OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Australasian Journal of Early Childhood is 1. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Teaching Practices, Self-Efficacy and the Physical Activity Environment in Aotearoa, New Zealand Early Childhood Education Centres	21
Editorial AJEC Vol 1 2025	12
“If we can’t advocate for ourselves, nobody else will”: Teacher agency during early childhood reform	12
Using a multidisciplinary, multi-method and collaborative research design to investigate the health communication power of the early childhood sector	11
Leadership competencies in early childhood education: Design and validation of a survey tool	11
Educator perspectives on embedding Acknowledgement to Country practices in early learning centres in Australia	9
Associations of gross motor skills with self-regulation and executive function in preschool-aged children	9
Cultural diversity in the Australian early childhood education workforce: What do we know, what don’t we know and why is it important?	7
Child Safety in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Gaps in Australia’s Accelerated Graduate Diploma Programs	6
‘We love sharing your land’: Children’s understandings of Acknowledgement to Country practices and Aboriginal knowledges in early learning centres	6
Early childhood leadership: Risk and protective factors during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Playgroup Families’ Experiences of Play-Based Remote Learning	6
Patterns of participation in early childhood education before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	6
Child and Teacher Wellbeing Under Pressure: ECE Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand (Commentary)	5
Charting developmental trajectories from 12 to 36 months and associated early risk and protective factors	5
Who is studying what in Early Childhood Education and Care? Composite narratives of Australian educators engaging in further study	4
Australian family day care educators’ experiences of supporting children’s mental health, and their own mental health and wellbeing	4
Vocabulary Development of Toddlers in Australia: Does Early Childhood Education and Care Quality and Attendance Make a Difference?	4
Supporting infants and toddlers in low socio-economic early childhood settings in Australia	4
Country, Community, and Indigenous Languages – A Framework Used in an Early Learning Centre in Queensland to Develop Understandings Around First Nations Languages	4
Enabling ‘Successful Knowledge Transfer’ in Early Childhood Settings – A Meta Strategic Leadership Approach	4
Constant Crossings: Teachers’ Definitions of Child Wellbeing in Early Education, a Reflective Thematic Analysis	4
Enhancing nutrition information utilisation, confidence, and role legitimacy and adequacy among early childhood education professionals through evidence-based online training	3
Corrigendum to “Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies”	3
Promoting care for the wellbeing of early childhood professionals in Australia	3

A case study of clinical supervision to support early childhood leaders in times of natural disasters: “It’s not a designer handbag”	3
Initiatives supporting student retention in early childhood teacher education qualifications	3
Perspectives of play and play-based learning: What do adults think play is?	3
Moort dandjoo kaadadjiny: Growing up Aboriginal kids strong in their culture and identity	3
‘Why can’t I grow shorter, only taller?’—the body experience of growing up for Chinese children aged 5–6	3
Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies	3
Feasibility and initial psychometric properties of the observe, reflect, improve children’s learning tool (ORICL) for early childhood services: A tool for building capacity in infant and toddler educa	2
Early Childhood Education and Care: A sustainable system?	2
Leadership in Australia’s early childhood workforce policy: Silences and ambiguities as missed opportunities	2
Preparing preservice early childhood educators to use music in Australian settings: An audit of programmes	2
The state of play-based learning in Queensland schools	2
Engaging visual diaries in early childhood nature play as pedagogical arousal	2
Children’s memories of starting school: Building and sharing transitions capital	2
Using community-based participatory research to support the development of a co-located intergenerational program	2
An exploration into early childhood physical literacy programs: A systematic literature review	2
The Effectiveness of a Formative Play-Based Mathematics Assessment in Supporting the Early Childhood Intentional Pedagogue	2
Early childhood education for sustainability: Outcomes for social and emotional learning	2
Validity, reliability and viability of pre-school educators’ use of early years toolbox early numeracy	2
Taking a detailed look at early childhood educators’ worktime	2
Revisiting the home learning environment: Introducing the home learning ecosystem	2
Understanding relationships between epistemic cognition and executive functioning: Implications for measurement and practice in early childhood	2
The role and influence of educational leaders in centres rated as providing high quality early childhood educational programs	1
The lost art of joy in early childhood education	1
Supporting Regional and Remote Children’s Participation in High Quality Early Years Services	1
Becoming university qualified early childhood teachers: Studying with structured mentoring	1
Factors predicting kindergarten teachers’ integration of science into their teaching in indigenous areas	1
Supporting the health, education and wellbeing of children and families: A priority-setting study with the service system in Logan, Queensland	1
Digital Provision, Educators’ Attitudes and Use in Early Learning Settings: Ready to Implement the EYLF V2.0?	1
Educator Perspectives on Exploring Gender Diversity and LGBT Parented Families in Early Childhood Settings	1
Professional learning for leadership in early years: Comparing Sweden and England	1
Increasing the odds for success: Applying evidence-based professional learning to foster self-regulation and executive functioning in preschool classrooms	1
Promoting safety and belonging for children, families, and early childhood professionals during times of uncertainty	1
Teaching Early Writing: Educators’ Stories of Practice Within Early Childhood Settings	1
Teaching for Diversity in the Early Years: Promoting Educators’ Epistemic Reflexivities for Social Justice Using Social Lab Methodology	1
Understanding the need and opportunity for a trauma-informed early childhood organisations (TIO) program using intervention mapping	1
Educators’ perspectives on the role the early childhood education and care environment plays in supporting children’s social and emotional development	1
Understanding cultural artefacts to ensure seamless transitions in the Early Years	1
Developmental evaluation of the HIPPY Age 3 program for socially disadvantaged families in Australia	1
Assessment as Learning in Practice: Children’s and Educators’ Views on Digital and Paper Documentation	1
Encouraging diversity in the early childhood education and care workforce	1
Editorial	1
The role of early childhood pedagogical leaders in schools: Leading change for ongoing improvement	1
In this Editorial we celebrate the research contributions from the 2023 AJEC Research Symposium	1