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The 29 Most Cited Articles from JABA

Citations through
RankArticle1986 1993
1 Baer, D. M., Wolf, M. M., & Risley, T. R. (1968). Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. 1, 91-97 An HTML version of this paper is available.
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2 Stokes, T. F., & Baer, D. M. (1977).An implicit technology of generalization. 10, 349-367 458 749
3 Wolf, M. M. (1978). Social validity: The case for subjective measurement or how applied behavior analysis is finding its heart. 11, 203-214 314 551
4 Keller, F. S. (1968). "Good- bye, teacher...". 1, 79-89 375 437
5 Kazdin, A. E., & Bootzin, R. R. (1972). The token economy: An evaluative review. 5, 343-372 280 299
5 Hartmann, D. P., (1977). Considerations in the choice of interobserver reliability estimates. 10, 103-116 191 299
7 Hall, R.V., Lund, D., & Jackson, D. (1968). Effects of teacher attention on study behavior. 1, 1-12 263 282
8 Lovaas, O. I., & Simmons, J. Q. (1969). Manipulation of self-destruction in three retarded children. 2, 143-157 228272
9 Madsen, C.H., Becker, W.C., & Thomas, D.R. (1968). Rules, praise, and ignoring: Elements of elementary classroom control. 1, 139-150 255 269
10 Foxx, R. M., & Azrin, N.H. (1973). The elimination of self-stimulatory behavior by overcorrection. 6, 1-14 239 261
11 Lovaas, O. I., Koegel, R., Simmons, J. Q., & Long, J. S. (1973). Some generalization and follow-up measures on autistic behavior therapy. 6, 131-166208255
12 Risley, T. R. (1968). The effects and side-effects of punishing the autistic behaviors of a deviant child. 1, 21-34209 229
13 Phillips, E. L. (1968). Achievement Place: Token reinforcement procedures in a home-style rehabilitation setting for "pre-delinquent" boys. 1, 213-223 181 196
13 O'Connor, R. D. (1969). Modification of social withdrawal through symbolic modeling. 2, 15- 22 179 196
15 O'Leary, K. D., Becker, W. C., Evans, M. B., & Saudargas, R. A. (1969). A token reinforcement program in a public school: A replication and systematic analysis. 2, 3- 13 185 195
16 Thomas, D. R., Becker, W. C., & Armstrong, M. (1968). Production and elimination of disruptive classroom behavior by systematically varying teacher's behavior. 1, 35- 45 177 191
17 Bijou, S. W., Peterson, R. F., & Ault, M. H. (1968). A method to integrate descriptive and experimental field studies at the level of data and empirical concepts. 1, 175-19 157 189
18 Barrish, H. H., Saunders, M., & Wolf, M. M. (1969). Good behavior game: Effects of individual contingencies for group consequences on disruptive behavior in a classroom. 2, 119-124 165 181
19 Broden, M., Hall, R. V., & Mitts, B.M. (1969). The effect of self-recording on the classroom behavior of two eighth-grade students. 4, 191-199 146 169
20 Azrin, N. H., & Foxx, R. M. (1971). A rapid method of toilet training the institutionized retarded. 4, 89- 99 149 167
21 Wahler, R. G. (1969). Setting generality: Some specific and general effects of child behavior therapy. 2, 239-246 149161
22 Phillips, E. L., Phillips, E. A., Fixsen, D. L., & Wolf, M. M. (1971). Achievement Place: Modification of the behaviors of pre-delinquent boys within a token economy. 4, 45- 59 140 154
23 Zeilberger, J., Sampen, S. E., & Sloane, H. N. (1968). Modification of a child's problem behaviors in the home with the mother as therapist. 1, 47-53 148 151
23 Ayllon, T., Layman, D., & Kandel, H. J. (1975). A behavioral-educational alternative to drug control of hyperactive children. 8, 137-146 131 151
25 Wahler, R. G. (1969). Oppositional children: A quest for parental reinforcement control. 2, 159- 170 136150
26 Winett, R. A., & Winkler, R. C. (1972). Current behavior modification in the classroom: Be still, be quiet, be docile. 5, 499-504 137 149
27 Budzynski, T. H., & Stoyva, J. M. (1969). An instrument for producing deep muscle relaxation by means of analog information feedback. 2, 231-237 139145
28 Bolstad, O. D., & Johnson, S. M. (1972). Self-regulation in the modification of disruptive classroom behavior. 5, 443-454 128 143
29 Lovitt, T. C. & Curtiss, K. A. (1969). Academic response rate as a function of teacher- and self-imposed contingencies. 2, 49-53 125 132

The table presents data from an unpublished study by the Institute for Scientific Information that listed the 29 JABA papers cited 125 or more times through 1986 in journals covered by the Social Science Citation Index. Those articles are here listed in order of their citations through 1993, the supplementary information coming from the more recent SSCI volumes.
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