OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Australasian Journal of Early Childhood is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
When are we going to have the real school? A case study of early childhood education and care teachers’ experiences surrounding education during the COVID-19 pandemic	73
Early childhood educators’ well-being, work environments and ‘quality’: Possibilities for changing policy and practice	16
Partnership with families in early childhood education: Exploratory study	13
Enhancing executive function through imaginary play: A promising new practice principle	12
Early childhood education and care in the app generation: Digital documentation, assessment for learning and parent communication	12
Supporting educator well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of leadership in early childhood education and care organisations	12
Gender stereotypes and biases in early childhood: A systematic review	11
Finnish early childhood education and care leaders’ perceptions of pedagogical leadership and assessment of the implementation of the National Core Curriculum in times of change	11
Employers’ perspectives of how well prepared early childhood teacher graduates are to work in early childhood education and care services	10
Cultural diversity in the Australian early childhood education workforce: What do we know, what don’t we know and why is it important?	8
Supporting Aboriginal families’ and children’s developing sense of belonging at KindiLink	8
Music and movement teacher professional development: An interview study with Hong Kong kindergarten teachers	7
Empowering Aboriginal Families as Their Children’s First Teachers of Cultural Knowledge, Languages and Identity at Galiwin’ku FaFT Playgroup	7
Being clear on what we value in early childhood research: A response to Edwards (2021)	6
Supporting teachers’ practice through professional learning and development: What’s happening in New Zealand early childhood education?	6
A review of community playgroup participation	6
“That’s your right as a human isn’t it?” The emergence and development of leading as a socially-just practice in early childhood education	6
Exploring early childhood educators’ experiences of teaching young children with disability	6
Ongoing quality improvement in the context of the National Quality Framework: Exploring the perspectives of educators in ‘Working Towards’ services	6
Ethnography and Bush Kinder Research: A Review of the Literature	6
Early childhood educators’ solidarity and struggles for recognition	6
Editorial	6
Understanding how early childhood educators ‘see’ learning through digitally cast eyes: Some preliminary concepts concerning the use of digital documentation platforms	5
Using metaphor to illuminate quality in early childhood education	5
The effects of a phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge intervention on four-year-old children in an early childhood setting	5

Visual arts pedagogy in early childhood contexts: The baggage of self-efficacy beliefs, pedagogical knowledge and limited pre-service training	5
Complexity and change: Contemporary research in early childhood	5
Early childhood educators’ workplace well-being: It’s everyone’s right!	5
Unpacking the theory of practice architectures for research in early childhood education	4
An investigation of young children’s science and aesthetic learning through a science aesthetic thematic curriculum: A mixed-methods study	4
Using robotic toys in early childhood education to support children’s social and emotional competencies	4
Culturally relevant reading books for Papua New Guinean children: Their reading rights and preferences	4