American Journal of Evaluation

Papers
(The median citation count of American Journal of Evaluation is 0. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Streamlining Complex Intervention Evaluation Through Participatory Systems Mapping and Contribution Analysis: A Comprehensive Framework for Actionable Complexity Evaluation41
From the Section Editors: Diagnosing Evaluations—A Methodological Perspective28
Statistical Power for Moderation in Three-Level Multisite Individual Randomized Trials and Consequences of Ignoring a Level of Nesting21
Remembering Tom Schwandt: My Mentor and Colleague17
Optimal Design and Analysis for Equivalence Tests in Randomized Controlled Trials13
“It Has to Be the Common Thread”: Weaving Attention to Racial Equity and Justice Across Lines of Inquiry and Evaluative Criteria12
Where Community-Engaged Research and Randomized Controlled Trials Align: Lessons from Implementation of an Experimental Evaluation in Partnership with a Community-Based Afterschool Program12
Enabling Young People’s Involvement in Research: Principles for a Family Youth Alcohol and Other Drug Program Evaluation11
Program Value-Added: A Feasible Method for Providing Evidence on the Effectiveness of Multiple Programs Implemented Simultaneously in Schools10
What to Expect When You Don’t Know What You are Expecting: Vigilance and the Monitoring and Evaluation of an Uncertain World9
Social Justice as Ontology: The Intersection of Black Evaluators’ Identities, Roles, and Practice8
Professionalizing Evaluation: A Time-Bound Comparison of the American Evaluation Association's Foundational Documents7
Book Review: Evaluation in Today's World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability7
From the Co-Editors: Reflecting Back and Looking Forward7
A Look at Power Issues in Collaborative Program Evaluations Under Michel Foucault´s Conception of Power-Knowledge6
The Role of Evaluation Theory and Practice in Narrowing the Research-to-Practice Gap6
Theory-Practice Connections in Collaborative Approaches to Evaluation: A Systematic Review of Practice6
“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators6
Communicative-Kvmecegeam Evaluation in Education Within a Mapuche Context: Proposal of an Approach5
From the Section Editors: International Advances in Evaluation5
Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Binary Moderating Variable5
Our Frame is Everything: Insights from a Reflective Dialogue on Positionality in Evaluation5
Section Editor's Note: Using Power Insights to Better Plan Experiments5
Data Visualization Expert Lessons Learned: Implications for Program Evaluators4
From the Co-Editors: Policy, Politics, Principles, and Participation: Influences on Program Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes Achieved4
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 Kenya4
A Case in Practice: Facilitating Problem Definition in a Systems Change Approach4
Social Ontology and Evaluation— A Comment on “Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation”4
From the Section Editor: Introduction to the Economic Evaluation Section4
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. $57.3
Book Review: Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research3
Beyond the Buzzword: A Framework for an Indigenous Relational Evaluation in Traditional Communities in Ghana3
And When We Say Our Last Goodbye…: In Memory of and Salute to Stafford Hood3
Remembering Tom: Consummate Scholar, Valued Colleague, and Cherished Friend3
Acknowledgement of Reviewers3
Process Evaluation of Teams: A Revised Framework for Use in Extension3
An Oral History of Thomas A. Schwandt: Cultivating the Life of the Mind of Evaluators3
From the Co-Editors: Evolving Evaluation Theory, Methods, and Practice3
Research on Evaluation Studies Published in AJE : An Integrative Review of Themes, Methods, and Quality3
Blaine Worthen: Good Steward of AJE and More3
From the Co-Editors: Evaluation Use and Collaboration the U.S. and Globally3
Transforming the Paradigm for LGBTQ+ Evaluation: Advancing a Praxis of LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Liberation in Evaluation3
