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James Elicker

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1976
Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily and Disability Support ResearchParental Involvement in EducationChild Development and Digital Technology

Publications

96

Citations

2,051

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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James Elicker studies early childhood education, focusing on how young children develop math, language, and self-regulation skills, and how the quality of child care and preschool programs supports this growth. His work often examines child care quality-rating systems, parent-provider communication, and informal learning activities like block play. This research is generally aimed at informing early childhood policy and practice for infants through preschool-age children.

Early childhood education and developmentChild care quality rating and improvement systemsEarly math and language learningExecutive function and self-regulationParent and provider involvement in early learning

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade, averaging about 2 papers per year in the most recent 5-year period, with some year-to-year fluctuation including a gap in 2022.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 4 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 5 publications521222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology×5
  • Child & Youth Care Forum×3
  • Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University)×2
  • Journal of Engineering Education×1
  • International perspectives on early childhood education and development×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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