OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Early Education and Development is 16. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
STEM Labs: A promising professional learning approach to promote teacher–child interaction quality and science and engineering practices	47
Executive Functioning and Early Math Skills in Young Children at Risk for Mathematical Difficulties: Evaluation of Interventions Efficacy and Transfer Effects	34
Do Servant Leadership and Emotional Labor Matter for Kindergarten Teachers’ Organizational Commitment and Intention to Leave?	34
Socioeconomic Status and Children’s English Language and Literacy Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Home Literacy Environment	33
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Change in a School-Based Intervention Combining Universal and Indicated Prevention for Preschoolers’ Behavior Problems	31
The Effect of a Sibling Shared Reading Intervention on the Reading Development of Early School-Aged Children in Rural China	28
School-Based Early Childhood Education and Children’s Development in Urban Nepal	27
Head Start Educators’ Occupational Stress: Discovering Common Stressors and Underlying Causes Through the Improvement Science-Based Intervention Data	22
Preschool Teachers’ Child-Directed Talk: Unlocking Opportunities for Language Learning and Knowledge-Building	21
Quality of Caregiver–child Interactions in Early Child Care Centers in Bangladesh: Measurement and Training	19
The Impact of Block Play on Young Children’s Production of Intrinsic Frame of Reference: A Quasi-Experiment	19
Understanding Young Children’s Learning and Development in the Wake of the Pandemic: Evidence from Acelero Head Start Programs	19
Does Participation Benefit Children’s Socio-Emotional Development? Positive Associations Between Children’s Participation and Self-Concept, Through Children’s Perceptions	19
The Link Between Black Preschoolers’ Effortful Control and Their Positive and Conflictual Teacher Interactions: Moderating Role of Family Involvement and Emotionally Supportive Classrooms	16
How Early Digital Experience Shapes Young Brains During 0-12 Years: A Scoping Review	16
Chinese Preschool Teachers’ Use of Concept Development Strategies to Elicit Children’s Higher-Order Thinking During Whole-Group Science Teaching	16
Media Use in Daily Routines and Young Children’s Social Skills	16