OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infant and Child Development 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Leveraging Eye‐Tracking Technology to Understand How Young Children Solve a Mental Rotation Task	133
We need to talk about validity – A commentary on “Six solutions for more reliable infant research” from the viewpoint of an early executive functions researcher	43
An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the strengths and difficulties scale in Turkey: Implications for other non‐WEIRD countries	37
Learning in Dos Idiomas: The Impact of Codeswitching on Children's Noun and Verb Learning	27
Caregiver Beliefs About Childhood Development and Schooling Outcomes: A Qualitative Study in Mahikeng, South Africa	24
The Online Assessment of Emotional Knowledge in Toddlerhood	21
Black‐Asian solidarity through collective racial socialization	20
Does surgency moderate the relationship between parenting and children's aggression in middle childhood?	19
Issue Information	18
Goldilocks and the home mathematics environment: Parents' rate activities ‘too easy,’ ‘just right,’ or ‘too hard’ across early development	18
Longitudinal associations between attachment representations coded in the adult attachment interview in late adolescence and perceptions of romantic relationship adjustment in adulthood	17
The health costs associated with “looking forward to success”: Educational expectations and children's health	16
The dynamic functions of social cues during children's word learning	14
Fulfilling the promise of applied developmental science: Is it time to reconsider our approach?	14
Bibliometric Examination of Artificial Intelligence Studies on Infants	13
Acting and Practising Together: Modulations of the Joint Simon Effect in 6‐ to 8‐Year‐Old Children	13
Issue Information	13
Additive and synergistic relations of early mother–child and caregiver–child interactions and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood	13
Emotional Words, Emotional Contexts: Investigating Emotional Valence in Children's Writing and Word Learning	12
Pre‐ K attendance and social development: The moderating role of kindergarten classroom experiences	12
Associations of Maternal Stress and Socioeconomic Status With Infant Cognitive and Brain Outcomes: A Systematic Review	12
Gender attitudes and gender discrimination among ethnically and geographically diverse young children	11
The Story of Sickness: Improving Children's Sick Face Perception	11
Preschool children's high‐frequency heart rate variability during low and high emotional challenge in relation to their self‐regulation	11

How Linguistic Labels and Objects Types Shape Inductive Reasoning in Chinese Preschool Children Aged 3 to 5 Years	11
Infant‐directed communication in Tanna, Vanuatu and Vancouver, Canada	10
How Well Do Children Remember Fast‐Mapped Words? A Pre‐Registered Meta‐Analysis of Retention Following the Mutual Exclusivity Response	10
Examining the indirect role of perceived normativeness in the association between collectivistic values and psychological control of Turkish mothers	10
Will power serve for oneself or others? An exploratory study toward 6‐ to 9‐year‐old Chinese children	10
Perspectives on the impact of generative AI on early‐childhood development and education	10
“I definitely feel like a scientist”: Exploring science identity trajectories among Latinx students in a critical race theory‐informed undergraduate research experience	10
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The Indonesian version of Ages and Stages Questionnaire III accuracy compared to Bayley Scales of Infant Development III	9
Issue Information	9
Impact of decision‐making autonomy and social distance on young Chinese children's sharing behaviour	9
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Temperament and behaviour problems in children: A multilevel analysis of cross‐cultural differences	9
The Marshmallow Test as a Screening Instrument: Sensitivity and Specificity of a Delay of Gratification Task for Later ADHD and Conduct Problems	8
Defining Parent Responsiveness: A Systematic Review‐Based Theoretical Model	8
Don't look any further: How a model's linguistic group membership limits exploration and discovery in preschool children	8
Dyslexia is not a gift, but it is not that simple	8
Child refugee's social skills and resilience: Moderating effects of time in refugee camp, parental education, and preschool attendance	8
Do mother's socialization goals in early childhood predict children's later self?	8
The role of the natural history museum in promoting word learning for young children	8
Understanding the relation between socioeconomic status and elementary science achievement: A quantile regression approach	7
Anxiety, Depression, and Behavioural Problems Among US Children and Adolescents, 2016–2022	7
Do Emotions Speak a Universal Language? English‐Speaking Preschoolers' and Adults' Detection of Emotional Prosody in an Unfamiliar Language	7
