Clancy Blair

29.2k total citations · 14 hit papers
219 papers, 20.8k citations indexed

About

Clancy Blair is a scholar working on Education, Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Clancy Blair has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 20.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Education, 107 papers in Clinical Psychology and 44 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Clancy Blair's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (104 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (97 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (42 papers). Clancy Blair is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (104 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (97 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (42 papers). Clancy Blair collaborates with scholars based in United States, Qatar and United Kingdom. Clancy Blair's co-authors include C. Cybele Raver, Rachel A. Razza, Michael T. Willoughby, Mark T. Greenberg, Adele Diamond, Douglas A. Granger, Alexandra Ursache, Karen L. Bierman, Robert L. Nix and W. Roger Mills‐Koonce and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Clancy Blair

217 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

Relating Effortful Control, Executive Function, and False... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2007 2002 2002 2008 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Relating Effortful Control, Executive Function, and False Belief Understanding to Emerging Math and Literacy Ability in Kindergarten
    2007 2.3k citations Clancy Blair et al. Child Development profile →
  2. School readiness: Integrating cognition and emotion in a neurobiological conceptualization of children's functioning at school entry.
    2002 1.1k citations Clancy Blair profile →
  3. School readiness: Integrating cognition and emotion in a neurobiological conceptualization of children's functioning at school entry.
    2002 1.1k citations Clancy Blair profile →
  4. Biological processes in prevention and intervention: The promotion of self-regulation as a means of preventing school failure
    2008 800 citations Clancy Blair et al. Development and Psychopathology profile →
  5. School Readiness and Self-Regulation: A Developmental Psychobiological Approach
    2014 751 citations Clancy Blair, C. Cybele Raver profile →
  6. Promoting Academic and Social-Emotional School Readiness: The Head Start REDI Program
    2008 612 citations Karen L. Bierman, Clancy Blair et al. Child Development profile →
  7. Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments.
    2012 605 citations Clancy Blair et al. profile →
  8. The development of cognitive skills and gains in academic school readiness for children from low-income families.
    2010 576 citations Clancy Blair, Karen L. Bierman et al. profile →
  9. Executive functions and school readiness intervention: Impact, moderation, and mediation in the Head Start REDI program
    2008 564 citations Karen L. Bierman, Clancy Blair et al. Development and Psychopathology profile →
  10. Child development in the context of adversity: Experiential canalization of brain and behavior.
    2012 519 citations Clancy Blair, C. Cybele Raver profile →
  11. Salivary Cortisol Mediates Effects of Poverty and Parenting on Executive Functions in Early Childhood
    2011 453 citations Clancy Blair, Douglas A. Granger et al. Child Development profile →
  12. Poverty, Stress, and Brain Development: New Directions for Prevention and Intervention
    2016 329 citations Clancy Blair, C. Cybele Raver profile →
  13. Poverty as a predictor of 4-year-olds' executive function: New perspectives on models of differential susceptibility.
    2012 304 citations C. Cybele Raver, Clancy Blair et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
  14. Closing the Achievement Gap through Modification of Neurocognitive and Neuroendocrine Function: Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of an Innovative Approach to the Education of Children in Kindergarten
    2014 286 citations Clancy Blair, C. Cybele Raver profile →