Gatekeeping's Influence on Equitable Evaluation Practice3
Mapping Evaluation Use: A Scoping Review of Extant Literature (2005–2022)2
A Protocol to Assess Contextual Factors During Program Impact Evaluation: A Case Study of a STEM Gender Equity Intervention in Higher Education2
Book Review: Policy Evaluation in the Era of COVID-192
A Systematic Review of Meta-Evaluations: Lessons for Evaluation and Impact Analysis2
Just Give Me an Example! Exploring Strategies for Building Public Understanding of Evaluation2
From the Interim Co-Editors2
From the Section Co-Editors: Innovating the “ARC” of Evaluator Preparation2
The Tentative Promise of Social Return on Investment2
Exploring How Organizational Actors Experience Evaluation and Its Influence: A Q-Methodological Study2
Book Review: Equitable evaluation: Voices from the Global South by Chirau, T. J., Fish, T., & Morkel, C. ChirauT. J.FishT.MorkelC. (Eds.). (2023). Eq2
Evaluation as Reparation, Reclamation, and Renewal: Reorienting Our Justice Signposts Toward Restorative Validity2
Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE): An Approach to Tackle Research-for-Development’s Long-Causal-Chain Problem2
Positionality in Evaluation: Impact of Individual, Cultural, and Organizational Values on Evaluation Practice2
From the Co-Editors: Welcome to Volume 45 and a New Editorial Team2
Remembering George Julnes: My Friend, Colleague, and Pragmatic Theorist2
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 Outcomes1
Evaluation Quality Assessment Frameworks: A Comparative Assessment of Their Strengths and Weaknesses1
Special Section Editors’ Note: A Focus on the Evaluation Profession1
Book Review: Utilization-focused Evaluation, 5th Edition1
What Is and What Should Be Needs Assessment Scales: Factors Affecting the Trustworthiness of Results1
Producing Competent Evaluators: A Self-Study of a Graduate Evaluation Program1
Evaluating Youth Empowerment: The Construction and Validation of an Inventory of Dimensions and Indicators1
Positionality as Situated Identity: Knowing Self, Knowing Where We Stand1
Reclaiming Logic Modeling for Evaluation: A Theory of Action Framework1
The Development and Implementation of an Interpersonal Skills Training Course for Young and Emerging Evaluators1
Evaluating Organizational Effectiveness: A New Strategy to Leverage Multisite Randomized Trials for Valid Assessment1
Addressing the Treatment-as-Assigned Assumption in Field Experiments: Lessons Learned From the Birmingham South Saturated Problem-Oriented Policing Hot Spots Experiment1
Anthropology in Evaluation: Free-Listing to Generate Cultural Models1
Evaluating Collective Impact Initiatives: A Systematic Scoping Review1
Statistical Power for Detecting Moderation in Partially Nested Designs1
From the Section Editor: Clarifying Power Decisions in Multisite Designs1
From the Co-Editors: Complexity, Evaluation Use, and Causal Methods1
Thomas Schwandt: Values, Existence, and Civic Virtue1
From the Co-Editors: Lessons for Evaluation Scholarship, Methods and Practice1
Tensions Between Independence, Learning and Accountability in Internal Evaluation: The Case of the World Bank1
Youth Reflections on Learning Program Evaluation Through Empowerment Evaluation1
Developing Evaluation Approaches for an Anti-Human Trafficking Housing Program1
Book Review: Leading Change Through Evaluation: Improvement Science in Action1
Ensuring Data Quality in Large International Development Projects: Tools, Strategies, and Lessons Learned1
Integrative Evaluation1
A Human Rights-Based Evaluation Approach for Inclusive Education1
From the Co-Editors: On the Breadth of AJE’s Contributions1
HEAPS of Knowledge: Black Women's Positionality as Theory, Praxis, and Liberation1
Intersecting Identities, Interwoven Practices: A Collaborative Reflection on Evaluation and Identity Disclosure1
Developing and Validating the Evaluator Competencies Assessment Tool (ECAT) Cultural Competencies Subscale1
Reflections on the Intersections Between Collaboration and Use in Evaluation Practice0
From the Experimental Methodology Section Editor: Facilitating Comparisons of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs0
