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Papers

(The median citation count of American Journal of Evaluation is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
From the Section Editors: Diagnosing Evaluations—A Methodological Perspective	40
Streamlining Complex Intervention Evaluation Through Participatory Systems Mapping and Contribution Analysis: A Comprehensive Framework for Actionable Complexity Evaluation	22
George Julnes: Scholar of Evaluation and of Life	16
Pathways and Structures: Evaluating Systems Changes in an NSF INCLUDES Alliance	15
Enabling Young People’s Involvement in Research: Principles for a Family Youth Alcohol and Other Drug Program Evaluation	11
Professionalizing Evaluation: A Time-Bound Comparison of the American Evaluation Association's Foundational Documents	11
Program Value-Added: A Feasible Method for Providing Evidence on the Effectiveness of Multiple Programs Implemented Simultaneously in Schools	10
Where Community-Engaged Research and Randomized Controlled Trials Align: Lessons from Implementation of an Experimental Evaluation in Partnership with a Community-Based Afterschool Program	8
What to Expect When You Don’t Know What You are Expecting: Vigilance and the Monitoring and Evaluation of an Uncertain World	8
“It Has to Be the Common Thread”: Weaving Attention to Racial Equity and Justice Across Lines of Inquiry and Evaluative Criteria	8
Social Justice as Ontology: The Intersection of Black Evaluators’ Identities, Roles, and Practice	7
The Role of Distributional Overlap on the Precision Gain of Bounds for Generalization	6
The Role of Evaluation Theory and Practice in Narrowing the Research-to-Practice Gap	6
From the Section Editors: International Advances in Evaluation	6
Our Frame is Everything: Insights from a Reflective Dialogue on Positionality in Evaluation	6
Section Editor's Note: Using Power Insights to Better Plan Experiments	6
Book Review: Evaluation in Today's World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability	6
“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators	5
Theory-Practice Connections in Collaborative Approaches to Evaluation: A Systematic Review of Practice	4
From the Co-Editors: Policy, Politics, Principles, and Participation: Influences on Program Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes Achieved	4
Book Review: Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice Alkin, M. C., & Christie, C. A. (Eds.). (2023). Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice. New York, NY: Guilford Press. 318 pp. $57.	4
Communicative-Kvmecegeam Evaluation in Education Within a Mapuche Context: Proposal of an Approach	4
From the Section Editor: Introduction to the Economic Evaluation Section	4
The Importance of Context for Determining Causal Mechanisms in Program Evaluation: The Case of Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention Among the Luo in Western Kenya	4
Acknowledgement of Reviewers	4

