Amy J. Elliott, Kineta Morgan, R. Wayne Fuqua, Kristal Ehrhardt, & Alan Poling (2005).
Self- and cross-citations in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and the Journal of
the Experimental Analysis of Behavior: 1993–2003.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
38, 559-563.
Self- and cross-citations in JABA and JEAB from 1993 through 2003 were examined.
Yearly mean levels of self-citation for JABA and JEAB were 34.9% and 33.2%, respectively.
Overall, 7.8% of JABA citations were JEAB articles, and 0.6% of JEAB citations were JABA articles.
The former value, but not the latter, is substantially higher than the cross-citation level reported
for earlier years. The two JEAB articles most often cited in JABA were published over 20 years ago
and are concerned with establishing operations and the matching law.
DESCRIPTORS: applied behavior analysis, basic research, citations