Patton O. Tabors

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Patton O. Tabors is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Patton O. Tabors has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Education, 10 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Patton O. Tabors's work include Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (7 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Patton O. Tabors is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (7 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (5 papers). Patton O. Tabors collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Patton O. Tabors's co-authors include David K. Dickinson, Catherine E. Snow, Kenji Hakuta, Mariela Páez, Lisa M. López, Brenda F. Kurland, Diane E. Beals, Michelle V. Porche, Jeanne M. De Temple and Byron Egeland and has published in prestigious journals such as Developmental Psychology, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Language.

In The Last Decade

Patton O. Tabors

20 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Beginning Literacy with Language: Young Children Learning... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Beginning Literacy with Language: Young Children Learning at Home and School.
    2001 441 citations David K. Dickinson, Patton O. Tabors Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patton O. Tabors United States 17 1.4k 1.1k 368 258 235 20 2.0k
Barbara Alexander Pan United States 20 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 221 0.6× 687 2.7× 224 1.0× 29 2.5k
Anne Van Kleeck United States 23 1.9k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 152 0.4× 266 1.0× 174 0.7× 50 2.2k
Mariela Páez United States 14 853 0.6× 584 0.5× 425 1.2× 138 0.5× 196 0.8× 18 1.4k
Sylvia Linan‐Thompson United States 25 2.0k 1.5× 1.4k 1.2× 240 0.7× 199 0.8× 178 0.8× 47 2.5k
Alba A. Ortiz United States 20 579 0.4× 858 0.7× 307 0.8× 302 1.2× 145 0.6× 84 1.4k
Annemarie H. Hindman United States 25 1.9k 1.4× 2.4k 2.1× 199 0.5× 465 1.8× 122 0.5× 72 3.0k
Sonia Q. Cabell United States 24 1.5k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 98 0.3× 203 0.8× 117 0.5× 52 2.1k
Carol Scheffner Hammer United States 34 2.6k 1.9× 1.4k 1.2× 773 2.1× 711 2.8× 262 1.1× 76 3.4k
Aquiles Iglesias United States 23 1.3k 1.0× 377 0.3× 292 0.8× 311 1.2× 149 0.6× 52 1.7k
Marta C. Valdez-Menchaca United States 10 1.4k 1.0× 998 0.9× 68 0.2× 282 1.1× 68 0.3× 12 1.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Páez, Mariela, Patton O. Tabors, & Lisa M. López. (2007). Dual language and literacy development of Spanish-speaking preschool children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 28(2). 85–102. 167 indexed citations
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Tenenbaum, Harriet R., Michelle V. Porche, Catherine E. Snow, Patton O. Tabors, & Stephanie Ross. (2007). Maternal and child predictors of low-income children's educational attainment. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 28(3). 227–238. 17 indexed citations
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Snow, Catherine E., et al.. (2007). Is Literacy Enough?: Pathways to Academic Success for Adolescents. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 139 indexed citations
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Zaslow, Martha, Nancy S. Weinfield, Elizabeth C. Hair, et al.. (2006). Longitudinal prediction of child outcomes from differing measures of parenting in a low-income sample.. Developmental Psychology. 42(1). 27–37. 127 indexed citations
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Toppelberg, Claudio O., et al.. (2005). Differential Diagnosis of Selective Mutism in Bilingual Children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 44(6). 592–595. 58 indexed citations
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Tabors, Patton O., Mariela Páez, & Lisa M. López. (2003). Dual Language Abilities of Bilingual Four-Year Olds: Initial Findings from the Early Childhood Study of Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-Speaking Children.. 1(1). 94 indexed citations
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Dickinson, David K. & Patton O. Tabors. (2002). Fostering Language and Literacy in Classrooms and Homes. Supporting Language Learning.. Young children. 57(2). 10–18. 38 indexed citations
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Dickinson, David K. & Patton O. Tabors. (2002). Fostering Language and Literacy in Classrooms and Homes. 48 indexed citations
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Tabors, Patton O., Catherine E. Snow, & David K. Dickinson. (2001). Homes and schools together: Supporting language and literacy development.. 128 indexed citations
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Dickinson, David K. & Patton O. Tabors. (2001). Beginning Literacy with Language: Young Children Learning at Home and School.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 441 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tabors, Patton O., et al.. (2001). "You know what oxygen is?": Learning new words at home.. 32 indexed citations
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Tabors, Patton O., et al.. (2001). Home language and literacy environment: Final results.. 64 indexed citations
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Tabors, Patton O., et al.. (2000). Language Development of Linguistically Diverse Children in Head Start Classrooms: Three Ethnographic Portraits. NHSA Dialog. 3(3). 409–440. 4 indexed citations
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Tabors, Patton O.. (1998). What Early Childhood Educators Need to Know: Developing Effective Programs for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children and Families.. Young children. 53(6). 20–26. 13 indexed citations
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Temple, Jeanne M. De & Patton O. Tabors. (1996). Children's Story Retelling as a Predictor of Early Reading Achievement.. 8 indexed citations
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Snow, Catherine E., et al.. (1995). SHELL: Oral Language and Early Literacy Skills in Kindergarten and First-Grade Children. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 10(1). 37–48. 188 indexed citations
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Temple, Jeanne M. De & Patton O. Tabors. (1994). Styles of Interaction during a Book Reading Task: Implications for Literacy Intervention with Low-Income Families.. 19 indexed citations
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Beals, Diane E. & Patton O. Tabors. (1993). Arboretum, bureaucratic and carbohydrates : preschoolers' exposure to rare vocabulary at home. Language. 15(43). 57–76. 71 indexed citations
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Dickinson, David K. & Patton O. Tabors. (1991). Early Literacy: Linkages Between Home, School and Literacy Achievement at Age Five. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 6(1). 30–46. 117 indexed citations
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Tabors, Patton O. & Kenji Hakuta. (1986). The Mirror of Language: The Debate on Bilingualism. TESOL Quarterly. 20(4). 752–752. 211 indexed citations

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