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Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inBehavioral and Psychological Studies Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
ISSN0021-8855
Citation impact (2-yr)2.75
h-index199
i10-index3,382
Total citations257,511
Article processing charge$3,140
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Kansas
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis per year

94
2014
94
2015
90
2016
66
2017
110
2018
136
2019
139
2020
100
2021
72
2022
87
2023
84
2024
65
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis by publication year

3.3K
2014
3.3K
2015
2.8K
2016
1.9K
2017
3.1K
2018
3K
2019
3.1K
2020
1.7K
2021
998
2022
819
2023
401
2024
48
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

AN IMPLICIT TECHNOLOGY OF GENERALIZATION<sup>1</sup>

Trevor F. Stokes, Donald M. Baer · 1 Jun 1977

Traditionally, discrimination has been understood as an active process, and a technology of its procedures has been developed and practiced extensively. Generalization, by contrast, has been considered the natural result of failing to practice a discrimination technology adequately, and thus has remained a passive concept almost devoid of a technology. But, generalization is equally deserving…

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SOCIAL VALIDITY: THE CASE FOR SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT or HOW APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IS FINDING ITS HEART<sup>1</sup>

Montrose M. Wolf · 1 Jun 1978

I apologize, but I must begin making my case for subjective measurement by recounting to you my own experiences with it over the past few years. Almost a decade ago, when the field of applied behavior analysis was beginning to expand so rapidly, we were faced with the task of putting together the Journal of…

3,136 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
TOWARD A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SELF‐INJURY

Brian A. Iwata, Michael F. Dorsey, Keith J. Slifer et al. · 1 Jun 1994

This study describes the use of an operant methodology to assess functional relationships between self-injury and specific environmental events. The self-injurious behaviors of nine developmentally disabled subjects were observed during periods of brief, repeated exposure to a series of analogue conditions. Each condition differed along one or more of the following dimensions: (1) play materials…

2,636 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
REDUCING BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS THROUGH FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING

Edward G. Carr, V. Mark Durand · 1 Jun 1985

It is generally agreed that serious misbehavior in children should be replaced with socially appropriate behaviors, but few guidelines exist with respect to choosing replacement behaviors. We address this issue in two experiments. In Experiment 1, we developed an assessment method for identifying situations in which behavior problems, including aggression, tantrums, and self-injury, were most…

2,151 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

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