Preschool language exposure and use: A comparison study of dual‐language learners and English monolingual children	6
‘The system is unfair’: Uncontrollable attributions for inequality predict more equitable giving in adolescents	6
Trauma is not the whole story: Trajectories of responses to childhood disasters intertwining with Life following the Indian Ocean tsunami	6
‘When my mummy and daddy aren't looking at me when I do my maths she helps me’; Children can be taught to create imaginary companions: An exploratory study	6
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The role of fathers in children's emotion regulation development: A systematic review	6
Variability in parenting behaviours during play and during mealtimes with toddlers	6
Associations among family socioeconomic status, parenting and sustained attention for socioeconomically disadvantaged children at age 5 years	6
Life satisfaction trajectories among junior high school students in China: The role of parent–child communication	6
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Who Should Play the Instrument?: Effects of Pitch and Loudness on Children's Gender Associations With Musical Instruments	6
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Communication With Friends and Non‐Friend Peers: An Examination of Dyadic Connectedness Across Two Play Contexts	5
Children's preferences of the colour composition of art paintings	5
Beliefs, practices and support needs of preschool teachers toward shy‐withdrawn behaviours	5
The cost–benefit trade‐off in young children's overimitation behaviour	5
Frontal Asymmetry in Infancy: Predictive Utility for Distinct Patterns of Temperament	5
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I copy you as I believe you know about our culture: Combining imitation and selective trust literatures	5
Correction to “Relationship Between Colours and Emotions as Reflected in Children's Drawings”	5
Open science and metascience in developmental psychology: Introduction to the special issue	5
Latent profiles of infant negative affect and respiratory sinus arrhythmia during the still‐face paradigm: The role of maternal sensitivity	5
Infant placement and language exposure in daily life	5
Prevalence, risk and protective factors of substance use amongst adolescents living in peri‐urban communities in Abuja, Nigeria	5
Bayesian sample size planning for developmental studies	5
The other side of false belief: Constructing the objectivity of reality	5
Can we predict non‐response in developmental tasks? Assessing the longitudinal relation between toddlers' non‐response and early academic skills	4

The developing of executive function skills through culturally organized autonomy and helping	4
The Contingent Relationships Between Maternal and Child Cognitive Demand Contributions in Shared Book Reading Among Low‐Income Preschool‐Age Dual Language Learners: A Sequential Analysis	4
Examining the female‐talker default in experimental language acquisition research	4
Spanking and parental verbal aggression during early childhood: Association with later academic achievement and the mediating role of executive function	4
Greenspace and Adolescent Internalising and Externalising Problems: Limited Associations in the ABCD Cohort	4
Temperament ratings by parents and teachers as predictors of non‐verbal ability in Argentinean preschoolers	4
The seventh solution: A commentary on Byers‐Heinlein , Bergmann, and Savalei (2022)	4
Exploring Sibling Cooperation Across Cultures: Indigenous Yurakaré and Polish Urban Children	4
Testing prosodic development with the Headturn Preference Procedure: A test‐retest reliability study	4
From a Traditional Family to a Queer Step‐Family: Challenges and Resources of Family Transition Among Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children in Belgium. A Systemic Approach	4
Caregivers' Perspectives on Playful Learning Approaches: Benefits, Barriers, and Engagement	4
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Childhood fantasy play relates to adult socio‐emotional competence	4
Toddlers' emotion vocalizations during peer conflicts and contingent teacher interventions in early care and education settings	4
Performance during object retrieval tasks in young children with and without Down syndrome: A pilot study	4
Do Two Minds Work Better Than One? The Use of Cognitive Offloading to an External Agent in Working Memory Across Development	4
Utilising Non‐Nutritive Sucking in Developmental Language Research: Past, Current and Future	4
Maternal distress and body mass index in preschoolers living in families experiencing l ow‐income	4
Temporal Variation in Preschoolers' Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and the Use of Behavioural Emotion Regulation Strategies	4
Use them or lose them: Are manipulatives needed to assess numeracy and geometry performance in preschool?	4