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Jill Fitzgerald 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 Jill Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 124 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jill Fitzgerald 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 Jill Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% 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

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1998 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Jill Fitzgerald is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Arts and Humanities, with a specialized focus in Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. Their work bridges multiple academic topics, emphasizing aspects of Reading and Literacy Development, Second Language Acquisition and Learning, and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies.

The scientist has contributed to various scholarly venues, predominantly the Journal of Educational Psychology, with other publications appearing in Harvard Dataverse, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, Bladder Cancer, and Reading Research Quarterly.

Frequent collaborators include Jackie Eunjung Relyea, James S. Kim, Jeff Elmore, Mary Burkhauser, and Laura Mesite, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jill Fitzgerald include:

  • "Improving reading comprehension, science domain knowledge, and reading engagement through a first-grade content literacy intervention." (2020, Journal of Educational Psychology)
  • "A longitudinal randomized trial of a sustained content literacy intervention from first to second grade: Transfer effects on students' reading comprehension." (2022, Journal of Educational Psychology)
  • "Effects of tier 1 content literacy intervention on early-grade English learners' reading and writing: Exploring the mediating roles of domain-specific vocabulary and oral language proficiency." (2024, Journal of Educational Psychology)
  • "Academic vocabulary volume in elementary grades disciplinary textbooks." (2022, Journal of Educational Psychology)
  • "A student-led Geriatric Assessment Clinic: Interprofessional education with an older adult population." (2022, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education)

Their main research topics cover:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Stoma care and complications
  • Medieval Literature and History
  • Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
  • Educational Practices and Challenges

Jill Fitzgerald's notable academic awards include the Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2013) and the Review of Research Award from the American Educational Research Association (1998).

Best Publications

  • Handbook of Writing Research

    Charles A. MacArthur;Steven Graham;Jill Fitzgerald

  • Reading and Writing Relations and Their Development

    Jill Fitzgerald;Timothy Shanahan

  • Research on Revision in Writing

    Jill Fitzgerald

  • English-as-a-Second-Language Learners’ Cognitive Reading Processes: A Review of Research in the United States:

    Jill Fitzgerald

  • Best practices in writing instruction

    Steven Graham;Charles A. MacArthur;Jill Fitzgerald

  • English-as-a-Second-Language Reading Instruction in the United States: A Research Review

    Jill Fitzgerald

  • Teaching Children About Revision in Writing

    Jill Fitzgerald;Lynda R. Markham

  • The Relationship between Parental Literacy Level and Perceptions of Emergent Literacy

    Jill Fitzgerald;Dixie Lee Spiegel;James W. Cunningham

  • Epistemology and reading

    James W. Cunningham;Jill Fitzgerald

  • Effects of instruction in narrative structure on children's writing

    Jill Fitzgerald;Alan B. Teasley

  • Enhancing Children's Reading Comprehension through Instruction in Narrative Structure

    Jill Fitzgerald;Dixie Lee Spiegel

  • Dialogic Discussion and the Paideia Seminar

    Laura Billings;Jill Fitzgerald

  • Can Minimally Trained College Student Volunteers Help Young At-Risk Children to Read Better?

    Jill Fitzgerald

  • What Is This Thing Called "Balance"?.

    Jill Fitzgerald

  • Literacy and Students Who Are Learning English as a Second Language.

    Jill Fitzgerald

  • Teaching and Learning in Reading

    Donna E. Alvermann;Jill Fitzgerald;Michele Simpson

  • Textual Cohesion and Coherence in Children's Writing.

    Jill Fitzgerald;Dixie Lee Spiegel

  • The Common Core State Standards’ Quantitative Text Complexity Trajectory Figuring Out How Much Complexity Is Enough

    Gary L. Williamson;Jill Fitzgerald;Jill Fitzgerald;A. Jackson Stenner;A. Jackson Stenner

  • Views on Bilingualism in the United States: A Selective Historical Review.

    Jill Fitzgerald

  • About Hopes, Aspirations, and Uncertainty: First-Grade English-Language Learners' Emergent Reading:

    Jill Fitzgerald;George W. Noblit

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne E. Roberts
Joanne E. Roberts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles A. MacArthur
Charles A. MacArthur University of Delaware
Steve Graham
Steve Graham Arizona State University
Timothy Shanahan
Timothy Shanahan University of Illinois at Chicago
Lesley Mandel Morrow
Lesley Mandel Morrow Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Donna E. Alvermann
Donna E. Alvermann University of Georgia
Jim Cummins
Jim Cummins University of Toronto

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