William E. Tunmer

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

William E. Tunmer is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Tunmer has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 37 papers in Education and 24 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in William E. Tunmer's work include Reading and Literacy Development (55 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (24 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (14 papers). William E. Tunmer is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (55 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (24 papers) and Language Development and Disorders (14 papers). William E. Tunmer collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. William E. Tunmer's co-authors include Philip B. Gough, James W. Chapman, Andrew R. Nesdale, Michael Herriman, Wesley A. Hoover, Frank R. Vellutino, James Jaccard, Rusan Chen, Jane E. Prochnow and Keith T. Greaney and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Journal of Educational Psychology and Modern Language Journal.

In The Last Decade

William E. Tunmer

76 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Decoding, Reading, and Reading Disability 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Decoding, Reading, and Reading Disability
    1986 2.5k citations Philip B. Gough, William E. Tunmer Remedial and Special Education profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William E. Tunmer New Zealand 30 6.1k 3.2k 1.9k 1.2k 586 79 6.9k
Barbara R. Foorman United States 45 6.7k 1.1× 3.9k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 394 0.7× 145 7.9k
Anne E. Cunningham United States 28 5.3k 0.9× 3.5k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 883 0.7× 383 0.7× 46 6.2k
Peter F. de Jong Netherlands 44 5.4k 0.9× 3.2k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.5× 662 1.1× 133 6.9k
David L. Share Israel 40 7.4k 1.2× 3.7k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 2.1k 1.7× 451 0.8× 97 8.0k
Hollis S. Scarborough United States 31 5.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.7× 661 1.1× 46 6.4k
Kate Cain United Kingdom 45 7.2k 1.2× 2.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.9× 769 1.3× 125 8.5k
Rauno Parrila Canada 44 5.4k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.4× 323 0.6× 148 6.4k
Yaacov Petscher United States 41 4.0k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 674 0.5× 477 0.8× 184 5.3k
Hugh W. Catts United States 50 9.1k 1.5× 3.3k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 2.5k 2.0× 488 0.8× 80 9.9k
Mikko Aro Finland 33 4.0k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 419 0.7× 102 4.9k

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All Works

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Hoover, Wesley A. & William E. Tunmer. (2020). The Cognitive Foundations of Reading and Its Acquisition. 28 indexed citations
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Chapman, James W. & William E. Tunmer. (2018). Reading Recovery's unrecovered learners: Characteristics and issues. Review of Education. 7(2). 237–265. 7 indexed citations
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Prochnow, Jane E., William E. Tunmer, & James W. Chapman. (2013). A Longitudinal Investigation of the Influence of Literacy-related Skills, Reading Self-perceptions, and Inattentive Behaviours on the Development of Literacy Learning Difficulties. International Journal of Disability Development and Education. 60(3). 185–207. 12 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E., Tom Nicholson, Keith T. Greaney, et al.. (2008). PIRLS before Swine: A Critique of New Zealand's National Literacy Strategy. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 43(2). 105. 11 indexed citations
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Chapman, James W., Keith T. Greaney, & William E. Tunmer. (2007). How Well Is Reading Recovery Really Working in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 42. 17. 8 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E., James W. Chapman, & Jane E. Prochnow. (2004). Why the Reading Achievement Gap in New Zealand Won't Go Away: Evidence from the PIRLS 2001 International Study of Reading Achievement.. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 22 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E., Jane E. Prochnow, & James W. Chapman. (1999). Science Can Inform Educational Practice: The Case of Literacy. The New Zealand Annual Review of Education. 9. 3 indexed citations
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Chapman, James W. & William E. Tunmer. (1997). A longitudinal study of beginning reading achievement and reading self‐concept. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 67(3). 279–291. 204 indexed citations
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Greaney, Keith T., William E. Tunmer, & James W. Chapman. (1997). Effects of rime-based orthographic analogy training on the word recognition skills of children with reading disability.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 89(4). 645–651. 46 indexed citations
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Chapman, James W. & William E. Tunmer. (1995). Development of young children's reading self-concepts: An examination of emerging subcomponents and their relationship with reading achievement.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 87(1). 154–167. 25 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E.. (1990). The role of language prediction skills in beginning reading.. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 34 indexed citations
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Gough, Philip B. & William E. Tunmer. (1986). Decoding, Reading, and Reading Disability. Remedial and Special Education. 7(1). 6–10. 2541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tunmer, William E.. (1985). The Acquisition of the Sentient-Nonsentient Distinction and Its Relationship to Causal Reasoning and Social Cognition. Child Development. 56(4). 989–989. 3 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E. & Andrew R. Nesdale. (1985). Phonemic segmentation skill and beginning reading.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 77(4). 417–427. 11 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E., Judith A. Bowey, & Robert Grieve. (1983). The development of young children's awareness of the word as a unit of spoken language. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 12(6). 567–594. 31 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E. & Andrew R. Nesdale. (1982). The effects of digraphs and pseudowords on phonemic segmentation in young children. Applied Psycholinguistics. 3(4). 299–311. 42 indexed citations
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Tunmer, William E., et al.. (1981). The Relationship between Conceptual Tempo, Phonological Awareness, and Word Recognition in Beginning Readers. Journal of Reading Behavior. 13(2). 173–185. 17 indexed citations

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