Cristina McKean

1.6k total citations
58 papers, 938 citations indexed

About

Cristina McKean is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristina McKean has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 938 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 27 papers in Clinical Psychology and 14 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Cristina McKean's work include Language Development and Disorders (43 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (25 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (19 papers). Cristina McKean is often cited by papers focused on Language Development and Disorders (43 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (25 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (19 papers). Cristina McKean collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Cristina McKean's co-authors include Sheena Reilly, Fiona Mensah, Patricia Eadie, James Law, Melissa Wake, Angela Morgan, Jan M. Nicholson, Edith L. Bavin, Laura Conway and Bruce Tomblin and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PEDIATRICS and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Cristina McKean

52 papers receiving 923 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristina McKean United Kingdom 17 739 358 236 199 170 58 938
Eileen Cini Australia 14 775 1.0× 642 1.8× 224 0.9× 206 1.0× 235 1.4× 15 1.1k
Charlotte Wray United Kingdom 5 605 0.8× 202 0.6× 204 0.9× 89 0.4× 94 0.6× 8 712
Débora Maria Befi‐Lopes Brazil 15 591 0.8× 128 0.4× 273 1.2× 64 0.3× 89 0.5× 102 798
Monica Westerlund Sweden 12 449 0.6× 170 0.5× 113 0.5× 164 0.8× 130 0.8× 25 581
Victoria L. Joffe United Kingdom 14 472 0.6× 207 0.6× 141 0.6× 36 0.2× 89 0.5× 38 625
Amy L. Weiss United States 14 777 1.1× 435 1.2× 295 1.3× 32 0.2× 114 0.7× 54 995
Diane Frome Loeb United States 17 802 1.1× 234 0.7× 364 1.5× 40 0.2× 86 0.5× 40 950
Mary Claessen Australia 18 559 0.8× 129 0.4× 258 1.1× 27 0.1× 164 1.0× 50 733
Bruce Ferguson Canada 10 378 0.5× 340 0.9× 99 0.4× 67 0.3× 124 0.7× 18 596
Brenda Salley United States 12 211 0.3× 229 0.6× 273 1.2× 54 0.3× 148 0.9× 26 525

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cristina McKean

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristina McKean

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cristina McKean. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cristina McKean based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cristina McKean. Cristina McKean is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McKean, Cristina, et al.. (2025). Rethinking speech sound disorder (SSD) in non‐syndromic cleft lip and palate: The importance of recognizing phonological and language difficulties. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 60(1). e13151–e13151.
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Levickis, Penny, Patricia Eadie, Fiona Mensah, et al.. (2023). Associations between responsive parental behaviours in infancy and toddlerhood, and language outcomes at age 7 years in a population‐based sample. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 58(4). 1098–1112. 6 indexed citations
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Franken, Marie-Christine, et al.. (2023). Bidirectional associations between mental health problems and language ability across 8 years of childhood. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 33(3). 787–797. 1 indexed citations
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McKean, Cristina, et al.. (2023). Piloting building early sentences therapy for pre‐school children with low language abilities: An examination of efficacy and the role of sign as an active ingredient. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 59(3). 1128–1151.
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Frizelle, Pauline, et al.. (2023). How reliable is assessment of children’s sentence comprehension using a self-directed app? A comparison of supported versus independent use. Journal of Child Language. 51(6). 1395–1423. 2 indexed citations
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Reilly, Sheena & Cristina McKean. (2023). Creating the conditions for robust early language development for all—Part 1: Evidence‐informed child language surveillance in the early years. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 58(6). 2222–2241. 4 indexed citations
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Khattab, Ghada, et al.. (2022). Promoting early language development in the Arab world and Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10 and 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 25(1). 96–101. 2 indexed citations
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Wren, Yvonne, et al.. (2021). Early Communication Behaviors in Infants With Cleft Palate With and Without Robin Sequence: A Preliminary Study. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 59(8). 984–994. 1 indexed citations
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Laasonen, Marja, et al.. (2021). Allocation and funding of Speech and Language Therapy for children with Developmental Language Disorders across Europe and beyond. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 121. 104139–104139. 6 indexed citations
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Levickis, Penny, et al.. (2020). Expectations and experiences of parents taking part in parent–child interaction programmes to promote child language: a qualitative interview study. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 55(4). 603–617. 10 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Fernanda Dreux Miranda, Kakia Petinou, Carol Westby, et al.. (2020). Global TALES Protocol Versions overview. Opin vísindi (Opin vísindi). 2 indexed citations
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Levickis, Penny, et al.. (2019). Training community health nurses to measure parent–child interaction: a mixed-methods study. European Journal of Public Health. 30(3). 445–450. 5 indexed citations
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Letts, Carolyn, et al.. (2019). Verb morphology in German-speaking children with developmental language disorder and phonological impairment. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. 34(7). 671–691. 4 indexed citations
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Forbes, Joan, Elspeth McCartney, Cristina McKean, et al.. (2018). Co/productive practitioner relations for children with SLCN: an affect inflected agentic frame. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 40(6). 859–872. 7 indexed citations
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McKean, Cristina, et al.. (2018). Children's gradient sensitivity to phonological mismatch: considering the dynamics of looking behavior and pupil dilation. Journal of Child Language. 46(1). 1–23. 8 indexed citations
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Levickis, Penny, Emma Sciberras, Cristina McKean, et al.. (2017). Language and social-emotional and behavioural wellbeing from 4 to 7 years: a community-based study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 27(7). 849–859. 27 indexed citations
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McKean, Cristina, Fiona Mensah, Patricia Eadie, et al.. (2015). Levers for Language Growth: Characteristics and Predictors of Language Trajectories between 4 and 7 Years. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0134251–e0134251. 65 indexed citations
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Reilly, Sheena, Cristina McKean, Angela Morgan, & Melissa Wake. (2015). Identifying and managing common childhood language and speech impairments. BMJ. 350(may14 23). h2318–h2318. 45 indexed citations
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McKean, Cristina. (1976). Cough suppressants for children. BMJ. 2(6037). 695.3–695. 1 indexed citations

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