OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Australasian Journal of Early Childhood is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial AJEC Vol 1 2025	29
“If we can’t advocate for ourselves, nobody else will”: Teacher agency during early childhood reform	17
Teaching Practices, Self-Efficacy and the Physical Activity Environment in Aotearoa, New Zealand Early Childhood Education Centres	15
In whose best interests? Regulating childcare environments in Australia	13
Leadership competencies in early childhood education: Design and validation of a survey tool	11
Using a multidisciplinary, multi-method and collaborative research design to investigate the health communication power of the early childhood sector	10
Educator perspectives on embedding Acknowledgement to Country practices in early learning centres in Australia	9
Associations of gross motor skills with self-regulation and executive function in preschool-aged children	9
‘We love sharing your land’: Children’s understandings of Acknowledgement to Country practices and Aboriginal knowledges in early learning centres	8
Cultural diversity in the Australian early childhood education workforce: What do we know, what don’t we know and why is it important?	8
Playgroup Families’ Experiences of Play-Based Remote Learning	7
From Birth to Three: Exploring Educators’ Understandings of Agency	7
Early childhood leadership: Risk and protective factors during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Patterns of participation in early childhood education before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	6
‘When we sat together, it just worked’: Supporting individual and collaborative reflective practice in a team of early childhood educators	6
Australian family day care educators’ experiences of supporting children’s mental health, and their own mental health and wellbeing	5
Moort dandjoo kaadadjiny: Growing up Aboriginal kids strong in their culture and identity	5
Constant crossings: Teachers’ definitions of child wellbeing in early education, a reflective thematic analysis	5
Country, Community, and Indigenous Languages – A Framework Used in an Early Learning Centre in Queensland to Develop Understandings Around First Nations Languages	5
Charting developmental trajectories from 12 to 36 months and associated early risk and protective factors	5
A case study of clinical supervision to support early childhood leaders in times of natural disasters: “It’s not a designer handbag”	4
Initiatives supporting student retention in early childhood teacher education qualifications	4
Enhancing nutrition information utilisation, confidence, and role legitimacy and adequacy among early childhood education professionals through evidence-based online training	4
Supporting infants and toddlers in low socio-economic early childhood settings in Australia	4
‘Why can’t I grow shorter, only taller?’—the body experience of growing up for Chinese children aged 5–6	4

Vocabulary Development of Toddlers in Australia: Does Early Childhood Education and Care Quality and Attendance Make a Difference?	4
Who is studying what in Early Childhood Education and Care? Composite narratives of Australian educators engaging in further study	4
Complexity and change: Contemporary research in early childhood	3
Promoting care for the wellbeing of early childhood professionals in Australia	3
Corrigendum to “Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies”	3
Perspectives of play and play-based learning: What do adults think play is?	3
Complexifying quality in early childhood contexts through a theory of quality ecologies	3
Revisiting the home learning environment: Introducing the home learning ecosystem	3
Using community-based participatory research to support the development of a co-located intergenerational program	3
Taking a detailed look at early childhood educators’ worktime	3
Preparing preservice early childhood educators to use music in Australian settings: An audit of programmes	2
Leadership in Australia’s early childhood workforce policy: Silences and ambiguities as missed opportunities	2
Early Childhood Education and Care: A sustainable system?	2
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	2
The state of play-based learning in Queensland schools	2
The risk of being researched: Re-envisioning educator research participation for high-quality early childhood education	2
Early childhood education for sustainability: Outcomes for social and emotional learning	2
Understanding relationships between epistemic cognition and executive functioning: Implications for measurement and practice in early childhood	2
An exploration into early childhood physical literacy programs: A systematic literature review	2
The Effectiveness of a Formative Play-Based Mathematics Assessment in Supporting the Early Childhood Intentional Pedagogue	2
Engaging visual diaries in early childhood nature play as pedagogical arousal	2
Children’s memories of starting school: Building and sharing transitions capital	2
The lost art of joy in early childhood education	1
Becoming university qualified early childhood teachers: Studying with structured mentoring	1
In this Editorial we celebrate the research contributions from the 2023 AJEC Research Symposium	1
The role of early childhood pedagogical leaders in schools: Leading change for ongoing improvement	1
Promoting safety and belonging for children, families, and early childhood professionals during times of uncertainty	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
Supporting Regional and Remote Children’s Participation in High Quality Early Years Services	1
Supporting the health, education and wellbeing of children and families: A priority-setting study with the service system in Logan, Queensland	1
Understanding the need and opportunity for a trauma-informed early childhood organisations (TIO) program using intervention mapping	1
Increasing the odds for success: Applying evidence-based professional learning to foster self-regulation and executive functioning in preschool classrooms	1
Teaching for Diversity in the Early Years: Promoting Educators’ Epistemic Reflexivities for Social Justice Using Social Lab Methodology	1
Validity, reliability and viability of pre-school educators’ use of early years toolbox early numeracy	1
Developmental evaluation of the HIPPY Age 3 program for socially disadvantaged families in Australia	1
Early childhood educators’ solidarity and struggles for recognition	1
Assessment as Learning in Practice: Children’s and Educators’ Views on Digital and Paper Documentation	1
Encouraging diversity in the early childhood education and care workforce	1
Factors predicting kindergarten teachers’ integration of science into their teaching in indigenous areas	1
Educators’ perspectives on the role the early childhood education and care environment plays in supporting children’s social and emotional development	1
Understanding cultural artefacts to ensure seamless transitions in the Early Years	1