Christopher Osterhaus

974 total citations
34 papers, 533 citations indexed

About

Christopher Osterhaus is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Osterhaus has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 533 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 17 papers in Education and 9 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christopher Osterhaus's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (19 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (15 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (13 papers). Christopher Osterhaus is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (19 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (15 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (13 papers). Christopher Osterhaus collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Italy. Christopher Osterhaus's co-authors include Susanne Koerber, Beate Sodian, Sandra Bosacki, Daniela Mayer, Knut Schwippert, Martin Schwichow, Peter A. Edelsbrunner, Joanna Smogorzewska, Daniela Kloo and Susanne Kristen and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Developmental Psychology and Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Osterhaus

28 papers receiving 523 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Osterhaus Germany 11 354 274 122 105 92 34 533
Susanne Koerber Germany 12 491 1.4× 458 1.7× 111 0.9× 100 1.0× 126 1.4× 33 718
Carolyn Reeves United States 10 110 0.3× 209 0.8× 72 0.6× 59 0.6× 120 1.3× 19 387
Megan Brown United States 10 206 0.6× 237 0.9× 42 0.3× 38 0.4× 61 0.7× 22 443
H. Whiteley United Kingdom 14 322 0.9× 214 0.8× 184 1.5× 87 0.8× 70 0.8× 28 605
Daniel B. Hajovsky United States 13 197 0.6× 415 1.5× 125 1.0× 28 0.3× 150 1.6× 41 685
Roel van Steensel Netherlands 14 511 1.4× 536 2.0× 30 0.2× 49 0.5× 42 0.5× 44 765
Penny Coltman United Kingdom 7 385 1.1× 413 1.5× 41 0.3× 45 0.4× 44 0.5× 9 605
Annette Kujawski Taylor United States 9 153 0.4× 198 0.7× 65 0.5× 64 0.6× 47 0.5× 13 389
Nelly Tournaki United States 10 137 0.4× 339 1.2× 42 0.3× 32 0.3× 53 0.6× 22 468
Teresa Ober United States 10 181 0.5× 139 0.5× 50 0.4× 64 0.6× 104 1.1× 37 384

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Osterhaus, Christopher, Giulio D’Urso, Susanne Koerber, & Sandra Bosacki. (2025). Theory of Mind, Self-Perceptions, and Peer Popularity in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence. Children. 12(3). 281–281.
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Osterhaus, Christopher & Susanne Koerber. (2025). Domain‐general scientific reasoning abilities in kindergarten independently predict the mathematics ability of elementary school children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 44(1). 134–145.
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Osterhaus, Christopher & Susanne Koerber. (2024). The personal epistemology of parents predicts the development of scientific reasoning in children aged 6–10 years. Developmental Science. 27(3). e13474–e13474. 1 indexed citations
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Lecce, Serena, et al.. (2024). Individual differences in theory of mind and children’s advanced scientific reasoning in elementary school. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 49(4). 382–388.
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Osterhaus, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Measuring scientific reasoning in kindergarten and elementary school: validating the Chinese version of the Science-K Inventory. Educational Research for Policy and Practice. 2 indexed citations
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Smogorzewska, Joanna, Grzegorz Szumski, Sandra Bosacki, Paweł Grygiel, & Christopher Osterhaus. (2023). Longitudinal relations between theory of mind and academic achievement among deaf and hard-of-hearing school-aged children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 239. 105806–105806.
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Osterhaus, Christopher & Susanne Koerber. (2022). The complex associations between scientific reasoning and advanced theory of mind. Child Development. 94(1). e18–e42. 14 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher & Sandra Bosacki. (2022). Looking for the lighthouse: A systematic review of advanced theory-of-mind tests beyond preschool. Developmental Review. 64. 101021–101021. 38 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher, Susanne Kristen, Daniela Kloo, & Beate Sodian. (2022). Advanced scaling and modeling of children’s theory of mind competencies: Longitudinal findings in 4- to 6-year-olds. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 46(3). 251–259. 3 indexed citations
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Schuwerk, Tobias, Markus Paulus, Daniela Kloo, et al.. (2021). No links between genetic variation and developing theory of mind: A preregistered replication attempt of candidate gene studies. Developmental Science. 24(5). e13100–e13100. 5 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher & Susanne Koerber. (2021). The Development of Advanced Theory of Mind in Middle Childhood: A Longitudinal Study From Age 5 to 10 Years. Child Development. 92(5). 1872–1888. 52 indexed citations
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Smogorzewska, Joanna & Christopher Osterhaus. (2021). Advanced theory of mind in children with mild intellectual disability and deaf or hard of hearing children: A two‐year longitudinal study in middle childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 39(4). 603–624. 6 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher, Diane L. Putnick, Susanne Kristen, et al.. (2020). Theory of Mind and diverse intelligences in 4‐year‐olds: Modelling associations of false beliefs with children’s numerate‐spatial, verbal, and social intelligence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 38(4). 580–593. 9 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher & Susanne Koerber. (2020). Social cognition during and after kindergarten: The relations between first-order and advanced theories of mind. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 18(4). 573–592. 10 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher, Susanne Koerber, & Beate Sodian. (2020). The Science-P Reasoning Inventory (SPR-I): measuring emerging scientific-reasoning skills in primary school. International Journal of Science Education. 42(7). 1087–1107. 18 indexed citations
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Koerber, Susanne & Christopher Osterhaus. (2019). Individual Differences in Early Scientific Thinking: Assessment, Cognitive Influences, and Their Relevance for Science Learning. Journal of Cognition and Development. 20(4). 510–533. 75 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher, Susanne Koerber, & Beate Sodian. (2016). Scaling of Advanced Theory-of-Mind Tasks. Child Development. 87(6). 1971–1991. 79 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher, Susanne Koerber, & Beate Sodian. (2016). Scientific thinking in elementary school: Children’s social cognition and their epistemological understanding promote experimentation skills.. Developmental Psychology. 53(3). 450–462. 39 indexed citations
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Osterhaus, Christopher, et al.. (2015). Children's Understanding of Experimental Contrast and Experimental Control: An Inventory for Primary School.. Frontline Learning Research. 3(4). 56–94. 5 indexed citations
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Koerber, Susanne, Daniela Mayer, Christopher Osterhaus, Knut Schwippert, & Beate Sodian. (2014). The Development of Scientific Thinking in Elementary School: A Comprehensive Inventory. Child Development. 86(1). 327–336. 84 indexed citations

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