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Karen Thorpe publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karen Thorpe sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 279 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Karen Thorpe D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karen Thorpe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Karen Thorpe is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on social sciences, medicine, and psychology. Within these broad fields, their main subfields of study include education, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and general health professions.

The scientist's work concentrates heavily on early childhood education and development, with an emphasis on educational systems and policy, educational and psychological assessments, and infant development and preterm care. Additional research areas include obesity, physical activity, diet, food security and health in diverse populations, as well as child nutrition and feeding issues.

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include Sally Staton, Sandy Houen, Laetitia Coles, Bonnie Searle, and Peter Rankin.

They have published extensively in several journals, with recurrent contributions to:

  • The Australian Educational Researcher
  • SLEEP Advances
  • Gender and Education
  • Australian Journal of Social Issues
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent published papers by Karen Thorpe include:

  • Identifying predictors of retention and professional wellbeing of the early childhood education workforce in a time of change, 2020, Journal of Educational Change
  • The when and what of measuring ECE quality: Analysis of variation in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) across the ECE day, 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Support to stay and thrive: mapping challenges faced by Australia's early years educators to the national workforce strategy 2022-2031, 2023, The Australian Educational Researcher

Best Publications

  • A collaborative approach to adopting/adapting guidelines - The Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the early years (Birth to 5 years): an integration of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep.

    Anthony D Okely;Anthony D Okely;Davina Ghersi;Kylie Hesketh;Rute Santos;Rute Santos

  • Comparison of prevalence of depression in mothers of twins and mothers of singletons.

    Karen Thorpe;Jean Golding;Ian MacGillivray;Rosemary Greenwood

  • Twins as a natural experiment to study the causes of mild language delay: II: Family interaction risk factors.

    Karen J. Thorpe;Michael Rutter;Rosemary Greenwood

  • Trends in construction of transition to school in three western regions 1990-2004

    Anne Petriwskyj;Karen J. Thorpe;Collette P. Tayler

  • Twins as a natural experiment to study the causes of mild language delay: I: Design; twin-singleton differences in language, and obstetric risks.

    Michael Rutter;Karen Thorpe;Rosemary Greenwood;Kate Northstone

  • Conflicting Guidelines on Young Children's Screen Time and Use of Digital Technology Create Policy and Practice Dilemmas.

    Leon Straker;Juliana Zabatiero;Susan Danby;Karen Thorpe

  • The quality of early childhood education and care services in Australia

    Collette Tayler;Karin Ishimine;Dan Cloney;Gordon Cleveland

  • The Novice Researcher: Interviewing Young Children

    Susan Danby;Lynette Ewing;Karen Thorpe

  • A study of the use of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale with parent groups outside the postpartum period

    Karen Thorpe

  • The role of fathers in child feeding: perceived responsibility and predictors of participation

    Kimberley Mallan;Michaela Nothard;Karen Thorpe;Jan Nicholson

  • Napping, development and health from 0 to 5 years: a systematic review

    Karen J. Thorpe;Sally Staton;Emily Sawyer;Cassandra Pattinson

  • Twin children's language development

    Karen Thorpe

  • Parental Divorce and Adjustment in Adulthood: Findings from a Community Sample

    Thomas G. O'Connor;Karen Thorpe;Judy Dunn;Jean Golding

  • Identifying predictors of retention and professional wellbeing of the early childhood education workforce in a time of change

    Karen Thorpe;Karen Thorpe;Elena Jansen;Victoria Sullivan;Susan Irvine

  • Low pay but still we stay: Retention in early childhood education and care:

    Paula McDonald;Karen Thorpe;Susan Irvine

  • Who Wants to Work in Child Care?: Pre-service Early Childhood Teachers' Consideration of Work in the Childcare Sector

    Karen Thorpe;Wendy Boyd;Joanne Ailwood;Joanne Brownlee

  • Managing medical advice seeking in calls to child health line

    Carly W. Butler;Susan Danby;Michael Emmison;Karen Thorpe

  • Family type and depression in pregnancy: Factors mediating risk in a community sample

    Thomas G. O'Connor;Neil Hawkins;Judy Dunn;Karen Thorpe

  • Talk in activity during young children's use of digital technologies at home

    Susan Danby;Christina Davidson;Maryanne Theobald;Brooke Scriven

  • Social skills, expectancies, and drinking in adolescents

    Lisa Rosenthal Gaffney;Karen Thorpe;Ross Young;Robyn Collett

  • Measuring Health. A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales.

    Karen Thorpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Danby
Susan Danby Queensland University of Technology
Kimberley M. Mallan
Kimberley M. Mallan Australian Catholic University
Jean Golding
Jean Golding University of Bristol
Patricia L. Obst
Patricia L. Obst Queensland University of Technology
Joanne M. Brownlee
Joanne M. Brownlee Queensland University of Technology
Jennifer Sumsion
Jennifer Sumsion Charles Sturt University
Michael Rutter
Michael Rutter King's College London
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark University of Sydney
Janeen Baxter
Janeen Baxter University of Queensland

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