OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Australasian Journal of Early Childhood is 2. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Australian family day care educators’ experiences of supporting children’s mental health, and their own mental health and wellbeing	33
Unpacking the theory of practice architectures for research in early childhood education	18
Leadership and retention in early childhood education	14
“If we can’t advocate for ourselves, nobody else will”: Teacher agency during early childhood reform	14
Early Childhood Education and Care: A sustainable system?	14
Engaging visual diaries in early childhood nature play as pedagogical arousal	13
Smoke: Enablers and barriers for sustainable engagement with local Aboriginal communities	11
Promoting safety and belonging for children, families, and early childhood professionals during times of uncertainty	10
Irreconcilable knowledges?: A way forward	8
Conversational leadership in toddler-educator talk and its potential to promote learning	8
Early childhood education for sustainability: Outcomes for social and emotional learning	7
Understanding relationships between epistemic cognition and executive functioning: Implications for measurement and practice in early childhood	6
Factors predicting kindergarten teachers’ integration of science into their teaching in indigenous areas	6
The risk of being researched: Re-envisioning educator research participation for high-quality early childhood education	6
Supporting the health, education and wellbeing of children and families: A priority-setting study with the service system in Logan, Queensland	6
Charting developmental trajectories from 12 to 36 months and associated early risk and protective factors	6
The followership paradox: The undervalued power of effective followers in early childhood education	5
A dynamic systems methodological approach to understanding the collaborative nature of joint attention in early childhood settings	4
Moort dandjoo kaadadjiny: Growing up aboriginal kids strong in their culture and identity	4
Using a multidisciplinary, multi-method and collaborative research design to investigate the health communication power of the early childhood sector	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	3
Who is studying what in Early Childhood Education and Care? Composite narratives of Australian educators engaging in further study	3
Leadership competencies in early childhood education: Design and validation of a survey tool	3
Initiatives supporting student retention in early childhood teacher education qualifications	3
Supporting infants and toddlers in low socio-economic early childhood settings in Australia	3

Children’s memories of starting school: Building and sharing transitions capital	3
‘We’re not useless, we know stuff!’ Gathering children’s voices to inform policy	3
In whose best interests? Regulating childcare environments in Australia	2
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 2022 symposium special issue	2
Enhancing nutrition information utilisation, confidence, and role legitimacy and adequacy among early childhood education professionals through evidence-based online training	2
A case study of clinical supervision to support early childhood leaders in times of natural disasters: “It’s not a designer handbag”	2
Educator perspectives on embedding Acknowledgement to Country practices in early learning centres in Australia	2
The role and influence of educational leaders in centres rated as providing high quality early childhood educational programs	2
Developing and Validating a Tool to Assess Young Children’s Early Literacy Engagement	2
“If you haven’t got trust, they’re not going to come to you with anything:” Qualities of positional leader and early childhood teacher relationships that support agency	2
Social-emotional learning and skills development in pre-school aged children attending playgroup in Australia: A scoping review of the perceived benefits	2
Editorial	2
Beyond stereotypes: Comparing Chinese and Australian parents’ perceptions of transition to school	2
Australian early childhood educators’ perspectives on digital teaching of geometry: The pedagogical enablers and barriers	2
Associations of gross motor skills with self-regulation and executive function in preschool-aged children	2
Editorial	2
Feasibility and Potential Benefits of the Observe, Reflect, Improve Children’s Learning (ORICL) Tool: Perspectives of Infant–Toddler Educators	2
Context matters: Examining the linguistic aspects of educator-toddler talk	2
Beyond workforce shortages: A call for holistic care and recognition in early childhood policy	2