Xin Lin

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 878 citations indexed

About

Xin Lin is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Lin has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 878 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Statistics and Probability, 19 papers in Education and 16 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Xin Lin's work include Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (23 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (16 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (14 papers). Xin Lin is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (23 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (16 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (14 papers). Xin Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Macao and China. Xin Lin's co-authors include Peng Peng, Jessica M. Namkung, Tengfei Wang, Sarah R. Powell, Zehra E. Ünal, Jason C. Chow, Adam Sales, Kejin Lee, Yingying Wang and Delong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Child Development and Review of Educational Research.

In The Last Decade

Xin Lin

23 papers receiving 847 citations

Hit Papers

The Relation Between Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2020 50 100 150 200
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. The Relation Between Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Performance Among School-Aged Students: A Meta-Analysis
    2019 234 citations Jessica M. Namkung, Peng Peng et al. Review of Educational Research profile →
  2. Examining the mutual relations between language and mathematics: A meta-analysis.
    2020 161 citations Peng Peng, Xin Lin et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xin Lin United States 11 507 468 353 277 106 29 878
Minna Kyttälä Finland 12 371 0.7× 342 0.7× 282 0.8× 189 0.7× 64 0.6× 27 719
Tuire Koponen Finland 19 987 1.9× 841 1.8× 874 2.5× 186 0.7× 106 1.0× 47 1.5k
Rose K. Vukovic United States 16 846 1.7× 824 1.8× 873 2.5× 410 1.5× 173 1.6× 23 1.6k
Tammy D. Tolar United States 16 373 0.7× 431 0.9× 561 1.6× 126 0.5× 37 0.3× 23 886
Macarena Suárez‐Pellicioni Spain 16 409 0.8× 355 0.8× 187 0.5× 563 2.0× 238 2.2× 32 985
Mia Cristina Daucourt United States 7 229 0.5× 287 0.6× 130 0.4× 246 0.9× 115 1.1× 11 540
Minna Hannula‐Sormunen Finland 23 1.1k 2.1× 1.0k 2.2× 620 1.8× 171 0.6× 54 0.5× 61 1.5k
Alex M. Moore United States 6 356 0.7× 383 0.8× 169 0.5× 365 1.3× 181 1.7× 8 711
Deepthi Kamawar Canada 14 1.2k 2.4× 1.2k 2.5× 933 2.6× 166 0.6× 65 0.6× 26 1.7k
Sharon Griffin United States 10 582 1.1× 652 1.4× 461 1.3× 95 0.3× 63 0.6× 13 950

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xin Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xin Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xin Lin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xin Lin. Xin Lin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Dexian, et al.. (2025). Associations between overprotective parenting style and academic anxiety among Chinese high school students. BMC Psychology. 13(1). 231–231. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Xin, et al.. (2025). Investigating mathematics writing performance of Chinese middle school students. Reading and Writing. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Xin & Sarah R. Powell. (2025). Domain-General and Domain-Specific Antecedents of Pre-Algebraic Knowledge: Focusing on English-Language Learners With Word-Problem Difficulty. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 58(6). 471–482. 1 indexed citations
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Powell, Sarah R., et al.. (2024). A Meta-Analysis of Mathematics Interventions: Examining the Impacts of Intervention Characteristics. Educational Psychology Review. 36(1). 7 indexed citations
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Lin, Xin & Sarah R. Powell. (2023). Exploring academic and cognitive skills impacting retention and acquisition of word-problem knowledge gained during or after intervention. Child Development. 94(6). e362–e376. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Xin & Sarah R. Powell. (2023). Initial Efficacy of a Fraction–Vocabulary Intervention for Students Experiencing Mathematics Difficulty in Grade 4. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. 38(4). 253–262. 7 indexed citations
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Lin, Xin & Sarah R. Powell. (2023). Development of a Fraction Vocabulary Measure. Assessment for Effective Intervention. 49(3). 138–147. 2 indexed citations
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Ünal, Zehra E., Nathaniel R. Greene, Xin Lin, & David C. Geary. (2023). What Is the Source of the Correlation Between Reading and Mathematics Achievement? Two Meta-analytic Studies. Educational Psychology Review. 35(1). 16 indexed citations
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Hébert, Michael, et al.. (2022). Effects of Automaticity Training on Reading Performance: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Behavioral Education. 33(1). 23–52.
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Powell, Sarah R., Jessica M. Namkung, & Xin Lin. (2022). An Investigation of Using Keywords to Solve Word Problems. The Elementary School Journal. 122(3). 452–473. 22 indexed citations
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Powell, Sarah R., Anna‐Mária Fall, Greg Roberts, et al.. (2021). Does Word-Problem Performance Maintain? Follow-Up One Year After Implementation of a Word-Problem Intervention. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 15(1). 52–77. 6 indexed citations
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Lin, Xin, et al.. (2021). Understanding the Relation between Mathematics Vocabulary and Mathematics Performance. The Elementary School Journal. 121(3). 504–540. 44 indexed citations
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Peng, Peng, Xin Lin, Zehra E. Ünal, et al.. (2020). Examining the mutual relations between language and mathematics: A meta-analysis.. Psychological Bulletin. 146(7). 595–634. 161 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Xin. (2020). Investigating the Unique Predictors of Word-Problem Solving Using Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling. Educational Psychology Review. 33(3). 1097–1124. 36 indexed citations
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Namkung, Jessica M., Peng Peng, & Xin Lin. (2019). The Relation Between Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Performance Among School-Aged Students: A Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research. 89(3). 459–496. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peng, Peng, et al.. (2019). A meta-analysis on the relation between fluid intelligence and reading/mathematics: Effects of tasks, age, and social economics status.. Psychological Bulletin. 145(2). 189–236. 200 indexed citations

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