Rebecca A. Dore

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rebecca A. Dore is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rebecca A. Dore has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Education, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rebecca A. Dore's work include Child Development and Digital Technology (26 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (11 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (10 papers). Rebecca A. Dore is often cited by papers focused on Child Development and Digital Technology (26 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (11 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (10 papers). Rebecca A. Dore collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Rebecca A. Dore's co-authors include Angeline S. Lillard, Emily J. Hopkins, Eric Smith, Matthew D. Lerner, Carolyn M. Palmquist, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek, Laura M. Justice, Jaclyn M. Dynia and Steven J. Amendum and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Rebecca A. Dore

44 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The impact of pretend play on children's development: A review of the evidence.

2012 510 citations Angeline S. Lillard, Rebecca A. Dore et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rebecca A. Dore United States	16	797	422	266	177	173	47	1.2k
Rebekah A. Richert United States	21	631 0.8×	531 1.3×	410 1.5×	123 0.7×	72 0.4×	44	1.3k
Emily J. Hopkins United States	13	667 0.8×	401 1.0×	178 0.7×	57 0.3×	184 1.1×	18	1.1k
Gabrielle A. Strouse United States	20	1.1k 1.3×	375 0.9×	508 1.9×	425 2.4×	54 0.3×	45	1.3k
Robert Serpell Zambia	22	873 1.1×	566 1.3×	165 0.6×	98 0.6×	128 0.7×	84	1.5k
Ed Baines United Kingdom	21	1.0k 1.3×	695 1.6×	169 0.6×	90 0.5×	179 1.0×	43	1.6k
Tzu‐Jung Lin United States	22	779 1.0×	486 1.2×	149 0.6×	68 0.4×	214 1.2×	81	1.1k
Elena Bodrova United States	16	1.6k 2.0×	813 1.9×	247 0.9×	95 0.5×	346 2.0×	36	2.2k
Giuliana Pinto Italy	20	673 0.8×	652 1.5×	111 0.4×	62 0.4×	103 0.6×	86	1.1k
Sabine Weinert Germany	22	1.3k 1.6×	845 2.0×	162 0.6×	68 0.4×	300 1.7×	89	1.9k
Elizabeth Swanson United States	27	1.3k 1.7×	1.4k 3.3×	210 0.8×	148 0.8×	180 1.0×	82	2.3k

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Bonus, James Alex, et al.. (2025). Fusing theory-guided machine learning and bio-sensing: considering time in how children learn science from dynamic multimedia. Journal of Communication. 76(1). 60–77.

Dynia, Jaclyn M., et al.. (2025). The First Year: Profiling the Home Environment of Infants From Low‐Income Homes. Infant and Child Development. 34(2). 1 indexed citations

Tompkins, Virginia, Derek E. Montgomery, Rebecca A. Dore, & Bridget Kiger Lee. (2024). Theory of mind and text comprehension across the lifespan: A meta-analysis.. Developmental Psychology. 61(6). 1112–1125. 3 indexed citations

Bonus, James Alex, et al.. (2024). You Do You[Tube]!The multifaceted roles of online video viewing in the lives of U.S. children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 70. 167–177. 1 indexed citations

Bonus, James Alex, et al.. (2023). Of scientists and superheroes: Educational television and pretend play as preparation for science learning. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 89. 101603–101603. 1 indexed citations

Dore, Rebecca A., et al.. (2023). Does home media use predict preschoolers’ skill gains? A time diary study.. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 9(3). 263–276. 4 indexed citations

Dore, Rebecca A., et al.. (2022). Concurrent relations between child-directed speech and children’s language skills in low-income households. Journal of Early Childhood Research. 20(4). 479–494. 2 indexed citations

Dore, Rebecca A., et al.. (2022). Never trust a stranger: Effects of explicit belief statements from strangers on children's reality status beliefs and beliefs about consensus. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 41(2). 117–127. 1 indexed citations

Dore, Rebecca A., Kelly M. Purtell, Jing Chen, & Laura M. Justice. (2022). The Interplay among Parents’ Stress, Nonparental Childcare, and Child Language Development among Low-Income Toddlers. Early Education and Development. 34(6). 1447–1457. 2 indexed citations

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Dynia, Jaclyn M., Rebecca A. Dore, Randi A. Bates, & Laura M. Justice. (2021). Media exposure and language for toddlers from low-income homes. Infant Behavior and Development. 63. 101542–101542. 31 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A., Kelly M. Purtell, & Laura M. Justice. (2021). Media Use Among Kindergarteners From Low-Income Households During the COVID-19 Shutdown. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 42(8). 672–676. 15 indexed citations

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Kim, Young‐Suk Grace, et al.. (2021). Theory of mind, mental state talk, and discourse comprehension: Theory of mind process is more important for narrative comprehension than for informational text comprehension. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 209. 105181–105181. 18 indexed citations

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Hassinger‐Das, Brenna, et al.. (2020). Children’s Reality Status Judgments of Digital Media: Implications for a COVID-19 World and Beyond. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 570068–570068. 10 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A., Jessica A. R. Logan, Tzu‐Jung Lin, Kelly M. Purtell, & Laura M. Justice. (2020). Characteristics of Children’s Media Use and Gains in Language and Literacy Skills. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 2224–2224. 25 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A. & Jaclyn M. Dynia. (2020). Technology and Media Use in Preschool Classrooms: Prevalence, Purposes, and Contexts. Frontiers in Education. 5. 24 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A., et al.. (2018). The parent advantage in fostering children's e-book comprehension. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 44. 24–33. 73 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A., Steven J. Amendum, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, & Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek. (2018). Theory of Mind: a Hidden Factor in Reading Comprehension?. Educational Psychology Review. 30(3). 1067–1089. 83 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A., Eric Smith, & Angeline S. Lillard. (2017). Children Adopt the Traits of Characters in a Narrative. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2017. 1–16. 4 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A., Kelly M. Hoffman, Angeline S. Lillard, & Sophie Trawalter. (2017). Developing cognitions about race: White 5‐ to 10‐year‐olds' perceptions of hardship and pain. European Journal of Social Psychology. 48(2). 6 indexed citations

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Dore, Rebecca A., Vikram K. Jaswal, & Angeline S. Lillard. (2014). Real or Not? Informativeness Influences Children's Reality Status Judgments. Cognitive Development. 33. 28–39. 5 indexed citations

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