OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Australasian Journal of Early Childhood is 0. 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.)

Article	Citations
“If we can’t advocate for ourselves, nobody else will”: Teacher agency during early childhood reform	22
The risk of being researched: Re-envisioning educator research participation for high-quality early childhood education	16
Early childhood education for sustainability: Outcomes for social and emotional learning	15
Early Childhood Education and Care: A sustainable system?	14
Leadership and retention in early childhood education	13
The followership paradox: The undervalued power of effective followers in early childhood education	12
Australian family day care educators’ experiences of supporting children’s mental health, and their own mental health and wellbeing	11
Supporting the health, education and wellbeing of children and families: A priority-setting study with the service system in Logan, Queensland	8
Unpacking the theory of practice architectures for research in early childhood education	8
Irreconcilable knowledges?: A way forward	8
Understanding relationships between epistemic cognition and executive functioning: Implications for measurement and practice in early childhood	7
Engaging visual diaries in early childhood nature play as pedagogical arousal	6
Editorial AJEC Vol 1 2025	6
Factors predicting kindergarten teachers’ integration of science into their teaching in indigenous areas	6
Smoke: Enablers and barriers for sustainable engagement with local Aboriginal communities	6
Conversational leadership in toddler-educator talk and its potential to promote learning	5
Promoting safety and belonging for children, families, and early childhood professionals during times of uncertainty	4
Associations of gross motor skills with self-regulation and executive function in preschool-aged children	4
Charting developmental trajectories from 12 to 36 months and associated early risk and protective factors	4
Supporting infants and toddlers in low socio-economic early childhood settings in Australia	3
Who is studying what in Early Childhood Education and Care? Composite narratives of Australian educators engaging in further study	3
Leadership competencies in early childhood education: Design and validation of a survey tool	3
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 2022 symposium special issue	3
Feasibility and initial psychometric properties of the observe, reflect, improve children’s learning tool (ORICL) for early childhood services: A tool for building capacity in infant and toddler educa	3
Moort dandjoo kaadadjiny: Growing up Aboriginal kids strong in their culture and identity	3

“If you haven’t got trust, they’re not going to come to you with anything:” Qualities of positional leader and early childhood teacher relationships that support agency	3
Developing and Validating a Tool to Assess Young Children’s Early Literacy Engagement	3
Children’s memories of starting school: Building and sharing transitions capital	3
A case study of clinical supervision to support early childhood leaders in times of natural disasters: “It’s not a designer handbag”	2
Beyond stereotypes: Comparing Chinese and Australian parents’ perceptions of transition to school	2
Context matters: Examining the linguistic aspects of educator-toddler talk	2
In whose best interests? Regulating childcare environments in Australia	2
A dynamic systems methodological approach to understanding the collaborative nature of joint attention in early childhood settings	2
Toward a conceptualization of the internet of toys	2
Early childhood education and care, artificial intelligence and the postdigital	2
Initiatives supporting student retention in early childhood teacher education qualifications	2
Cultural diversity in the Australian early childhood education workforce: What do we know, what don’t we know and why is it important?	2
Beyond workforce shortages: A call for holistic care and recognition in early childhood policy	2
Falling by the “wasteside”: Defining and moving towards educator well-being from the perspective of early childhood educators in Ontario, Canada	2
Using a multidisciplinary, multi-method and collaborative research design to investigate the health communication power of the early childhood sector	2
‘We’re not useless, we know stuff!’ Gathering children’s voices to inform policy	2
Feasibility and Potential Benefits of the Observe, Reflect, Improve Children’s Learning (ORICL) Tool: Perspectives of Infant–Toddler Educators	1
Enhancing nutrition information utilisation, confidence, and role legitimacy and adequacy among early childhood education professionals through evidence-based online training	1
‘Why can’t I grow shorter, only taller?’—the body experience of growing up for Chinese children aged 5–6	1
Leading the early years of school: A relational and responsive model of early childhood pedagogical leadership	1
Taking a detailed look at early childhood educators’ worktime	1
Social-emotional learning and skills development in pre-school aged children attending playgroup in Australia: A scoping review of the perceived benefits	1
Promoting care for the wellbeing of early childhood professionals in Australia	1
Educator perspectives on embedding Acknowledgement to Country practices in early learning centres in Australia	1
Validity, reliability and viability of pre-school educators’ use of early years toolbox early numeracy	1
Understanding reform discourses in complex times of change: Positions and practices of early childhood professionals from Victorian kindergarten settings	1
Using robotic toys in early childhood education to support children’s social and emotional competencies	1
Editorial	1
Australian early childhood educators’ perspectives on digital teaching of geometry: The pedagogical enablers and barriers	1
The role and influence of educational leaders in centres rated as providing high quality early childhood educational programs	1
Professional learning for leadership in early years: Comparing Sweden and England	1
Music and movement teacher professional development: An interview study with Hong Kong kindergarten teachers	1
Young children’s language socialisation to baby talk and ontology of infancy in a small rural Indo-Fijian community	0
Inquiry-based project learning as an approach to foster wellbeing, sustained focus, and bi-cultural practice in early childhood education	0
Educators’ perspectives on the role the early childhood education and care environment plays in supporting children’s social and emotional development	0
Contexts and connections	0
Early childhood educators’ solidarity and struggles for recognition	0
Editorial	0
Increasing the odds for success: Applying evidence-based professional learning to foster self-regulation and executive functioning in preschool classrooms	0
Revisiting the home learning environment: Introducing the home learning ecosystem	0
Supporting educator well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of leadership in early childhood education and care organisations	0
Mentoring to build early childhood teacher capacity across career stages: The early childhood elevate mentoring program	0
‘I can’t draw, sing or dance to save my life!’: Educator and parent implicit theories of creativity	0
AJEC special issue: Leadership	0
Corrigendum to “Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies”	0
Understanding the need and opportunity for a trauma-informed early childhood organisations (TIO) program using intervention mapping	0
Finnish early childhood education and care leaders’ perceptions of pedagogical leadership and assessment of the implementation of the National Core Curriculum in times of change	0
Leading through complexity in early childhood education and care	0
Considering Form and Function: A Commentary on the Review of the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia	0
In this Editorial we celebrate the research contributions from the 2023 AJEC Research Symposium	0

