2026 W. Steven Barnett: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	56	1840	1658	879	780	158	22740

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

3050
Citations
Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Cognitive and School Outcomes.

W. Steven Barnett

2541
Citations
The State of Preschool 2010: State Preschool Yearbook.

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

1294
Citations
Meta-analysis of the effects of early education interventions on cognitive and social development

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

1280
Citations
The State of Preschool: 2003 State Preschool Yearbook

W. Steven Barnett

1147
Citations
Educational effects of the Tools of the Mind curriculum: A randomized trial

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

812
Citations
Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions Across the World: (Under) Investing in the Very Young

Milagros Nores;Steven W. Barnett

776
Citations
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

723
Citations
Effectiveness of Early Educational Intervention

Unknown

718
Citations
Preschool Education and Its Lasting Effects: Research and Policy Implications

W. Steven Barnett

704
Citations
An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs

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

483
Citations
Two-way and monolingual English immersion in preschool education: An experimental comparison

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

476
Citations
Comparative benefit-cost analysis of the Abecedarian program and its policy implications

Unknown

417
Citations
Better Teachers, Better Preschools: Student Achievement Linked to Teacher Qualifications. NIEER Preschool Policy Matters, Issue 2.

W. Steven Barnett

394
Citations
A Benefit Cost Analysis of the Abecedarian Early Childhood Intervention.

Leonard N. Masse;W. Steven Barnett

385
Citations
Benefits of Compensatory Preschool Education.

W. Steven Barnett

378
Citations
Long-term effects on cognitive development and school success.

W. Steven Barnett

376
Citations
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

335
Citations
Updating the Economic Impacts of the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program

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

319
Citations
The State of Preschool 2018: State Preschool Yearbook.

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

290
Citations
Long-Term Cognitive and Academic Effects of Early Childhood Education on Children in Poverty

W. Steven Barnett

287
Citations
Early Childhood Development and Social Mobility.

W. Steven Barnett;Clive R. Belfield

276
Citations
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

W Steven Barnett

156
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive Belfield Queens College, CUNY

Gene V. Glass Arizona State University

Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison

Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia

Kristin A. Moore Child Trends

Christopher C. Henrich University of Alabama at Birmingham

Adele Diamond University of British Columbia

Carollee Howes University of California, Los Angeles

Mark T. Greenberg Pennsylvania State University

Doris R. Entwisle Johns Hopkins University

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