Tyler W. Watts

2.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Tyler W. Watts is a scholar working on Education, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tyler W. Watts has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Education, 8 papers in Clinical Psychology and 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Tyler W. Watts's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (24 papers), School Choice and Performance (12 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (8 papers). Tyler W. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (24 papers), School Choice and Performance (12 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (8 papers). Tyler W. Watts collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Tyler W. Watts's co-authors include Greg J. Duncan, Pamela Davis‐Kean, Robert S. Siegler, Douglas H. Clements, Christopher B. Wolfe, Mary Elaine Spitler, Tutrang Nguyen, Drew H. Bailey, Julie Sarama and Mimi Engel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tyler W. Watts

35 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

What’s Past Is Prologue

2014 369 citations Tyler W. Watts, Greg J. Duncan et al. Educational Researcher profile →
Which preschool mathematics competencies are most predictive of fifth grade achievement?

2016 268 citations Tutrang Nguyen, Tyler W. Watts et al. Early Childhood Research Quarterly profile →
Revisiting the Marshmallow Test: A Conceptual Replication Investigating Links Between Early Delay of Gratification and Later Outcomes

2018 232 citations Tyler W. Watts, Greg J. Duncan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tyler W. Watts United States	15	1.0k	645	437	206	202	39	1.5k
Pirjo Aunio Finland	24	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	792 1.8×	127 0.6×	177 0.9×	78	1.8k
Sara A. Schmitt United States	22	1.5k 1.4×	620 1.0×	884 2.0×	543 2.6×	233 1.2×	88	2.1k
Frank Niklas Germany	23	1.4k 1.4×	338 0.5×	802 1.8×	147 0.7×	103 0.5×	78	1.7k
Jason M. Nelson United States	24	615 0.6×	186 0.3×	709 1.6×	380 1.8×	289 1.4×	45	1.7k
John C. Begeny United States	22	582 0.6×	230 0.4×	774 1.8×	240 1.2×	78 0.4×	65	1.2k
Marian Hickendorff Netherlands	15	353 0.3×	242 0.4×	243 0.6×	224 1.1×	250 1.2×	32	904
Robin S. Codding United States	23	766 0.7×	545 0.8×	1.3k 2.9×	450 2.2×	98 0.5×	86	1.9k
John L. Hosp United States	17	838 0.8×	221 0.3×	784 1.8×	306 1.5×	53 0.3×	52	1.4k
Batya Elbaum United States	21	971 0.9×	211 0.3×	748 1.7×	467 2.3×	93 0.5×	45	1.6k
Nancy Scammacca United States	17	916 0.9×	583 0.9×	1.3k 3.1×	119 0.6×	71 0.4×	36	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tyler W. Watts

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Troller‐Renfree, Sonya V., Tyler W. Watts, Jerrold S. Meyer, et al.. (2025). Associations among prenatal stress, socioeconomic status, and infant epigenetic aging. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 180. 107575–107575.

Xu, Fujie, Gillian Kolla, Tonya Campbell, et al.. (2025). Changing trends in safer opioid supply uptake, dose and hydromorphone volume in Ontario: A population-based cross-sectional study. International Journal of Drug Policy. 143. 104905–104905.

Burchinal, Margaret, Jade Marcus Jenkins, Drew H. Bailey, et al.. (2025). Why are preschool programs becoming less effective?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 45(1).

Carr, Robert C., Jade Marcus Jenkins, Tyler W. Watts, Ellen Peisner‐Feinberg, & Kenneth A. Dodge. (2024). Investigating if high-quality kindergarten teachers sustain the pre-K boost to children's emergent literacy skill development in North Carolina. Child Development. 95(4). 1200–1217. 2 indexed citations

Jenkins, Jade Marcus, Robert C. Carr, Kenneth A. Dodge, et al.. (2024). Can peers help sustain the positive effects of an early childhood mathematics intervention?. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 67. 159–169.

Bailey, Drew H., et al.. (2024). Fadeout and persistence of intervention impacts on social–emotional and cognitive skills in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials.. Psychological Bulletin. 150(10). 1207–1236. 8 indexed citations

Jenkins, Jade Marcus, et al.. (2024). Unsettled science on longer-run effects of early education. Science. 384(6695). 506–508. 10 indexed citations

Vandell, Deborah Lowe, et al.. (2024). Delay of gratification and adult outcomes: The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning. Child Development. 95(6). 2015–2029. 2 indexed citations

Bailey, Drew H., et al.. (2024). Learning About Development from Interventions. 6(1). 251–272. 2 indexed citations

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Koepp, Andrew E., Tyler W. Watts, Elizabeth T. Gershoff, et al.. (2023). Attention and behavior problems in childhood predict adult financial status, health, and criminal activity: A conceptual replication and extension of Moffitt et al. (2011) using cohorts from the United States and the United Kingdom.. Developmental Psychology. 59(8). 1389–1406. 12 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., Jade Marcus Jenkins, Kenneth A. Dodge, et al.. (2023). Understanding Heterogeneity in the Impact of Public Preschool Programs. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 88(1). 7–182. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Chen, et al.. (2022). Associations between preschool cognitive and behavioral skills and college enrollment: Evidence from the Chicago School Readiness Project.. Developmental Psychology. 59(3). 474–486. 4 indexed citations

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Vandell, Deborah Lowe, et al.. (2022). Child care and family processes: Bi-directional relations between child care quality, home environments, and maternal depression. Child Development. 94(1). e1–e17. 5 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., Tutrang Nguyen, Robert C. Carr, Lynne Vernon‐Feagans, & Clancy Blair. (2021). Examining the Effects of Changes in Classroom Quality on Within-Child Changes in Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes. Child Development. 92(4). e439–e456. 9 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., et al.. (2020). Exploring the Impacts of an Early Childhood Educational Intervention on Later School Selection. Educational Researcher. 49(9). 667–677. 4 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., et al.. (2018). The Chicago School Readiness Project: Examining the long-term impacts of an early childhood intervention. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0200144–e0200144. 64 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., Greg J. Duncan, Douglas H. Clements, & Julie Sarama. (2017). What Is the Long-Run Impact of Learning Mathematics During Preschool?. Child Development. 89(2). 539–555. 71 indexed citations

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Duncan, Greg J., Jade Marcus Jenkins, Tyler W. Watts, et al.. (2015). Preventing Preschool Fadeout through Instructional Intervention in Kindergarten and First Grade.. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. 7 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., Greg J. Duncan, Meichu Chen, et al.. (2015). The Role of Mediators in the Development of Longitudinal Mathematics Achievement Associations. Child Development. 86(6). 1892–1907. 41 indexed citations

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Watts, Tyler W., Greg J. Duncan, Robert S. Siegler, & Pamela Davis‐Kean. (2014). The Groove of Growth: How Early Gains in Math Ability Influence Adolescent Achievement.. Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. 1 indexed citations

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