Pia Williams

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 650 citations indexed

About

Pia Williams is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Human Factors and Ergonomics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pia Williams has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 650 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Education, 9 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 6 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics. Recurrent topics in Pia Williams's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (23 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers) and Social and Educational Sciences (8 papers). Pia Williams is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (23 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers) and Social and Educational Sciences (8 papers). Pia Williams collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Finland. Pia Williams's co-authors include Sonja Sheridan, Anette Sandberg, Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, Annika Lantz-Andersson, Mona Lundin, Anne Lillvist, Susanne Garvis, Heidi Harju‐Luukkainen, Kajsa Yang Hansen and Jóhanna Einarsdóttir and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Educational Research and Early Childhood Education Journal.

In The Last Decade

Pia Williams

32 papers receiving 586 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.

Teachers’ professional digital competence: an overview of conceptualisations in the literature

2022 100 citations Annika Lantz-Andersson, Pia Williams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pia Williams Sweden	15	518	149	117	112	66	33	650
Ruth Kershner United Kingdom	16	590 1.1×	244 1.6×	136 1.2×	107 1.0×	52 0.8×	26	760
Tiffany L. Gallagher Canada	14	542 1.0×	148 1.0×	68 0.6×	132 1.2×	38 0.6×	63	675
Victoria Armstrong United Kingdom	10	248 0.5×	73 0.5×	115 1.0×	65 0.6×	58 0.9×	24	465
Gonny Schellings Netherlands	15	523 1.0×	368 2.5×	61 0.5×	101 0.9×	28 0.4×	28	755
Annie Y.N. Cheng Hong Kong	11	619 1.2×	183 1.2×	65 0.6×	92 0.8×	15 0.2×	16	708
Sally Barnes United Kingdom	8	314 0.6×	257 1.7×	51 0.4×	91 0.8×	71 1.1×	16	541
Deniz Deryakulu Türkiye	10	353 0.7×	88 0.6×	69 0.6×	76 0.7×	21 0.3×	47	473
Sonja Lutovac Finland	15	596 1.2×	72 0.5×	40 0.3×	142 1.3×	25 0.4×	50	711
Soonhwa Seok United States	10	204 0.4×	77 0.5×	92 0.8×	126 1.1×	38 0.6×	36	411
Aleksandar Baucal Serbia	13	258 0.5×	142 1.0×	43 0.4×	62 0.6×	50 0.8×	66	497

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pia Williams

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Sheridan, Sonja, et al.. (2022). Conditions for Children’s Language and Literacy Learning in Swedish Preschools: Exploring Quality Variations with ECERS-3. Early Childhood Education Journal. 51(7). 1305–1316. 8 indexed citations

Williams, Pia, et al.. (2021). Preschool Teachers’ Work with Curriculum Content Areas in Relation to Their Professional Competence and Group Size in Preschool: A Mixed-methods Analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 66(3). 533–548. 7 indexed citations

Williams, Pia, et al.. (2020). Competence to Teach a Point of Intersection for Swedish Preschool Quality. Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association. 14(2). 77–98. 3 indexed citations

Williams, Pia, et al.. (2019). Preschool teachers communicating values to children. International Journal of Early Years Education. 27(2). 170–183. 7 indexed citations

Garvis, Susanne, Heidi Harju‐Luukkainen, Sonja Sheridan, & Pia Williams. (2019). Nordic Families, Children and Early Childhood Education. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 12 indexed citations

Williams, Pia, et al.. (2019). The challenge of conducting ethical research in preschool. Early Child Development and Care. 191(4). 511–519. 11 indexed citations

Williams, Pia, Sonja Sheridan, & Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson. (2018). A Perspective of Group Size on Children’s Conditions for Wellbeing, Learning and Development in Preschool. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 63(5). 696–711. 18 indexed citations

Williams, Pia & Sonja Sheridan. (2018). Förskollärarkompetens – skärningspunkt i undervisningens kvalitet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 36(3–4). 14 indexed citations

Williams, Pia, Sonja Sheridan, Heidi Harju‐Luukkainen, & Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson. (2015). Does group size matter in preschool teacher’s work? The skills teachers emphasise for children in preschool groups of different size. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations

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Sheridan, Sonja, Anette Sandberg, & Pia Williams. (2015). Förskollärarkompetens i förändring. 2 indexed citations

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Lillvist, Anne, Anette Sandberg, Sonja Sheridan, & Pia Williams. (2014). Preschool teacher competence viewed from the perspective of students in early childhood teacher education. Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy. 40(1). 3–19. 45 indexed citations

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Sandberg, Anette, et al.. (2013). Preschool teachers' views on competence in the context of home and preschool collaboration. Early Child Development and Care. 184(1). 149–159. 17 indexed citations

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Williams, Pia, et al.. (2012). Communication with young children in preschool: the complex matter of a child perspective. Early Child Development and Care. 183(5). 589–604. 10 indexed citations

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Sheridan, Sonja, et al.. (2011). Preschool teaching in Sweden – a profession in change. Educational Research. 53(4). 415–437. 84 indexed citations

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Sheridan, Sonja & Pia Williams. (2011). Developing Individual Goals, Shared Goals, and the Goals of Others: Dimensions of Constructive Competition in Learning Contexts. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 55(2). 145–164. 16 indexed citations

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Sandberg, Anette, et al.. (2010). Preschool teacher’s views of competence in relation to home and preschool. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Pia. (2006). Children teaching children. Early Child Development and Care. 177(1). 43–70. 4 indexed citations

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Samuelsson, Ingrid Pramling, Sonja Sheridan, & Pia Williams. (2006). Five preschool curricula —comparative perspective. International Journal of Early Childhood. 38(1). 51 indexed citations

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Williams, Pia & Sonja Sheridan. (2005). Collaboration as One Aspect of Quality: A perspective of collaboration and pedagogical quality in educational settings. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 50(1). 83–93. 22 indexed citations

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Williams, Pia. (2001). Children's Ways of Experiencing Peer Interaction. Early Child Development and Care. 168(1). 17–38. 6 indexed citations

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