Language learning using Pacific picturebooks in an Aotearoa New Zealand kindergarten	0
Patterns of participation in early childhood education before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	0
Supporting Regional and Remote Children’s Participation in High Quality Early Years Services	0
Becoming university qualified early childhood teachers: Studying with structured mentoring	0
Listening, empowering and innovating - Reflections from the AJEC Symposium 2023	0
An exploration into early childhood physical literacy programs: A systematic literature review	0
Preparing preservice early childhood educators to use music in Australian settings: An audit of programmes	0
Unpacking and unpicking the challenge of 600 hours of preschool attendance	0
Playgroup Families’ Experiences of Play-Based Remote Learning	0
From Birth to Three: Exploring Educators’ Understandings of Agency	0
Mentoring in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education	0
Perspectives of play and play-based learning: What do adults think play is?	0
Early childhood leadership: Risk and protective factors during the COVID-19 pandemic	0
Using community-based participatory research to support the development of a co-located intergenerational program	0
The role of early childhood pedagogical leaders in schools: Leading change for ongoing improvement	0
Intentional Teaching for Risky Play: Practitioner Researchers Move Beyond Their Comfort Zones	0
Encouraging diversity in the early childhood education and care workforce	0
‘When we sat together, it just worked’: Supporting individual and collaborative reflective practice in a team of early childhood educators	0
Empowering Aboriginal Families as Their Children’s First Teachers of Cultural Knowledge, Languages and Identity at Galiwin’ku FaFT Playgroup	0
Ethnography and Bush Kinder Research: A Review of the Literature	0
Complexity and change: Contemporary research in early childhood	0
Generating program theories for a trauma consultancy service in early learning settings: Insights on using realist methodology	0
“I am the pilot, but i need a committed crew”: Researching early childhood education and care leadership by using the actantial model of power	0
Educators and child health nurses: Working together to support responsive infant and young child feeding practices in early childhood education and care	0
Grappling with complexity in the search for quality early childhood service delivery: Elevating interpersonal relationships and trust as a value for research	0
Human–nature relationships in early childhood education for sustainability: Metaphysical analysis and reshaping	0
The Effectiveness of a Formative Play-Based Mathematics Assessment in Supporting the Early Childhood Intentional Pedagogue	0
Invisible transitions: Transitions to school following different paths	0
Highlighting real-time mother-infant participation and attention supportive behaviours: Proposing implications for purposeful educator-infant interactions	0
The lost art of joy in early childhood education	0
Understanding cultural artefacts to ensure seamless transitions in the Early Years	0
The state of play-based learning in Queensland schools	0
Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies	0
Supporting early childhood teacher well-being through the practice of mindful self-compassion	0
Leadership capacity development in the Australian early childhood sector. Re-energising through mentoring	0
Being clear on what we value in early childhood research: A response to Edwards (2021)	0
‘We love sharing your land’: Children’s understandings of Acknowledgement to Country practices and Aboriginal knowledges in early learning centres	0
Leadership in Australia’s early childhood workforce policy: Silences and ambiguities as missed opportunities	0
‘Unpacking our thinking in front of each other’: A case study in knowledge flow within an early childhood teaching team	0
Developmental evaluation of the HIPPY Age 3 program for socially disadvantaged families in Australia	0
Diverse Practices of Early Childhood Educators	0