3
Use them or lose them: Are manipulatives needed to assess numeracy and geometry performance in preschool?	3
Maternal distress and body mass index in preschoolers living in families experiencing low‐income	3
Longitudinal assessment of social cognition in infants born preterm using eye‐tracking and parent–child play	3
Great expectations: The construct validity of the violation‐of‐expectation method for studying infant cognition	3
Issue Information	3
A Script and Tutorial for Using Rev AI's Automatic Speech Transcription	3
When to use a cookie, and when to use a ruler: A response to Byers‐Heinlein, Bergmann and Savelei's “six solutions for more reliable infant research”	3
Toward inclusive and identity safe learning for supporting racialized student achievement	3
Temperament ratings by parents and teachers as predictors of non‐verbal ability in Argentinean preschoolers	3
Inhibitory control and problem solving in early childhood: Exploring the burdens and benefits of high self‐control	3
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Utilising Non‐Nutritive Sucking in Developmental Language Research: Past, Current and Future	3
Father–newborn vocal interaction: A contribution to the theory of innate intersubjectivity	3
Predicting child problem behaviour at school age: The role of maternal sensitivity, child temperament and theory of mind	3
Excluded Now What? Families' Perceptions of Subsequent Care Arrangements Following Preschool Expulsion	3
The relation between social acceptance and school well‐being in early childhood	3
Toddlers' emotion vocalizations during peer conflicts and contingent teacher interventions in early care and education settings	3
Black American adolescent's efficacy in the face of discrimination	3
Childhood fantasy play relates to adult socio‐emotional competence	3
The seventh solution: A commentary on Byers‐Heinlein, Bergmann, and Savalei (2022)	3
Broadening perspectives: The case for ecologically valid infant research	3