Dana Charles McCoy

10.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
131 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Dana Charles McCoy is a scholar working on Education, Clinical Psychology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dana Charles McCoy has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Education, 52 papers in Clinical Psychology and 36 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Dana Charles McCoy's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (84 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (37 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (36 papers). Dana Charles McCoy is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (84 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (37 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (36 papers). Dana Charles McCoy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Dana Charles McCoy's co-authors include Günther Fink, Maureen M. Black, Wafaie Fawzi, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Chunling Lu, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Sally Grantham‐McGregor, C. Cybele Raver and Amanda Epstein Devercelli and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Dana Charles McCoy

123 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Early childhood development coming of age: science throug... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2016 2016 2015 2022 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course
    2016 1.8k citations Maureen M. Black, Susan Walker et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Risk Factors for Childhood Stunting in 137 Developing Countries: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis at Global, Regional, and Country Levels
    2016 342 citations Goodarz Danaei, Kathryn Andrews et al. profile →
  3. Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling
    2016 339 citations Dana Charles McCoy, Evan D. Peet et al. profile →
  4. Linear Growth and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis
    2015 317 citations Christopher R. Sudfeld, Dana Charles McCoy et al. profile →
  5. Publishing child development research from around the world: An unfair playing field resulting in most of the world's child population under‐represented in research
    2022 89 citations Catherine E. Draper, Jorge Cuartas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dana Charles McCoy United States 38 2.5k 2.3k 2.1k 1.8k 1.3k 131 6.2k
Aisha K. Yousafzai United States 33 968 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 771 0.6× 146 4.0k
Patrice L. Engle United States 32 868 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 698 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 59 4.4k
Yvonne Kelly United Kingdom 42 1.0k 0.4× 559 0.2× 1.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 175 0.1× 115 5.7k
Yusra Ribhi Shawar United States 15 588 0.2× 928 0.4× 948 0.5× 461 0.3× 506 0.4× 51 2.5k
Barbara H. Fiese United States 48 1.5k 0.6× 374 0.2× 993 0.5× 3.3k 1.9× 247 0.2× 187 7.6k
Frances Gardner United Kingdom 56 2.6k 1.1× 291 0.1× 955 0.5× 7.5k 4.3× 1.8k 1.3× 193 10.6k
Amina Abubakar Kenya 35 412 0.2× 536 0.2× 822 0.4× 1.0k 0.6× 413 0.3× 217 3.5k
Robert H. Bradley United States 27 1.6k 0.6× 215 0.1× 836 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 275 0.2× 58 4.2k
Theresa S. Betancourt United States 51 998 0.4× 229 0.1× 769 0.4× 5.9k 3.3× 827 0.6× 199 8.2k
Linda Mason United Kingdom 33 767 0.3× 238 0.1× 434 0.2× 638 0.4× 348 0.3× 89 3.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jäggi, Lena, et al.. (2025). Parenting in the Digital Age: A Scoping Review of Digital Early Childhood Parenting Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). Public health reviews. 45. 1607651–1607651. 2 indexed citations
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Cuartas, Jorge, et al.. (2025). Physical punishment and lifelong outcomes in low‑ and middle‑income countries: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(7). 1365–1379. 1 indexed citations
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McCoy, Dana Charles, Lena Jäggi, Daniel Mäusezahl, et al.. (2025). Development and validation of the Nurturing Parenting Beliefs and Behaviors Scale (NPBBS): Measuring parenting in high Andean Peru.. Developmental Psychology. 62(1). 233–253.
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Jukes, Matthew, Sara Baker, Catherine E. Draper, et al.. (2024). Principles for Adapting Assessments of Executive Function across Cultural Contexts. Brain Sciences. 14(4). 318–318. 10 indexed citations
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Cuartas, Jorge, et al.. (2024). The developmental consequences of early exposure to climate change-related risks. Child Development Perspectives. 18(3). 145–154. 7 indexed citations
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McCoy, Dana Charles & Terri J. Sabol. (2024). Overcoming the streetlight effect: Shining light on the foundations of learning and development in early childhood.. American Psychologist. 80(2). 135–147.
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Cuartas, Jorge, Dana Charles McCoy, Jere R. Behrman, et al.. (2023). Family play, reading, and other stimulation and early childhood development in five low‐and‐middle‐income countries. Developmental Science. 26(6). e13404–e13404. 10 indexed citations
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McCoy, Dana Charles, et al.. (2023). Systemic barriers and opportunities for implementing school-based social–emotional learning interventions in low-income and conflict-affected settings. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1011039–1011039. 8 indexed citations
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Waldman, Marcus, Abbie Raikes, Maureen M. Black, et al.. (2023). Psychometrics of psychosocial behavior items under age 6 years: Evidence from Nebraska, USA. Infant Mental Health Journal. 45(1). 56–78.
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McCoy, Dana Charles, et al.. (2023). The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low‐income urban sample in Brazil. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65(5). 620–630. 4 indexed citations
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Jeong, Joshua, et al.. (2022). Implementation characteristics of father‐inclusive interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1520(1). 34–52. 17 indexed citations
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McCoy, Dana Charles. (2021). Building a model of cultural universality with specificity for global early childhood development. Child Development Perspectives. 16(1). 27–33. 14 indexed citations
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Salhi, Carmel, Elizabeth Beatriz, Ryan K. McBain, et al.. (2020). Physical Discipline, Deprivation, and Differential Risk of Developmental Delay Across 17 Countries. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 60(2). 296–306. 19 indexed citations
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Altafim, Elisa Rachel Pisani, et al.. (2020). Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 96(1). 66–75. 4 indexed citations
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Jeong, Joshua, Saima Siyal, Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy, & Aisha K. Yousafzai. (2018). “His mind will work better with both of us”: a qualitative study on fathers’ roles and coparenting of young children in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 1274–1274. 35 indexed citations
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Jeong, Joshua, Jelena Obradović, Muneera A. Rasheed, et al.. (2018). Maternal and paternal stimulation: Mediators of parenting intervention effects on preschoolers' development. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 60. 105–118. 46 indexed citations
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Altafim, Elisa Rachel Pisani, et al.. (2018). Measuring early childhood development in Brazil: validation of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI). Jornal de Pediatria. 96(1). 66–75. 25 indexed citations
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Fink, Günther, Evan D. Peet, Goodarz Danaei, et al.. (2016). Schooling and wage income losses due to early-childhood growth faltering in developing countries: national, regional, and global estimates. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104(1). 104–112. 78 indexed citations
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Black, Maureen M., Susan Walker, Lia C. H. Fernald, et al.. (2016). Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course. The Lancet. 389(10064). 77–90. 1757 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morris, Pamela, et al.. (2014). Do Head Start Impacts Vary by Neighborhood Context. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. 2 indexed citations

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