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David K. Dickinson publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David K. Dickinson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 114 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David K. Dickinson D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David K. Dickinson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

David K. Dickinson is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Linguistics and Language, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Key areas of study include Reading and Literacy Development, Child Development and Digital Technology, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, Hearing Impairment and Communication, Language Development and Disorders, Child and Animal Learning Development, and Early Childhood Education and Development.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David K. Dickinson have included Jessica Lawson-Adams, Elizabeth Burke Hadley, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Molly Scott.

The researcher has published extensively in various academic venues. Notable publication outlets include Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Revista signos, and Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David K. Dickinson encompass:

  • "Sing it or speak it?: the effects of sung and rhythmically spoken songs on preschool children's word learning" (2021, Early Childhood Research Quarterly)
  • "Exploring the relations between child and word characteristics and preschoolers' word-learning" (2021, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology)
  • "Building Lexical Representations With Nonverbal Supports" (2020, Reading Research Quarterly)
  • "Effects of a kindergarten phonological awareness intervention on grade one reading achievement among Spanish-speaking children from low-income families" (2021, Revista signos)
  • "Nonverbal supports for word learning: Prekindergarten teachers' gesturing practices during shared book reading" (2023, Early Childhood Research Quarterly)

David K. Dickinson was recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Handbook of early literacy research

    Susan B. Neuman;David K. Dickinson

  • Long-Term Effects of Preschool Teachers' Book Readings on Low-Income Children's Vocabulary and Story Comprehension.

    David K. Dickinson;Miriam W. Smith

  • Beginning Literacy with Language: Young Children Learning at Home and School.

    David K. Dickinson;Patton O. Tabors

  • Relation between Language Experiences in Preschool Classrooms and Children's Kindergarten and Fourth-Grade Language and Reading Abilities.

    David K. Dickinson;Michelle V. Porche

  • The Comprehensive Language Approach to Early Literacy: The Interrelationships Among Vocabulary, Phonological Sensitivity, and Print Knowledge Among Preschool-Aged Children

    David K. Dickinson;Allyssa McCabe;Louisa Anastasopoulos;Ellen S. Peisner-Feinberg

  • Interrelationships among Prereading and Oral Language Skills in Kindergartners from Two Social Classes.

    David K. Dickinson;Catherine E. Snow

  • Bringing It All Together: The Multiple Origins, Skills, and Environmental Supports of Early Literacy

    David K. Dickinson;Allyssa McCabe

  • Speaking Out for Language Why Language Is Central to Reading Development

    David K. Dickinson;Roberta M. Golinkoff;Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

  • Early Literacy: Linkages between Home, School and Literacy Achievement at Age Five.

    David K. Dickinson;Patton O. Tabors

  • Homes and schools together: Supporting language and literacy development.

    Patton O. Tabors;Catherine E. Snow;David K. Dickinson

  • Cross-language transfer of phonological awareness in low-income Spanish and English bilingual preschool children

    David K. Dickinson;Allyssa McCABE;Nancy Clark–Chiarelli;Anne Wolf

  • Building support for language and early literacy in preschool classrooms through in-service professional development: Effects of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP)

    David K. Dickinson;Linda Caswell

  • How Reading Books Fosters Language Development around the World

    David K. Dickinson;Julie A. Griffith;Roberta Michnick Golinkoff;Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

  • Teachers' language practices and academic outcomes of preschool children.

    David K. Dickinson

  • Promoting Language and Literacy in Young Dual Language Learners: Research, Practice, and Policy

    Dina C. Castro;Mariela M. Páez;David K. Dickinson;Ellen Frede

  • Book reading with preschoolers: Coconstruction of text at home and at school

    David K. Dickinson;Jeanne M. De Temple;Julie A. Hirschler;Miriam W. Smith

  • Fostering Language and Literacy in Classrooms and Homes

    David K. Dickinson;Patton O. Tabors

  • Cooperation, Collaboration, and a Computer: Integrating a Computer into a First-Second Grade Writing Program.

    David K. Dickinson

  • Talking and listening that support early literacy development of children from low-income families.

    Diane E. Beals;Jeanne M. De Temple;David K. Dickinson

  • The nature and impact of early childhood care environments on the language and early literacy development of children from low-income families.

    DK Dickinson;KE Sprague;SB In

  • The Handbook of Early Literacy Research

    Susan B Neuman;David K Dickinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Allyssa McCabe
Allyssa McCabe University of Massachusetts Lowell
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Temple University
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff University of Delaware
Susan B. Neuman
Susan B. Neuman New York University
Donald L. Compton
Donald L. Compton Florida State University
Catherine E. Snow
Catherine E. Snow Harvard University
Ann P. Kaiser
Ann P. Kaiser Vanderbilt University

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