| Introducing Bronfenbrenner: A guide for practitioners and students in early years education N Hayes, L O'Toole, AM Halpenny Routledge, 2022 | 436 | 2022 |
| Critical thinking in the preschool classroom-A systematic literature review C O'Reilly, A Devitt, N Hayes Thinking skills and creativity 46, 101110, 2022 | 135 | 2022 |
| A bio-ecological perspective on educational transition L O’Toole, N Hayes, MM Mhathúna Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 140, 121-127, 2014 | 122 | 2014 |
| The transition to school in Ireland: Views of preschool and primary school teachers M O’kane, N Hayes International Journal of Transitions in Childhood 2 (1), 4-17, 2006 | 72 | 2006 |
| Children's Rights, Whose Right?: a Review of Child Policy Develoment in Ireland N Hayes Technological University Dublin, 2002 | 70 | 2002 |
| An examination of concepts of school readiness among parents and educators in Ireland E Ring, M Mhic Mhathuna, M Moloney, N Hayes, P Stafford, S Keegan, ... Department of Children and Youth Affairs [Ireland], 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Childcare? Early childhood education and care? Towards an integrated early years policy for young children in Ireland N Hayes Early Years 30 (1), 67-78, 2010 | 57 | 2010 |
| Play and Technology for children aged 4-12 S Downey, N Hayes, B O'Neill Technological University Dublin, 2007 | 55 | 2007 |
| Bored of the rings: Methodological and analytic approaches to operationalizing Bronfenbrenner's PPCT model in research practice JL Navarro, C Stephens, BC Rodrigues, IA Walker, O Cook, L O'Toole, ... Journal of Family Theory & Review 14 (2), 233-253, 2022 | 50 | 2022 |
| Teaching matters in early educational practice: The case for a nurturing pedagogy N Hayes Early Education and Development 19 (3), 430-440, 2008 | 50 | 2008 |
| Early years practice: Getting it right from the start N Hayes Taylor & Francis, 2023 | 44 | 2023 |
| The role of early childhood care and education: an anti-poverty perspective: paper commissioned by Combat Poverty Agency N Hayes Combat Poverty Agency, 2008 | 43 | 2008 |
| Early Childhood N Hayes Technological University Dublin, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| Nurturing ‘buds of development’: from outcomes to opportunities in early childhood practice N Hayes, K Filipović International Journal of Early Years Education 26 (3), 220-232, 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
| Engaging young children: a nurturing pedagogy N Hayes, M Kernan Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2008 | 39 | 2008 |
| Exploring socio-cultural influences on infant play occupations in Irish home environments H Lynch, N Hayes, S Ryan Journal of Occupational Science 23 (3), 352-369, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| In Search of Quality: Multiple Perspectives; Executive Summary K Mahony, N Hayes CECDE, 2006 | 35 | 2006 |
| A window on early education in Ireland: the First National Report of the IEA Preprimary Project N Hayes, J O'Flaherty Technological University Dublin, 1997 | 33 | 1997 |
| Study on the effective use of early childhood education and care in preventing early school leaving R Dumclus, J Peeters, N Hayes, G Van Landeghem, H Siarova, ... Technological University Dublin, 2014 | 30 | 2014 |
| The childcare question N Hayes, S Bradley Care and social change in the Irish welfare economy, 163-178, 2006 | 29 | 2006 |
