Heather L. Kirkorian

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Heather L. Kirkorian is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather L. Kirkorian has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Education, 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Heather L. Kirkorian's work include Child Development and Digital Technology (35 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (20 papers) and ICT in Developing Communities (15 papers). Heather L. Kirkorian is often cited by papers focused on Child Development and Digital Technology (35 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (20 papers) and ICT in Developing Communities (15 papers). Heather L. Kirkorian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Belgium. Heather L. Kirkorian's co-authors include Daniel R. Anderson, Tiffany A. Pempek, Koeun Choi, Marie Schmidt, Ellen Wartella, Lauren A. Murphy, D. L. Anderson, Elliott M. Blass, Ian Price and Rachel Barr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Heather L. Kirkorian

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Young Children’s Use of Smartphones and Tablets

2020 158 citations Jenny Radesky, Joke Durnez et al. profile →
Early Childhood and Digital Media

2024 25 citations Rachel Barr, Heather L. Kirkorian et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather L. Kirkorian United States	21	1.6k	1.2k	487	295	240	49	2.2k
Deborah L. Linebarger United States	21	1.4k 0.9×	865 0.7×	324 0.7×	371 1.3×	233 1.0×	44	1.9k
Jessica Taylor Piotrowski Netherlands	24	1.1k 0.7×	989 0.8×	147 0.3×	168 0.6×	168 0.7×	62	1.9k
John C. Wright United States	18	1.0k 0.6×	656 0.6×	132 0.3×	265 0.9×	174 0.7×	31	1.5k
David S. Bickham United States	19	837 0.5×	936 0.8×	99 0.2×	73 0.2×	186 0.8×	52	1.5k
Zsófia K. Takács Hungary	16	802 0.5×	314 0.3×	303 0.6×	419 1.4×	84 0.3×	32	1.5k
Katrien Van Cleemput Belgium	16	981 0.6×	941 0.8×	95 0.2×	193 0.7×	96 0.4×	31	2.4k
Adam Lobel Netherlands	11	606 0.4×	971 0.8×	98 0.2×	569 1.9×	43 0.2×	12	2.0k
Fran C. Blumberg United States	19	561 0.3×	401 0.3×	120 0.2×	409 1.4×	83 0.3×	58	1.3k
Amy Shirong Lu United States	22	506 0.3×	497 0.4×	77 0.2×	591 2.0×	102 0.4×	59	1.9k
Paul J. C. Adachi Canada	18	473 0.3×	846 0.7×	68 0.1×	300 1.0×	79 0.3×	21	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather L. Kirkorian

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Krinsky‐McHale, Sharon J., Benjamin L. Handen, Bradley T. Christian, et al.. (2025). Eye Tracking as a Tool for Detecting Alzheimer's Disease in People With Down Syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 69(5). 370–382. 1 indexed citations

Radesky, Jenny, Annette Sundqvist, Felix Koch, et al.. (2025). The intersection of COVID lockdown policies and parent resources with children’s media exposure in Canada, the United States, Israel, Sweden, and New Zealand. Journal of Children and Media. 20(1). 33–59.

Kerr, Margaret, et al.. (2025). Bidirectional and temporal associations between daily reports of parental burnout, parenting experiences, and motivations for family screen use.. Translational Issues in Psychological Science.

Kirkorian, Heather L., et al.. (2025). A qualitative exploration of parents and their children's uses and gratifications of ChatGPT. Family Relations. 74(3). 1056–1071. 4 indexed citations

Barr, Rachel, Heather L. Kirkorian, Sarah M. Coyne, & Jenny Radesky. (2024). Early Childhood and Digital Media. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations breakdown →

Kirkorian, Heather L., et al.. (2024). Measuring parents' regulatory media use for themselves and their children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 6 indexed citations

Ye, Ting, et al.. (2023). Screen media exposure and young children's vocabulary learning and development: A meta-analysis. Child Development. 94(5). 1398–1418. 29 indexed citations

Kirkorian, Heather L. & Vanessa R. Simmering. (2023). Searching in the sand: Protracted video deficit in U.S. preschoolers' spatial recall using a continuous search space. Developmental Science. 26(4). e13376–e13376. 2 indexed citations

Kirkorian, Heather L., et al.. (2023). Human perception and machine vision reveal rich latent structure in human figure drawings. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1029808–1029808. 1 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L., et al.. (2021). The impact of touchscreen interactivity on U.S. toddlers’ selective attention and learning from digital media. Journal of Children and Media. 16(2). 188–204. 8 indexed citations

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Choi, Koeun, Heather L. Kirkorian, & Tiffany A. Pempek. (2021). Touchscreens for Whom? Working Memory and Age Moderate the Impact of Contingency on Toddlers' Transfer From Video. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 621372–621372. 11 indexed citations

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Barr, Rachel, Heather L. Kirkorian, Jenny Radesky, et al.. (2020). Beyond Screen Time: A Synergistic Approach to a More Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure During Early Childhood. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1283–1283. 118 indexed citations

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Schultz, Amy, Kristen Malecki, Alexandra B. Spicer, et al.. (2020). Investigating Cumulative Exposures among 3- to 4-Year-Old Children Using Wearable Ultrafine Particle Sensors and Language Environment Devices: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(14). 5259–5259. 5 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L.. (2018). When and How Do Interactive Digital Media Help Children Connect What They See On and Off the Screen?. Child Development Perspectives. 12(3). 210–214. 62 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L., Koeun Choi, & Tiffany A. Pempek. (2016). Toddlers’ Word Learning From Contingent and Noncontingent Video on Touch Screens. Child Development. 87(2). 405–413. 123 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L. & Daniel R. Anderson. (2016). Anticipatory Eye Movements While Watching Continuous Action Across Shots in Video Sequences: A Developmental Study. Child Development. 88(4). 1284–1301. 8 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L., et al.. (2015). Video Deficit in Toddlers’ Object Retrieval: What Eye Movements Reveal About Online Cognition. Infancy. 21(1). 37–64. 22 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L. & Tiffany A. Pempek. (2013). Toddlers and Touch Screens: Potential for Early Learning?.. Zero to three. 33(4). 32–37. 23 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L., Tiffany A. Pempek, Lauren A. Murphy, Marie Schmidt, & Daniel R. Anderson. (2009). The Impact of Background Television on Parent–Child Interaction. Child Development. 80(5). 1350–1359. 264 indexed citations

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Kirkorian, Heather L.. (2007). Age differences in eye movements during video viewing. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 4 indexed citations

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