Most cited papers in Early Childhood Education and Development
What are the most cited papers in Early Childhood Education and Development?
The most cited paper in Early Childhood Education and Development is "School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence" (Jennifer A. Fredricks, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Alison H. Paris, 2004), with 12,369 citations. Next come "Toward an experimental ecology of human development." (10,424) and "Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: Toward an integrative model of change." (8,785).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,790 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence Jennifer A. Fredricks, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Alison H. Paris · Review of Educational Research | Mar 2004 | 12,369 |
| 2 | Toward an experimental ecology of human development. Urie Bronfenbrenner · American Psychologist | Jul 1977 | 10,424 |
| 3 | Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: Toward an integrative model of change. James O. Prochaska, Carlo C. DiClemente · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1983 | 8,785 |
| 4 | The Impact of Enhancing Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions Joseph A. Durlak, Roger P. Weissberg, Allison B. Dymnicki et al. · Child Development | 2011 | 8,717 |
| 5 | Ecology of the family as a context for human development: Research perspectives. Urie Bronfenbrenner · Developmental Psychology | Nov 1986 | 6,602 |
| 6 | The Complexity of Intersectionality Leslie McCall · Signs | Mar 2005 | 6,591 |
| 7 | Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition SONIA J. LUPIEN, Bruce S. McEwen, Megan R. Gunnar et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 29 Apr 2009 | 6,297 |
| 8 | Ordinary magic: Resilience processes in development. Ann S. Masten · American Psychologist | 2001 | 5,708 |
| 9 | The Control-Value Theory of Achievement Emotions: Assumptions, Corollaries, and Implications for Educational Research and Practice Reinhard H. Pekrun · Educational Psychology Review | 4 Nov 2006 | 5,542 |
| 10 | Socioeconomic Status and Child Development Robert H. Bradley, ROBERT FLYNN CORWYN · Annual Review of Psychology | Feb 2002 | 5,469 |
| 11 | School readiness and later achievement. Greg J. Duncan, Chantelle Dowsett, Amy Claessens et al. · Developmental Psychology | Nov 2007 | 5,447 |
| 12 | Matthew Effects in Reading: Some Consequences of Individual Differences in the Acquisition of Literacy Keith E. Stanovich · Reading Research Quarterly | 1986 | 5,229 |
| 13 | A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance. Claude M. Steele · American Psychologist | 1997 | 4,776 |
| 14 | Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analytic Review of Research Selcuk R. Sirin · Review of Educational Research | Sep 2005 | 4,713 |
| 15 | Methods for integrating moderation and mediation: A general analytical framework using moderated path analysis. Jeffrey R. Edwards, Lisa Schurer Lambert · Psychological Methods | 2007 | 4,704 |
| 16 | Security in Infancy, Childhood, and Adulthood: A Move to the Level of Representation Mary Main, Nancy M. Kaplan, Jude Cassidy · Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | 1985 | 4,571 |
| 17 | Parenting style as context: An integrative model. Nancy E. Darling, Laurence D. Steinberg · Psychological Bulletin | May 1993 | 4,327 |
| 18 | The Influence of Parenting Style on Adolescent Competence and Substance Use Diana Baumrind · The Journal of Early Adolescence | Feb 1991 | 3,988 |
| 19 | The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure Jean S. Phinney · Journal of Adolescent Research | Apr 1992 | 3,805 |
| 20 | A Parental Bonding Instrument Gordon Barraclough Parker, Hilary Tupling, Laurence B. Brown · British Journal of Medical Psychology | Mar 1979 | 3,780 |
| 21 | Socioeconomic disadvantage and child development. Vonnie C. McLoyd · American Psychologist | Feb 1998 | 3,719 |
| 22 | Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries Sally Grantham‐McGregor, Yin Bun Cheung, Santiago Cueto et al. · The Lancet | 2007 | 3,673 |
| 23 | The Perceived Competence Scale for Children Susan Harter · Child Development | Feb 1982 | 3,609 |
| 24 | Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse Patrick O. McGowan, Aya Sasaki, Ana C. D’Alessio et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 22 Feb 2009 | 3,539 |
| 25 | Delay of Gratification in Children Walter Mischel, Yuichi Shoda, Mónica Rodríguez · Science | 26 May 1989 | 3,442 |
