Developmental Science

Papers
(The H4-Index of Developmental Science 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Creative thinking and brain network development in schoolchildren41
Vocabulary and automatic attention: The relation between novel words and gaze dynamics in noun generalization40
When Language Background Does Not Matter: Both Mono‐ and Bilingual Children Use Mutual Exclusivity and Pragmatic Context to Learn Novel Words38
High consistency of cheating and honesty in early childhood34
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Love on the developing brain: Maternal sensitivity and infants’ neural responses to emotion in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex31
A translational application of music for preschool cognitive development: RCT evidence for improved executive function, self‐regulation, and school readiness29
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Altered gray matter development in pre‐reading children with a family history of reading disorder28
The Development of Picture Comprehension Across Early Environments: Evidence From Urban and Rural Toddlers in Western Kenya27
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Children's Persistence in the Context of Diminishing Rewards26
Vocabulary Composition Shapes Language Development in Children With Cochlear Implants25
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Relating referential clarity and phonetic clarity in infant‐directed speech23
Mutualistic coupling of vocabulary and non‐verbal reasoning in children with and without language disorder23
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Bayesian causal inference in visuotactile integration in children and adults23
Making the process of strategy choice visible: Inhibition and motor demands impact preschoolers’ real‐time problem solving21
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