Harry Shier

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 951 citations indexed

About

Harry Shier is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Harry Shier has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 951 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Safety Research and 6 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Harry Shier's work include Children's Rights and Participation (12 papers), Child Welfare and Adoption (5 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (5 papers). Harry Shier is often cited by papers focused on Children's Rights and Participation (12 papers), Child Welfare and Adoption (5 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (5 papers). Harry Shier collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Harry Shier's co-authors include Howard Williamson, Trudi Cooper, Lynn Kemp, Sarah Wise, Jenny Knight, Tobia Fattore, Rebekah Grace, Roger Holdsworth, Katrin Križ and Katherine Ellis and has published in prestigious journals such as Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, Children and Youth Services Review and Children & Society.

In The Last Decade

Harry Shier

17 papers receiving 853 citations

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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.

Pathways to participation: openings, opportunities and obligations

2001 760 citations Harry Shier Children & Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harry Shier Australia	7	691	400	311	165	158	18	951
Ruth Sinclair United Kingdom	14	680 1.0×	379 0.9×	383 1.2×	181 1.1×	318 2.0×	28	1.0k
Nicola Taylor New Zealand	14	498 0.7×	267 0.7×	161 0.5×	96 0.6×	190 1.2×	49	796
Cynthia Price Cohen	8	458 0.7×	305 0.8×	187 0.6×	162 1.0×	263 1.7×	14	923
Janet Boddy United Kingdom	16	300 0.4×	307 0.8×	248 0.8×	161 1.0×	248 1.6×	67	817
Montserrat Fargas United Kingdom	12	344 0.5×	199 0.5×	212 0.7×	110 0.7×	253 1.6×	43	674
Spyros Spyrou Cyprus	13	884 1.3×	476 1.2×	164 0.5×	61 0.4×	89 0.6×	39	1.0k
June Statham United Kingdom	19	505 0.7×	407 1.0×	267 0.9×	336 2.0×	476 3.0×	82	1.1k
Bernadine Brady Ireland	12	332 0.5×	210 0.5×	236 0.8×	123 0.7×	244 1.5×	69	700
Cath Larkins United Kingdom	15	572 0.8×	171 0.4×	156 0.5×	195 1.2×	405 2.6×	72	985
Dorothy Bottrell Australia	13	357 0.5×	248 0.6×	172 0.6×	186 1.1×	350 2.2×	26	805

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harry Shier

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All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Križ, Katrin, et al.. (2025). Children and young people’s participation in child protection: outcomes of transformative participation in international contexts. European Journal of Social Work. 28(4). 907–921.

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Grace, Rebekah, et al.. (2024). Supporting child and youth participation in service design and decision-making: The ReSPECT approach. Children and Youth Services Review. 163. 107769–107769. 3 indexed citations

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Grace, Rebekah, et al.. (2023). Cultivating child and youth decision‐making: The principles and practices of the ReSPECT approach to professional development. Children & Society. 38(5). 1451–1470. 1 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (2022). How is it that young people do not have a more prominent seat at the decision-making table?. 1(1). 2 indexed citations

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Cooper, Trudi, et al.. (2021). Youth participation: Adultism, human rights and professional youth work. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 36(4). 677–690. 28 indexed citations

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Williamson, Howard, et al.. (2021). Approaches to Youth Participation in Youth and Community Work Practice: A Critical Dialogue. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 2 indexed citations

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Grace, Rebekah, Jenny Knight, Harry Shier, et al.. (2019). Where are the silences? A scoping review of child participatory research literature in the context of the Australian service system. Children Australia. 44(4). 172–186. 19 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (2018). Towards a New Improved Pedagogy of “Children’s Rights and Responsibilities”. The International Journal of Children s Rights. 26(4). 761–780. 6 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (2016). On being a ‘worker student’: understanding the intersected identities of children and adolescents in Nicaragua. Children s Geographies. 15(1). 36–50. 8 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (2015). Children as researchers in Nicaragua: Children’s consultancy to transformative research. Global Studies of Childhood. 5(2). 206–219. 23 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry, et al.. (2012). How Children and Young People Influence Policy‐Makers: Lessons from Nicaragua. Children & Society. 28(1). 1–14. 44 indexed citations

12.

Shier, Harry. (2010). IPA Global Consultations On Children's Right to Play Report. Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin). 4 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (2009). Children as Public Actors: Navigating the Tensions. Children & Society. 24(1). 24–37. 40 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (2001). Pathways to participation: openings, opportunities and obligations. Children & Society. 15(2). 107–117. 760 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shier, Harry. (1995). Article 31 action pack: children's rights and children's play.. 4 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry, et al.. (1995). Article 31 Action Pack Children's Rights and Children's Play : Resources for Action to Implement Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (1991). Exploring logo in children's play: A playworker's perspective. Early Child Development and Care. 69(1). 91–97. 2 indexed citations

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Shier, Harry. (1984). Adventure Playgrounds: an introduction. Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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