| 26 | Black students' school success: Coping with the ?burden of ?acting white?? Signithia Fordham, John U. Ogbu · The Urban Review | 1986 | 3,349 |
| 27 | Early Teacher–Child Relationships and the Trajectory of Children's School Outcomes through Eighth Grade Bridget K. Hamre, Robert C. Pianta · Child Development | Mar 2001 | 3,304 |
| 28 | SOCIAL VALIDITY: THE CASE FOR SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT or HOW APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IS FINDING ITS HEART 1 Montrose M. Wolf · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis | Jun 1978 | 3,166 |
| 29 | Relating Effortful Control, Executive Function, and False Belief Understanding to Emerging Math and Literacy Ability in Kindergarten Clancy Blair, Rachel A. Razza · Child Development | Mar 2007 | 3,158 |
| 30 | Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: Problems, progress, and potential in theory and research. Bruce E. Compas, Jennifer K. Connor-Smith, Heidi Saltzman et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 2001 | 3,147 |
| 31 | The Life Course as Developmental Theory Glen H. Elder · Child Development | Feb 1998 | 3,111 |
| 32 | Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course Maureen M. Black, Susan P. Walker, Lia C. H. Fernald et al. · The Lancet | 8 Oct 2016 | 3,075 |
| 33 | The Role of the Family Context in the Development of Emotion Regulation Amanda Sheffield Morris, Jennifer Susan Silk, Laurence D. Steinberg et al. · Social Development | 26 Mar 2007 | 3,029 |
| 34 | Nature-nurture reconceptualized in developmental perspective: A bioecological model. Urie Bronfenbrenner, Stephen J. Ceci · Psychological Review | Oct 1994 | 2,991 |
| 35 | Cognitive and affective development in adolescence Laurence D. Steinberg · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 29 Dec 2004 | 2,980 |
| 36 | EMOTION REGULATION: A THEME IN SEARCH OF DEFINITION Ross A. Thompson · Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development | Feb 1994 | 2,975 |
| 37 | Stress and Depression Constance L. Hammen · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology | 2 Nov 2004 | 2,954 |
| 38 | Risky families: Family social environments and the mental and physical health of offspring. Rena L. Repetti, Shelley E. Taylor, Teresa E. Seeman · Psychological Bulletin | Mar 2002 | 2,887 |
| 39 | The Effects of Poverty on Children Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn, Greg J. Duncan · The Future of Children | 1997 | 2,848 |
| 40 | The role of childhood trauma in the neurobiology of mood and anxiety disorders: preclinical and clinical studies Christine C. Heim, Charles B. Nemeroff · Biological Psychiatry | Jun 2001 | 2,800 |
| 41 | The ecology of developmental processes. Urie Bronfenbrenner, Pamela Morris | 1998 | 2,752 |
| 42 | From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development William Bacon Carey · Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics | Apr 2001 | 2,683 |
| 43 | Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development Linda Darling‐Hammond, Lisa Flook, Channa M. Cook-Harvey et al. · Applied Developmental Science | 17 Feb 2019 | 2,676 |
| 44 | Toward terminological, conceptual, and statistical clarity in the study of mediators and moderators: Examples from the child-clinical and pediatric psychology literatures. Grayson N. Holmbeck · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1997 | 2,650 |
| 45 | Sense of relatedness as a factor in children's academic engagement and performance. Carrie J. Furrer, Ellen A. Skinner · Journal of Educational Psychology | Mar 2003 | 2,584 |
| 46 | Emotion regulation: Conceptual foundations James Jonathan Gross, Ross A. Thompson | 2007 | 2,566 |
| 47 | Withdrawing From School Jeremy D. Finn · Review of Educational Research | Jun 1989 | 2,534 |
| 48 | The Influence of Parent Education and Family Income on Child Achievement: The Indirect Role of Parental Expectations and the Home Environment. Pamela E. Davis-Kean · Journal of Family Psychology | Jun 2005 | 2,480 |
| 49 | Multiple Inference and Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects Michael Anderson · Journal of the American Statistical Association | Dec 2008 | 2,439 |
| 50 | Parents' ethnic-racial socialization practices: A review of research and directions for future study. Diane Leslie Hughes, James Rodriguez, Emilie Phillips Smith et al. · Developmental Psychology | 2006 | 2,427 |
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