Amy Claessens

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Amy Claessens is a scholar working on Education, Statistics and Probability and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy Claessens has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Education, 10 papers in Statistics and Probability and 7 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Amy Claessens's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (19 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (10 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (9 papers). Amy Claessens is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (19 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (10 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (9 papers). Amy Claessens collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Amy Claessens's co-authors include Mimi Engel, Greg J. Duncan, Kathryn Duckworth, Chantelle Dowsett, Katherine Magnuson, Leon Feinstein, Pamela Kato Klebanov, Holly R. Sexton, Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn and Aletha C. Huston and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Psychological Science and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Amy Claessens

35 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

School readiness and later achievement.

2007 3.8k citations Greg J. Duncan, Chantelle Dowsett et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
Early Predictors of High School Mathematics Achievement

2012 533 citations Robert S. Siegler, Greg J. Duncan et al. Psychological Science profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amy Claessens United States	20	4.4k	2.2k	2.0k	1.0k	531	37	5.8k
Mimi Engel United States	17	4.6k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	918 0.9×	526 1.0×	34	5.8k
Kathryn Duckworth United Kingdom	18	3.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	840 0.8×	509 1.0×	38	5.2k
Chantelle Dowsett United States	11	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	938 0.9×	397 0.7×	16	4.4k
Holly R. Sexton United States	11	3.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	386 0.7×	14	4.4k
Marja‐Kristiina Lerkkanen Finland	47	4.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	676 1.3×	226	6.4k
Anna‐Maija Poikkeus Finland	48	3.6k 0.8×	942 0.4×	3.5k 1.8×	902 0.9×	521 1.0×	176	6.2k
Meredith L. Rowe United States	40	2.9k 0.7×	589 0.3×	5.1k 2.6×	1.3k 1.3×	598 1.1×	103	7.2k
Paul A. McDermott United States	40	2.9k 0.7×	392 0.2×	1.6k 0.8×	2.2k 2.2×	884 1.7×	156	5.2k
Yaacov Petscher United States	41	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	4.0k 2.0×	333 0.3×	477 0.9×	184	5.3k
Donald L. Compton United States	46	3.6k 0.8×	3.4k 1.6×	5.9k 3.0×	644 0.6×	462 0.9×	127	7.5k

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Engel, Mimi, et al.. (2025). Understanding Mathematics Instruction in Kindergarten. The Elementary School Journal. 125(3). 518–547.

Engel, Mimi, et al.. (2024). The Alignment of P–3 Math Instruction. AERA Open. 10. 1 indexed citations

Gormley, William T., et al.. (2022). Does early childhood education help to improve high school outcomes? Results from Tulsa. Child Development. 93(4). e379–e395. 21 indexed citations

Engel, Mimi, et al.. (2021). Kindergarten in a Large Urban District. Educational Researcher. 50(6). 401–415. 12 indexed citations

Claessens, Amy. (2016). Math in Preschool: A Review of the Mathematics Activities in the Most Widely Used Preschool Curricula. 1 indexed citations

Watts, Tyler W., Greg J. Duncan, Meichu Chen, et al.. (2015). The Role of Mediators in the Development of Longitudinal Mathematics Achievement Associations. Child Development. 86(6). 1892–1907. 41 indexed citations

Chen, Jen-Hao, Amy Claessens, & Michael E. Msall. (2014). Prematurity and school readiness in a nationally representative sample of Australian children: Does typically occurring preschool moderate the relationship?. Early Human Development. 90(2). 73–79. 34 indexed citations

Duncan, Greg J., Mimi Engel, Amy Claessens, & Chantelle Dowsett. (2014). Replication and robustness in developmental research.. Developmental Psychology. 50(11). 2417–2425. 166 indexed citations

Ryan, Rebecca M., Amy Claessens, & Anna J. Markowitz. (2014). Associations Between Family Structure Change and Child Behavior Problems: The Moderating Effect of Family Income. Child Development. 86(1). 112–127. 59 indexed citations

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Barrow, Lisa, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, & Amy Claessens. (2014). The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Claessens, Amy & Rachel Garrett. (2014). The role of early childhood settings for 4–5 year old children in early academic skills and later achievement in Australia. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 29(4). 550–561. 16 indexed citations

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Claessens, Amy & Mimi Engel. (2013). How Important is Where you Start? Early Mathematics Knowledge and Later School Success. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 115(6). 1–29. 255 indexed citations

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Barrow, Lisa, Amy Claessens, & Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. (2013). The Impact of Chicago’s Small High School Initiative (WP-13-20). 4 indexed citations

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Claessens, Amy, Mimi Engel, & F. Chris Curran. (2013). Academic Content, Student Learning, and the Persistence of Preschool Effects. American Educational Research Journal. 51(2). 403–434. 111 indexed citations

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Ryan, Rebecca M. & Amy Claessens. (2012). Associations between family structure changes and children’s behavior problems: The moderating effects of timing and marital birth.. Developmental Psychology. 49(7). 1219–1231. 70 indexed citations

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Siegler, Robert S., Greg J. Duncan, Pamela Davis‐Kean, et al.. (2012). Early Predictors of High School Mathematics Achievement. Psychological Science. 23(7). 691–697. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Claessens, Amy. (2009). School readiness and achievement in middle childhood. 1 indexed citations

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Duncan, Greg J., Chantelle Dowsett, Amy Claessens, et al.. (2007). School readiness and later achievement.. Developmental Psychology. 43(6). 1428–1446. 3751 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duncan, Greg J., Amy Claessens, & Mimi Engel. (2005). The Contributions of Hard Skills and Socio-emotional Behavior to School Readiness (WP-05-01). 8 indexed citations

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Loos, Ruth J. F., Martine Thomis, Hermine H. Maes, et al.. (1997). Gender-specific regional changes in genetic structure of muscularity in early adolescence. Journal of Applied Physiology. 82(6). 1802–1810. 40 indexed citations

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