Rufan Luo

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rufan Luo is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Rufan Luo has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 23 papers in Education and 7 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Rufan Luo's work include Language Development and Disorders (21 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (20 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (13 papers). Rufan Luo is often cited by papers focused on Language Development and Disorders (21 papers), Reading and Literacy Development (20 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (13 papers). Rufan Luo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Hong Kong. Rufan Luo's co-authors include Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Lulu Song, Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Amy Pace, Yana Kuchirko, Kelly Escobar, Marc H. Bornstein, Claire D. Vallotton and Karen E. McFadden and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research.

In The Last Decade

Rufan Luo

33 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Identifying Pathways Between Socioeconomic Status and Language Development

2016 264 citations Amy Pace, Rufan Luo et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rufan Luo	689	652	286	109	107	34	1.2k
Amy Pace	848 1.2×	537 0.8×	248 0.9×	110 1.0×	75 0.7×	26	1.2k
Lulu Song	778 1.1×	443 0.7×	264 0.9×	88 0.8×	111 1.0×	22	1.2k
Yana Kuchirko	744 1.1×	392 0.6×	226 0.8×	84 0.8×	74 0.7×	32	989
Maike Malda	336 0.5×	269 0.4×	221 0.8×	74 0.7×	115 1.1×	19	790
Kathryn A. Leech	606 0.9×	568 0.9×	161 0.6×	55 0.5×	66 0.6×	38	1.0k
Susanne Ebert	548 0.8×	926 1.4×	185 0.6×	35 0.3×	74 0.7×	28	1.2k
Jorge E. González	1.1k 1.6×	882 1.4×	442 1.5×	70 0.6×	156 1.5×	57	1.6k
Stephanie M. Curenton	646 0.9×	700 1.1×	203 0.7×	92 0.8×	42 0.4×	49	1.1k
Deborah J. Leong	581 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	309 1.1×	32 0.3×	69 0.6×	37	1.5k
Marie B. Caulfield	958 1.4×	749 1.1×	311 1.1×	52 0.5×	78 0.7×	9	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rufan Luo

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luo, Rufan, et al.. (2024). Cognitive demand in parent–child shared book reading and home language development among dual language learners in low-income immigrant families. International Journal of Bilingualism. 29(3). 792–812. 1 indexed citations

Uchikoshi, Yuuko, et al.. (2024). Cognitive Distancing Language in Parent-Child Book Sharing Among Low-Income Mexican American and Chinese American Families: Cultural Group Comparisons and Links to Children’s Executive Functions. Early Education and Development. 35(6). 1374–1393. 2 indexed citations

Alper, Rebecca M., Rufan Luo, Roger Bakeman, et al.. (2023). Duet: An Exploratory Language Intervention for Toddlers in Low-Income Households. Infants & Young Children. 36(4). 296–313. 5 indexed citations

Luo, Rufan, et al.. (2022). A Closer Look at the Birth Order Effect on Early Cognitive and School Readiness Development in Diverse Contexts. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 871837–871837. 3 indexed citations

Luo, Rufan & Lulu Song. (2022). The unique and compensatory effects of home and classroom learning activities on Migrant and Seasonal Head Start children’s Spanish and English emergent literacy skills. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 1016492–1016492. 7 indexed citations

Luo, Rufan, et al.. (2021). Maternal question use and child language outcomes: The moderating role of children's vocabulary skills and socioeconomic status. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 59. 109–120. 16 indexed citations

Luo, Rufan, et al.. (2021). Parental Beliefs and Knowledge, Children’s Home Language Experiences, and School Readiness: The Dual Language Perspective. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 661208–661208. 14 indexed citations

Song, Lulu, Rufan Luo, & Eva Liang. (2021). Dual Language Development of Chinese 3- and 4-Year-Olds: Associations with the Family Context and Teachers’ Language Use. Early Education and Development. 33(2). 219–242. 6 indexed citations

Alper, Rebecca M., et al.. (2021). Change the Things You Can: Modifiable Parent Characteristics Predict High-Quality Early Language Interaction Within Socioeconomic Status. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 64(6). 1992–2004. 16 indexed citations

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Pace, Amy, Rufan Luo, Dani Levine, et al.. (2020). Within and Across Language Predictors of Word Learning Processes in Dual Language Learners. Child Development. 92(1). 35–53. 12 indexed citations

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Luo, Rufan, Amy Pace, Dani Levine, et al.. (2020). Home literacy environment and existing knowledge mediate the link between socioeconomic status and language learning skills in dual language learners. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 55. 1–14. 37 indexed citations

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Pace, Amy, Rufan Luo, Dani Levine, et al.. (2020). Within and across Language Predictors of Word Learning Processes in Dual Language Learners.. Grantee Submission. 1 indexed citations

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Atkins, Rahshida, et al.. (2019). Contributors to Depressed Mood in Black Single Mothers. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 41(1). 38–48. 13 indexed citations

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Luo, Rufan, Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, & Alan L. Mendelsohn. (2019). Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families: The Content of Books Matters. Reading Research Quarterly. 55(2). 213–233. 27 indexed citations

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Levine, Dani, Amy Pace, Rufan Luo, et al.. (2018). Evaluating socioeconomic gaps in preschoolers’ vocabulary, syntax and language process skills with the Quick Interactive Language Screener (QUILS). Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 50. 114–128. 61 indexed citations

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Tamis‐LeMonda, Catherine S., et al.. (2017). Early home learning environment predicts children’s 5th grade academic skills. Applied Developmental Science. 23(2). 153–169. 112 indexed citations

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Luo, Rufan & Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda. (2017). Preschool book-sharing and oral storytelling experiences in ethnically diverse, low-income families. Early Child Development and Care. 189(10). 1602–1619. 8 indexed citations

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Tamis‐LeMonda, Catherine S., Lulu Song, Rufan Luo, et al.. (2014). Children's Vocabulary Growth in English and Spanish Across Early Development and Associations With School Readiness Skills. Developmental Neuropsychology. 39(2). 69–87. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Yijie, et al.. (2014). From the external to the internal. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 40(1). 21–30. 17 indexed citations

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Luo, Rufan, Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, & Lulu Song. (2013). Chinese parents’ goals and practices in early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 28(4). 843–857. 217 indexed citations

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