Australasian Journal of Early Childhood

Papers
(The TQCC of Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Teaching Practices, Self-Efficacy and the Physical Activity Environment in Aotearoa, New Zealand Early Childhood Education Centres19
Editorial AJEC Vol 1 202517
“If we can’t advocate for ourselves, nobody else will”: Teacher agency during early childhood reform16
Using a multidisciplinary, multi-method and collaborative research design to investigate the health communication power of the early childhood sector15
Leadership competencies in early childhood education: Design and validation of a survey tool13
Associations of gross motor skills with self-regulation and executive function in preschool-aged children12
Educator perspectives on embedding Acknowledgement to Country practices in early learning centres in Australia11
Bicultural Pathways to Social and Emotional Learning in Aotearoa New Zealand10
‘We love sharing your land’: Children’s understandings of Acknowledgement to Country practices and Aboriginal knowledges in early learning centres9
Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of a Screening Resource to Assess Mild Motor Delay in 4-Year-Old Children: A Mixed Methods Study9
Playgroup Families’ Experiences of Play-Based Remote Learning9
Child Safety in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Gaps in Australia’s Accelerated Graduate Diploma Programs8
Patterns of participation in early childhood education before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia7
Constant Crossings: Teachers’ Definitions of Child Wellbeing in Early Education, a Reflective Thematic Analysis6
Child and Teacher Wellbeing Under Pressure: ECE Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand (Commentary)6
Charting developmental trajectories from 12 to 36 months and associated early risk and protective factors6
The Opportunity for Nutrition Education to be a Mechanism for Climate Resilience: Experiences From a Facilitator-Led Programme in Diverse Contexts6
Vocabulary Development of Toddlers in Australia: Does Early Childhood Education and Care Quality and Attendance Make a Difference?5
Country, Community, and Indigenous Languages – A Framework Used in an Early Learning Centre in Queensland to Develop Understandings Around First Nations Languages5
Moort dandjoo kaadadjiny: Growing up Aboriginal kids strong in their culture and identity5
Non-Resident Fathers’ Contributions to Social–Emotional Development in Early Years: A Scoping Review5
Who is studying what in Early Childhood Education and Care? Composite narratives of Australian educators engaging in further study4
A case study of clinical supervision to support early childhood leaders in times of natural disasters: “It’s not a designer handbag”4
Using community-based participatory research to support the development of a co-located intergenerational program4
Enabling ‘Successful Knowledge Transfer’ in Early Childhood Settings – A Meta Strategic Leadership Approach4
Professional Language, Respect, and Quality in ECEC: How Political Language Shapes the Sector4
Corrigendum to “Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies”4
Initiatives supporting student retention in early childhood teacher education qualifications4
Enhancing nutrition information utilisation, confidence, and role legitimacy and adequacy among early childhood education professionals through evidence-based online training4
Promoting care for the wellbeing of early childhood professionals in Australia4
Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies3
The Effectiveness of a Formative Play-Based Mathematics Assessment in Supporting the Early Childhood Intentional Pedagogue3
An exploration into early childhood physical literacy programs: A systematic literature review3
The state of play-based learning in Queensland schools3
Engaging visual diaries in early childhood nature play as pedagogical arousal3
Taking a detailed look at early childhood educators’ worktime3
Perspectives of play and play-based learning: What do adults think play is?3
Leadership in Australia’s early childhood workforce policy: Silences and ambiguities as missed opportunities3
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