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W. Steven Barnett 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 W. Steven Barnett sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. Steven Barnett 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 W. Steven Barnett 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.

Overview

W. Steven Barnett is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on social sciences, with a strong specialization in education. The subfields reflected in their research include education, safety research, clinical psychology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's research covers multiple topics related to early education and development. Key areas of study include:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Technology-Enhanced Education Studies
  • Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods
  • Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

W. Steven Barnett has contributed to various academic venues, with multiple publications appearing in specialized journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
  • Annual Review of Public Health
  • PubMed

The scientist's recent notable papers, along with their year of publication and publication venues, are:

  • "Corona pandemic in the United States shapes new normal for young children and their families," 2021, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
  • "Effects of New Jersey's Abbott preschool program on children's achievement, grade retention, and special education through tenth grade," 2021, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "Early Childhood Education: Health, Equity, and Economics," 2022, Annual Review of Public Health
  • "Impacts of the New Mexico PreK initiative by children's race/ethnicity," 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "Evaluation of Proficiency in the Implementation of Creative Curriculum Study," 2024, AEA Randomized Controlled Trials

Collaborations play an important role in this scientist's research output. Frequent co-authors of their work include:

  • Kwanghee Jung
  • Allison H. Friedman-Krauss
  • Milagros Nores
  • Rolf Grafwallner
  • G. G. Weisenfeld

Best Publications

  • Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control

    Adele Diamond;W. Steven Barnett;Jessica Thomas;Sarah Munro

  • Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Cognitive and School Outcomes.

    W. Steven Barnett

  • The State of Preschool 2010: State Preschool Yearbook.

    W. Steven Barnett;Dale J. Epstein;Megan E. Carolan;Jen Fitzgerald

  • Meta-analysis of the effects of early education interventions on cognitive and social development

    Gregory Camilli;Sadako Vargas;Sharon Ryan;W. Steven Barnett

  • The State of Preschool: 2003 State Preschool Yearbook

    W. Steven Barnett

  • Educational effects of the Tools of the Mind curriculum: A randomized trial

    W. Steven Barnett;Kwanghee Jung;Donald J. Yarosz;Jessica Thomas

  • Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions Across the World: (Under) Investing in the Very Young

    Milagros Nores;Steven W. Barnett

  • The Effects of Preschool Education What We Know, How Public Policy Is or Is Not Aligned With the Evidence Base, and What We Need to Know

    Robert C. Pianta;W. Steven Barnett;Margaret Burchinal;Kathy R. Thornburg

  • Effectiveness of Early Educational Intervention

    Unknown

  • Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications

    W. Steven Barnett

  • An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs

    Vivian C. Wong;Thomas D. Cook;W. Steven Barnett;Kwanghee Jung

  • Two-way and monolingual English immersion in preschool education: An experimental comparison

    W. Steven Barnett;Donald J. Yarosz;Jessica Thomas;Kwanghee Jung

  • Comparative benefit-cost analysis of the Abecedarian program and its policy implications

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  • Better Teachers, Better Preschools: Student Achievement Linked to Teacher Qualifications. NIEER Preschool Policy Matters, Issue 2.

    W. Steven Barnett

  • A Benefit Cost Analysis of the Abecedarian Early Childhood Intervention.

    Leonard N. Masse;W. Steven Barnett

  • Benefits of Compensatory Preschool Education.

    W. Steven Barnett

  • Long-term effects on cognitive development and school success.

    W. Steven Barnett

  • Lives in the Balance: Age-27 Benefit-Cost Analysis of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program. Monographs of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Number Eleven.

    W. Steven Barnett

  • Updating the Economic Impacts of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program

    Milagros Nores;Clive R. Belfield;W. Steven Barnett;Lawrence Schweinhart

  • The State of Preschool 2018: State Preschool Yearbook.

    Allison H. Friedman-Krauss;W. Steven Barnett;Karin A. Garver;Katherine S. Hodges

  • Long-Term Cognitive and Academic Effects of Early Childhood Education on Children in Poverty

    W. Steven Barnett

  • Early Childhood Development and Social Mobility.

    W. Steven Barnett;Clive R. Belfield

  • The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

    W Steven Barnett

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive Belfield
Clive Belfield Queens College, CUNY
Gene V. Glass
Gene V. Glass Arizona State University
Thomas D. Cook
Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia
Kristin A. Moore
Kristin A. Moore Child Trends
Christopher C. Henrich
Christopher C. Henrich University of Alabama at Birmingham
Adele Diamond
Adele Diamond University of British Columbia
Carollee Howes
Carollee Howes University of California, Los Angeles
Mark T. Greenberg
Mark T. Greenberg Pennsylvania State University
Doris R. Entwisle
Doris R. Entwisle Johns Hopkins University

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