Timothy Shanahan

13.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
152 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Timothy Shanahan is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Shanahan has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Education, 48 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Timothy Shanahan's work include Reading and Literacy Development (41 papers), Education Systems and Policy (19 papers) and Writing and Handwriting Education (16 papers). Timothy Shanahan is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (41 papers), Education Systems and Policy (19 papers) and Writing and Handwriting Education (16 papers). Timothy Shanahan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Timothy Shanahan's co-authors include Diane August, Cynthia Shanahan, Jill Fitzgerald, Dale M. Willows, Linnea C. Ehri, Christopher J. Lonigan, Richard G. Lomax, Rebecca Anne Barr, Michael L. Kamil and Herbert J. Walberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal of Educational Psychology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Shanahan

138 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Phonemic Awareness Instruction Helps Children Learn to Re... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2006 2008 2012 2015 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Timothy Shanahan United States 39 4.9k 4.6k 1.5k 1.0k 1.0k 152 8.1k
Gordon Wells Canada 35 3.6k 0.7× 4.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 2.3k 2.2× 874 0.9× 139 8.3k
Neil Mercer United Kingdom 49 5.5k 1.1× 7.8k 1.7× 1.6k 1.1× 2.5k 2.5× 1.2k 1.2× 114 11.8k
Alex Kozulin United States 21 2.0k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 519 0.3× 721 0.7× 446 0.4× 68 4.4k
Fred Genesee Canada 55 5.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 2.9k 1.9× 3.8k 3.8× 332 0.3× 178 9.7k
Panayiota Kendeou United States 40 4.4k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 337 0.2× 178 0.2× 1.2k 1.2× 119 6.3k
Doris R. Entwisle United States 51 1.5k 0.3× 6.9k 1.5× 140 0.1× 280 0.3× 2.3k 2.2× 149 10.2k
David Cross United States 23 3.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.3× 221 0.1× 443 0.4× 454 0.4× 76 5.2k
David Crystal United Kingdom 41 1.8k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 2.3k 1.5× 4.5k 4.4× 1.3k 1.2× 262 9.8k
Élizabeth G. Cohen United States 24 2.1k 0.4× 3.0k 0.7× 224 0.1× 337 0.3× 949 0.9× 69 5.1k
Wallace E. Lambert Canada 44 2.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 3.0k 2.0× 5.6k 5.5× 876 0.9× 156 10.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Timothy Shanahan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy Shanahan

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All Works

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Shanahan, Timothy. (2020). Limiting Children to Books They Can Already Read: Why It Reduces Their Opportunity to Learn.. The American Educator. 44(2). 13. 7 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan. (2017). Disciplinary Literacy: Just the FAQs.. Educational leadership. 74(5). 18–22. 9 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (2013). Letting the Text Take Center Stage: How the Common Core State Standards Will Transform English Language Arts Instruction.. The American Educator. 37(3). 4. 20 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (2013). The Common Core Ate My Baby and Other Urban Legends.. Educational leadership. 70(4). 10–16. 12 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (2013). You Want Me to Read What. Educational leadership. 71(3). 10–15. 1 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (2013). Common Core in the Schools: A First Look at Reading Assignments.. 16 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy, Douglas Fisher, & Nancy Frey. (2012). The Challenge of Challenging Text.. Educational leadership. 69(6). 58–62. 47 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy, et al.. (1997). Character Perspective Charting: Helping Children to Develop a More Complete Conception of Story.. The Reading Teacher. 50(8). 11 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1997). Reading-Writing Relationships, Thematic Units, Inquiry Learning...In Pursuit of Effective Integrated Literacy Instruction.. The Reading Teacher. 51(1). 12–19. 36 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1995). Putting technology to work in reducing cavitation damage. 14(5). 1 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1995). Project FLAME: Lessons Learned from a Family Literacy Program for Linguistic Minority Families.. The Reading Teacher. 48(7). 26 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1991). New Literacy Goes to School: Whole Language in the Classroom.. Educational Horizons. 69(3). 1 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1988). The Voyage into School Reform.. 68(1). 3–8. 1 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1988). The Reading-Writing Relationship: Seven Instructional Principles.. The Reading Teacher. 41(7). 29 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1986). The First Moment of Scientific Inquiry: C. S. Peirce on the Logic of Abduction. Transactions of The Charles S Peirce Society. 22(4). 8 indexed citations
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Shanahan, Timothy. (1985). Predictions and the Limiting Effects of Prequestions.. BMC Research Notes. 12(1). 57–57. 5 indexed citations
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Pikulski, John J. & Timothy Shanahan. (1980). A Comparison of Various Approaches to Evaluating Phonics.. The Reading Teacher. 33(6). 692–702. 1 indexed citations
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Cassidy, Jack & Timothy Shanahan. (1979). Survival Skills: Some Considerations.. The Journal of Reading. 23(2). 2 indexed citations

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