Human Rights Advocacy Evaluation in the Global South: A Critical Review of the Literature	4
A Look at Power Issues in Collaborative Program Evaluations Under Michel Foucault´s Conception of Power-Knowledge	4
Social Ontology and Evaluation—A Comment on “Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation”	4
Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Binary Moderating Variable	4
Data Visualization Expert Lessons Learned: Implications for Program Evaluators	4
Book Review: Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research	3
Beyond the Buzzword: A Framework for an Indigenous Relational Evaluation in Traditional Communities in Ghana	3
Gatekeeping's Influence on Equitable Evaluation Practice	3
From the Co-Editors: Evaluation Use and Collaboration the U.S. and Globally	3
Blaine Worthen: Good Steward of AJE and More	3
From the Co-Editors: Evolving Evaluation Theory, Methods, and Practice	3
Evaluation as Reparation, Reclamation, and Renewal: Reorienting Our Justice Signposts Toward Restorative Validity	2
Findings From an Empirical Exploration of Evaluators’ Values	2
From the Interim Co-Editors	2
Transforming the Paradigm for LGBTQ+ Evaluation: Advancing a Praxis of LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Liberation in Evaluation	2
Exploring How Organizational Actors Experience Evaluation and Its Influence: A Q-Methodological Study	2
Remembering George Julnes: My Friend, Colleague, and Pragmatic Theorist	2
Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation	2
Mapping Evaluation Use: A Scoping Review of Extant Literature (2005–2022)	2
Just Give Me an Example! Exploring Strategies for Building Public Understanding of Evaluation	2
And When We Say Our Last Goodbye…: In Memory of and Salute to Stafford Hood	2
From the Co-Editors: Welcome to Volume 45 and a New Editorial Team	2
The Counterfactual Definition of a Program Effect	2
A Protocol to Assess Contextual Factors During Program Impact Evaluation: A Case Study of a STEM Gender Equity Intervention in Higher Education	2
Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE): An Approach to Tackle Research-for-Development’s Long-Causal-Chain Problem	2
Sample Selection in Randomized Trials With Multiple Target Populations	2
Book Review: Policy Evaluation in the Era of COVID-19	2
The Tentative Promise of Social Return on Investment	2
A Systematic Review of Meta-Evaluations: Lessons for Evaluation and Impact Analysis	2
Book Review: Equitable evaluation: Voices from the Global South by Chirau, T. J., Fish, T., & Morkel, C. ChirauT. J.FishT.MorkelC. (Eds.). (2023). Eq	2
Conversations with George	1
Embedding a Proof-of-Concept Test in an At-Scale National Policy Experiment: Greater Policy Learning But at What Cost to Statistical Power? The Social Security Administration’s Benefit Offset National	1
Evaluating Collective Impact Initiatives: A Systematic Scoping Review	1
Site Visit Standards Revisited: A Framework for Implementation	1
What Is and What Should Be Needs Assessment Scales: Factors Affecting the Trustworthiness of Results	1
From the Section Editor: Clarifying Power Decisions in Multisite Designs	1
From the Co-Editors: Complexity, Evaluation Use, and Causal Methods	1
Developing Evaluation Approaches for an Anti-Human Trafficking Housing Program	1
Reclaiming Logic Modeling for Evaluation: A Theory of Action Framework	1
Tensions Between Independence, Learning and Accountability in Internal Evaluation: The Case of the World Bank	1
Developing and Validating the Evaluator Competencies Assessment Tool (ECAT) Cultural Competencies Subscale	1
A Letter From the Interim Editor	1
Translating Evaluation Policy Into Practice in Government Organizations	1
Evaluating Youth Empowerment: The Construction and Validation of an Inventory of Dimensions and Indicators	1
Equity-Related Ethical Questions in Evaluation Practice: Examples From Interviews With Evaluators in New England, U.S.	1
From the Co-Editors: Honoring the Past to Inform Current and Future Evaluation	1
A Human Rights-Based Evaluation Approach for Inclusive Education	1
Integrative Evaluation	1
Intersecting Identities, Interwoven Practices: A Collaborative Reflection on Evaluation and Identity Disclosure	1
Addressing the Treatment-as-Assigned Assumption in Field Experiments: Lessons Learned From the Birmingham South Saturated Problem-Oriented Policing Hot Spots Experiment	1

Book Review: The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe	1
Anthropology in Evaluation: Free-Listing to Generate Cultural Models	1
Ensuring Data Quality in Large International Development Projects: Tools, Strategies, and Lessons Learned	1
Designing Multisite Randomized Trials to Detect (Conditional) Indirect Effects	1
Statistical Power for Detecting Moderation in Partially Nested Designs	1
Toward Racial Equity: Navigating Diverse Conceptualizations and Perspectives in Social Justice-Oriented Evaluation Practice	1
Book Review: Leading Change Through Evaluation: Improvement Science in Action	1
Book Review: Utilization-focused Evaluation, 5th Edition	1
Evaluation Quality Assessment Frameworks: A Comparative Assessment of Their Strengths and Weaknesses	1
Special Section Editors’ Note: A Focus on the Evaluation Profession	1
From the Co-Editors: Lessons for Evaluation Scholarship, Methods and Practice	1
How Many Cases per Cluster? Operationalizing the Number of Units per Cluster Relative to Minimum Detectable Effects in Two-Level Cluster Randomized Evaluations with Linear Outcomes	1