Peers

Clancy Blair
Comparison fields: 5 of 175
  • Education 11.0k
  • Clinical Psychology 9.0k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 6.1k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3.3k
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2.9k
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Michael T. Willoughby United States
Thomas M. Achenbach United States
Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda United States
Frank Vitaro Canada
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Why do humans undergo an adiposity rebound? Exploring links with the energetic costs of brain development in childhood using MRI-based 4D measures of total cerebral blood flow
2022 ·International Journal of Obesity ·(unknown), Ann Ragin, Can Wu, Michael Markl, Susanne Schnell, Ali Shaibani, Clancy Blair, Christopher W. Kuzawa
9
2
Mothers’ and fathers’ executive function both predict emergent executive function in toddlerhood
2022 ·Developmental Science ·Andrew Ribner, Rory T. Devine, Clancy Blair, Claire Hughes, (unknown)
14
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Proximity to sources of airborne lead is associated with reductions in Children's executive function in the first four years of life
2021 ·Health & Place ·Lisa M. Gatzke‐Kopp, (unknown), Michael T. Willoughby, C. M. Fowler, David C. Folch, Clancy Blair
11
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Capturing Environmental Dimensions of Adversity and Resources in the Context of Poverty Across Infancy Through Early Adolescence: A Moderated Nonlinear Factor Model
2021 ·Child Development ·Meriah Lee DeJoseph, (unknown), C. Cybele Raver, Clancy Blair, Daniel Berry
26
5
Baseline Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis and Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity Interact to Predict Executive Functions in Low‐Income Children
2020 ·Mind Brain and Education ·Stephen H. Braren, Annie Brandes‐Aitken, Rosemarie E. Perry, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Clancy Blair
3
6
Measurement models for studying child executive functioning: Questioning the status quo.
2020 ·Developmental Psychology ·Marie Camerota, Michael T. Willoughby, Clancy Blair
44
7
Understanding the terrible twos: A longitudinal investigation of the impact of early executive function and parent–child interactions
2020 ·Developmental Science ·Claire Hughes, Rory T. Devine, Judi Mesman, Clancy Blair
22
8
Executive Function and BMI Trajectories Among Rural, Poor Youth at High Risk for Obesity
2020 ·Obesity ·Brandi Y. Rollins, Nathaniel R. Riggs, Lori A. Francis, Clancy Blair
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Leveraging item accuracy and reaction time to improve measurement of child executive function ability.
2020 ·Psychological Assessment ·Marie Camerota, Michael T. Willoughby, Brooke E. Magnus, Clancy Blair
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A hypothesis linking the energy demand of the brain to obesity risk
2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher W. Kuzawa, Clancy Blair
38
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The development of executive function in early childhood is inversely related to change in body mass index: Evidence for an energetic tradeoff?
2019 ·Developmental Science ·Clancy Blair, Christopher W. Kuzawa, Michael T. Willoughby
30
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Developing a neurobehavioral animal model of poverty: Drawing cross-species connections between environments of scarcity-adversity, parenting quality, and infant outcome
2018 ·Development and Psychopathology ·Rosemarie E. Perry, Eric D. Finegood, Stephen H. Braren, Meriah Lee DeJoseph, David Putrino, Donald A. Wilson, Regina M. Sullivan, C. Cybele Raver, Clancy Blair, (unknown)
55
13
Examining language and early numeracy skills in young Latino dual language learners
2018 ·Early Childhood Research Quarterly ·Lucía I. Méndez, Carol Scheffner Hammer, Lisa M. López, Clancy Blair
31
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Executive function and early childhood education
2016 ·Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences ·Clancy Blair
82
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Depression, Control, and Climate: An Examination of Factors Impacting Teaching Quality in Preschool Classrooms
2015 ·Early Education and Development ·Lia E. Sandilos, Lauren M. Cycyk, Carol Scheffner Hammer, Brook E. Sawyer, Lisa M. López, Clancy Blair
79
16
Developmental changes in anger expression and attention focus: Learning to wait.
2011 ·Developmental Psychology ·Pamela M. Cole, Patricia Z. Tan, Sarah E. Hall, Yiyun Zhang, Keith A. Crnic, Clancy Blair, Runze Li
84
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Maternal parenting as a mediator of the relationship between intimate partner violence and effortful control.
2011 ·Journal of Family Psychology ·Hanna Gustafsson, (unknown), Martha J. Cox, Clancy Blair
47
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Executive Function as a Mediator of Effects on Kindergarten Learning Behaviors One Year after the Pre-K Head Start REDI Intervention.
2011 ·Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness ·Alexandra Ursache, Clancy Blair, Karen L. Bierman, Robert L. Nix
3
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Intimate partner violence moderates the association between mother–infant adrenocortical activity across an emotional challenge.
2009 ·Journal of Family Psychology ·Leah C. Hibel, (unknown), Douglas A. Granger, Clancy Blair, Martha J. Cox
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Building Research and Policy Connections: Training and Career Options for Developmental Scientists
1996 ·Amy Susman-Stillman, Joshua L. Brown, Emma K. Adam, Clancy Blair, Robin Gaines, Rachel Gordon, Ann Marie White, (unknown)
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