Sonia White

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 888 citations indexed

About

Sonia White is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia White has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 888 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Education, 13 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sonia White's work include Reading and Literacy Development (8 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (6 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (5 papers). Sonia White is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (8 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (6 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (5 papers). Sonia White collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Sonia White's co-authors include Dénes Szűcs, Linda J. Graham, Kathy Cologon, Robert C. Pianta, Alex A. Black, Joanne M. Wood, Kate Williams, Shelley Hopkins, Fruzsina Soltész and Nicole Hayes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Sonia White

38 papers receiving 844 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.

Do teachers’ years of experience make a difference in the quality of teaching?

2020 138 citations Linda J. Graham, Sonia White et al. Teaching and Teacher Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonia White Australia	16	341	202	201	131	128	42	888
Matthew C. Lambert United States	17	624 1.8×	281 1.4×	89 0.4×	47 0.4×	58 0.5×	97	1.3k
Yinghe Chen China	17	251 0.7×	127 0.6×	185 0.9×	148 1.1×	120 0.9×	72	866
P. L. C. Van Geert Netherlands	18	185 0.5×	417 2.1×	258 1.3×	205 1.6×	15 0.1×	77	987
Richard Mills United Kingdom	17	134 0.4×	97 0.5×	355 1.8×	53 0.4×	113 0.9×	58	746
Andrew McMillan United Kingdom	15	251 0.7×	162 0.8×	149 0.7×	416 3.2×	57 0.4×	25	1.0k
Danielle Tracey Australia	17	340 1.0×	123 0.6×	65 0.3×	81 0.6×	23 0.2×	69	898
Belén Fernández‐Castilla Belgium	21	230 0.7×	252 1.2×	262 1.3×	366 2.8×	35 0.3×	41	1.4k
Julie Lorah United States	7	171 0.5×	69 0.3×	102 0.5×	164 1.3×	28 0.2×	19	753
Edward J. N. Stupple United Kingdom	16	162 0.5×	133 0.7×	217 1.1×	122 0.9×	22 0.2×	48	873
Nicola Brace United Kingdom	11	83 0.2×	111 0.5×	225 1.1×	99 0.8×	19 0.1×	25	827

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia White

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Cliff, Dylan P., Cathrine Neilsen‐Hewett, Sonia White, et al.. (2025). Effects of Persuasive App Design and Self‐Regulation on Young Children’s Digital Disengagement. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 2025(1). 1 indexed citations

Green, Melissa J., Katherine Dix, Stacy Tzoumakis, et al.. (2025). An exploratory evaluation of universal social-emotional learning programs delivered during elementary school to Australian students. Journal of School Psychology. 110. 101447–101447.

Hayes, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Longitudinal associations between child, parenting, home and neighbourhood factors and children’s screen time through 4 to 7 years of age. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 1623–1623. 1 indexed citations

Green, Melissa J., Sonia White, Kate Williams, et al.. (2025). Promoting effective transitions: Primary school social–emotional competencies predict secondary school reading and numeracy achievement. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 95(2). 496–512. 1 indexed citations

White, Sonia, et al.. (2024). Schools' readiness for child sexual abuse prevention education: Preliminary scale development using a Delphi method. Child Abuse & Neglect. 154. 106884–106884. 2 indexed citations

Howard, Steven J., et al.. (2024). A meta-analysis of self-regulation and digital recreation from birth to adolescence. Computers in Human Behavior. 163. 108472–108472. 4 indexed citations

Williams, Kate, Sonia White, & Lyn D. English. (2024). Profiles of general, test, and mathematics anxiety in 9- and 12-year-olds: relations to gender and mathematics achievement. Mathematics Education Research Journal. 37(1). 161–186. 5 indexed citations

Graham, Linda J., et al.. (2022). Do teachers know enough about the characteristics and educational impacts of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) to successfully include students with DLD?. Teaching and Teacher Education. 119. 103868–103868. 11 indexed citations

Black, Alex A., et al.. (2021). Eye movement patterns and reading ability in children. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 41(5). 1134–1143. 18 indexed citations

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Graham, Linda J., et al.. (2020). A longitudinal analysis of the alignment between children’s early word-level reading trajectories, teachers’ reported concerns and supports provided. Reading and Writing. 33(8). 1895–1923. 13 indexed citations

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Baroutsis, Aspa, et al.. (2019). Computational thinking as a foundation for coding: Developing student engagement and learning. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 24(2). 10. 7 indexed citations

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Hopkins, Shelley, Alex A. Black, Sonia White, & Joanne M. Wood. (2019). Validity of the +1.50 plus lens screening test as a predictor of uncorrected moderate hyperopia. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 39(3). 141–147. 3 indexed citations

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White, Sonia, et al.. (2018). Why do we know so little about the factors associated with gifted underachievement? A systematic literature review. Educational Research Review. 24. 55–66. 49 indexed citations

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Lu, Min, Kerryann Walsh, Sonia White, & Paul Shield. (2017). Influence of Perceived Maternal Psychological Control on Academic Performance in Chinese Adolescents: Moderating Roles of Adolescents’ Age, Gender, and Filial Piety. Marriage & Family Review. 54(1). 50–63. 14 indexed citations

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Lu, Min, Kerryann Walsh, Sonia White, & Paul Shield. (2017). The Associations between Perceived Maternal Psychological Control and Academic Performance and Academic Self-Concept in Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 26(5). 1285–1297. 36 indexed citations

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White, Sonia, Donna Berthelsen, Sue Walker, & Kate Williams. (2015). Early Mathematical Learning: Number Processing Skills and Executive Function at 5 and 8 Years of Age. Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association. 9(3). 45–66. 1 indexed citations

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Soltész, Fruzsina, Dénes Szűcs, Victoria Leong, Sonia White, & Usha Goswami. (2013). Differential Entrainment of Neuroelectric Delta Oscillations in Developmental Dyslexia. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76608–e76608. 55 indexed citations

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White, Sonia & Dénes Szűcs. (2012). Representational change and strategy use in children's number line estimation during the first years of primary school. Behavioral and Brain Functions. 8(1). 1–1. 90 indexed citations

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White, Sonia. (2011). Symbolic number: the integration of magnitude and spatial representations in children aged 6 to 8 years. Frontiers in Psychology. 2. 392–392. 32 indexed citations

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White, Sonia, et al.. (2003). WARMICE, Water Resources Management in Changing Environments: The role of sediment in sustainability. 10224. 1 indexed citations

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