Debby Cryer

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Debby Cryer is a scholar working on Education, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Debby Cryer has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Education, 8 papers in Clinical Psychology and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Debby Cryer's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (18 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (8 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers). Debby Cryer is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (18 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (8 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 papers). Debby Cryer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Debby Cryer's co-authors include Margaret Burchinal, Richard M. Clifford, Thelma Harms, Carollee Howes, Wolfgang Tietze, Leslie Phillipsen, Jesús Palacios, Margaret Burchinal, Teresa Leal and Sarah Hurwitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Early Childhood Research Quarterly, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and Early Education and Development.

In The Last Decade

Debby Cryer

22 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale. Revised Edition. 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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 Environment Rating Scale. Revised Edition.
    1998 602 citations Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford 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
Debby Cryer United States 15 1.9k 751 403 379 161 24 2.1k
Iheoma U. Iruka United States 22 1.3k 0.7× 639 0.9× 249 0.6× 444 1.2× 119 0.7× 72 1.8k
David P. Weikart France 21 1.4k 0.7× 554 0.7× 203 0.5× 380 1.0× 140 0.9× 68 1.9k
Allison Sidle Fuligni United States 16 1.0k 0.5× 690 0.9× 210 0.5× 236 0.6× 139 0.9× 22 1.4k
Milagros Nores United States 15 1.3k 0.7× 490 0.7× 268 0.7× 191 0.5× 253 1.6× 34 1.9k
Arya Ansari United States 28 1.5k 0.8× 706 0.9× 277 0.7× 303 0.8× 91 0.6× 104 2.0k
Christina Weiland United States 24 2.3k 1.2× 586 0.8× 190 0.5× 763 2.0× 204 1.3× 73 2.7k
John M. Love United States 14 829 0.4× 672 0.9× 126 0.3× 151 0.4× 169 1.0× 49 1.3k
Dylan L. Robertson United States 12 986 0.5× 682 0.9× 203 0.5× 176 0.5× 215 1.3× 16 1.7k
Terri J. Sabol United States 17 1.5k 0.8× 676 0.9× 174 0.4× 386 1.0× 96 0.6× 45 1.7k
Christine M. McWayne United States 21 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 171 0.4× 351 0.9× 72 0.4× 55 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Debby Cryer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Debby Cryer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Debby Cryer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Debby Cryer 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 Debby Cryer. Debby Cryer 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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Clifford, Richard M., Noreen Yazejian, Debby Cryer, & Thelma Harms. (2019). Forty years of measuring quality with the Environment Rating Scales. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 51. 164–166. 5 indexed citations
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Harms, Thelma, Richard M. Clifford, & Debby Cryer. (2008). Escala de avaliação do ambiente em educação de infância. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 1 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby, et al.. (2005). Effects of transitions to new child care classes on infant/toddler distress and behavior. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 20(1). 37–56. 50 indexed citations
4.
Tietze, Wolfgang & Debby Cryer. (2004). Comparisons of observed process quality in German and American infant/toddler programs. International Journal of Early Years Education. 12(1). 43–62. 20 indexed citations
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Harms, Thelma, Debby Cryer, & Richard M. Clifford. (2004). Escala de Calificación del Ambiente para Bebés y Niños Pequeños, Edicion Revisada.
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Cryer, Debby & Richard M. Clifford. (2003). Early childhood education and care in the USA. 34 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby, Sarah Hurwitz, & Mark Wolery. (2003). Continuity of Caregiver for Infants and Toddlers. ERIC Digest.. 2 indexed citations
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Burchinal, Margaret & Debby Cryer. (2003). Diversity, child care quality, and developmental outcomes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 18(4). 401–426. 147 indexed citations
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Burchinal, Margaret, Debby Cryer, Richard M. Clifford, & Carollee Howes. (2002). Caregiver Training and Classroom Quality in Child Care Centers. Applied Developmental Science. 6(1). 2–11. 312 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby, et al.. (2002). Parents’ perceptions of their children’s child care: a cross-national comparison. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 17(2). 259–277. 96 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby & Thelma Harms. (2000). Infants and Toddlers in Out-of-Home Care. A Series from the National Center for Early Development & Learning.. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 5(4). 357–360. 1 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby & Thelma Harms. (2000). Infants and toddlers in out-of-home care. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby, Sarah Hurwitz, & Mark Wolery. (2000). Continuity of caregiver for infants and toddlers in center-based child care: Report on a survey of center practices. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 15(4). 497–514. 37 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby, Wolfgang Tietze, Margaret Burchinal, Teresa Leal, & Jesús Palacios. (1999). Predicting process quality from structural quality in preschool programs: a cross-country comparison. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 14(3). 339–361. 128 indexed citations
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Tietze, Wolfgang & Debby Cryer. (1999). Current Trends in European Early Child Care and Education. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 563(1). 175–193. 27 indexed citations
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Harms, Thelma, Richard M. Clifford, & Debby Cryer. (1998). Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale. Revised Edition.. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cryer, Debby & Leslie Phillipsen. (1997). Quality Details: A Close-Up Look at Child Care Program Strengths and Weaknesses.. Young children. 52(5). 51–61. 8 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby & Margaret Burchinal. (1997). Parents as child care consumers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 12(1). 35–58. 164 indexed citations
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Phillipsen, Leslie, Margaret Burchinal, Carollee Howes, & Debby Cryer. (1997). The prediction of process quality from structural features of child care. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 12(3). 281–303. 291 indexed citations
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Cryer, Debby, et al.. (1987). Active Learning for Infants.

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