OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Early Childhood Education Journal is 21. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Missing Early Education and Care During the Pandemic: The Socio-Emotional Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children	104
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education: Capturing the Unique Challenges Associated with Remote Teaching and Learning in K-2	66
Early Childhood Educators’ Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic	61
The Effects of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education and Care: Research and Resources for Children, Families, Teachers, and Teacher Educators	55
Preschool Education in Turkey During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study	52
Physical, Mental, and Financial Stress Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Educators	46
The Prevalence of Risky Play in Young Children’s Indoor and Outdoor Free Play	45
Neglected Elements of a High-Quality Early Childhood Workforce: Whole Teacher Well-Being and Working Conditions	42
Shifting to Remote Learning During COVID-19: Differences for Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education Teachers	41
“Doing What I can, but I got no Magic Wand:” A Snapshot of Early Childhood Educator Experiences and Efforts to Ensure Quality During the COVID-19 Pandemic	40
Digital Technology Usage of Young Children: Screen Time and Families	31
Distance Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Identifying the Needs of Early Childhood Educators	30
Self-regulation in Preschool and Early Elementary Classrooms: Why It Is Important and How to Promote It	28
The Implications of COVID-19 for Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia: Perspectives from Parents and Caregivers	27
Rethinking Home-School Partnerships: Lessons Learned from Latinx Parents of Young Children During the COVID-19 Era	27
Impact of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Educator’s Perspectives and Practices in Nutrition and Physical Activity: A Qualitative Study	26
Can Pre-school Children Learn Programming and Coding Through Guided Play Activities? A Case Study in Computational Thinking	24
Supporting Preschool Children’s STEM Learning with Parent-Involved Early Engineering Education	23
Job Demands and Resources Experienced by the Early Childhood Education Workforce Serving High-Need Populations	23
Early Childhood Teachers’ Self-efficacy and Professional Support Predict Work Engagement	22
Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions of Their Emotional State, Relationships with Parents, Challenges, and Opportunities During the Early Stage of the Pandemic	22