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Early Childhood Research Quarterly
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Among the 46 education journals in this index it has the 9th highest h-index and the 25th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 466 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 68% |
| China | 8% |
| Hong Kong | 6% |
| Canada | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 94% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Early Childhood Education and Development | 46% |
| Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills | 7% |
| Language Development and Disorders | 5% |
| Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development | 4% |
| Reading and Literacy Development | 4% |
| Teaching and Learning Programming | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Computational thinking in early childhood education: The impact of programming a tangible robot on developing debugging knowledge (2023, 64 citations)
- The impact of social pretend play on preschoolers’ social development: Results of an experimental study (2023, 63 citations)
- Rhythm and movement delivered by teachers supports self-regulation skills of preschool-aged children in disadvantaged communities: A clustered RCT (2023, 53 citations)
- An exploration of robot programming as a foundation for spatial reasoning and computational thinking in preschoolers’ guided play (2023, 45 citations)
- Retention and turnover of teaching staff in a high-quality early childhood network (2023, 39 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0885-2006):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- The Elementary School Journal
- Psychological Bulletin
- Child Development
- British Educational Research Journal
- Developmental Psychology
- The Journal of Educational Research
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