The Process of Applying Principles-Focused Evaluation to the Sexual Violence Prevention Field: Implications for Practice in Other Social Services Fields0
Teaching Evaluation Through Community-Engaged Learning Courses0
How to Train Better in Evaluation: Teaching Landscape and Lessons Learned From Latin America0
“I Know You See It”: Exploring the Impact of Physical Positionality as Black Evaluators0
Do Social Programs Help Some Beneficiaries More Than Others? Evaluating the Potential for Comparison Group Designs to Yield Low-Bias Estimates of Differential Impact0
Examining and Evaluating Team Science Competencies Through Sensemaking0
Principles for Stakeholder Involvement in Evaluation in Latin America0
Research on Evaluation Influence in India: Theorizing Beyond Process and Results to Design0
Hold the Bets! Should Quasi-Experiments Be Preferred to True Experiments When Causal Generalization Is the Goal?0
Corrigendum to Evaluator Education Curriculum: Which Competencies Ought to be Prioritized in Master's and Doctoral Programs?0
“It's Not Just an Assignment”: A Duoethnography on the (Op)positionality of Evaluator Identity0
Decolonizing Community Development Evaluation in Rakhine State, Myanmar0
From the Ethics, Values, and Culture Section Editors: Positionality, Kinship, and Intentional Scholarship0
How Evaluation Advocates Use Interpersonal Skills to Engage Their Colleagues in Evaluation0
From the Co-Editors: Building Evaluative Capacity to Examine Issues of Power, Address Sensitive Topics, and Generate Actionable Data0
From the Co-Editors: Inclusivity of Evaluation Thought and Practice0
Lessons from Hawai‘i in Building an Ecology of Knowledge: Engaging with Cultures to Rethink Evaluation Criteria0
Complex Identities, Relationality, and the Art of Listening: A Journey to Understand My Positionality as a Métis Scholar0
I Will See You on the Other Side My Friend: A Tribute to Michael Scriven0
Designing Multisite Randomized Trials to Detect (Conditional) Indirect Effects0
Evaluation Paradoxes: Responding to Tensions Between Stability and Change in Social Investment Evaluation0
Artificial Intelligence as an Academic Ally: A Quality Improvement Initiative for a Graduate Evaluation Course0
From the Section Editors: Teaching & Learning Section Vision: Innovate, Evaluate, Disseminate0
Supporting Evaluation Practice Through Mindfulness0
Evaluating Fidelity Frameworks in Health Interventions: A Scoping Review of Conceptual, Implementation, and Adaptation Models0
Lessons Learned Across Three Evaluations Incorporating Participant-Generated Photo Elicitation Interviewing0
Assessing the Usefulness of Health Outcome Measures in the Evaluation of a Mature Program0
Rich Pictures: A Visual Method for Sensemaking Amid Complexity0
Using Cognitive Complexity to Understand Role-Play as a Pedagogical Tool in Graduate Evaluation Education0
Applying the Participatory Evaluation Measurement Instrument in the Evaluation of a Public School Program for Teachers0
Navigating the Field While Black: A Critical Race Analysis of Peer and Elder Advice to and From Black Evaluators0
A Comparison of Fidelity Implementation Frameworks Used in the Field of Early Intervention0
Application of a Hybrid Regression Discontinuity Design to Evaluate the Generality of a Summer School Treatment Effect0
From the Experimental Methodology Section Editor: Finding the Many Lessons Learned in Experimental Evaluations0
Positionality as Dialog0
From the Section Editors: The Center Shifts—Reflections on a Transforming Evaluation Landscape0
Digital Evaluation Stories: A Case Study of Implementation for Monitoring and Evaluation in an Australian Community Not-for-Profit0
From the Co-Editors: That’s a Wrap! Closing Out Our First Volume0
From the Interim Co-Editors: Thinking Inclusively and Strategically to Address the Complexity of Our World0
From the Co-Editors: Evaluation Framing, Scoping, Impact Variation, and International Advances0
From the Co-Editors: Being in Relationship with Citizens, Communities, and Clients in Evaluation Practice0
Toward Disability-Led Evaluation: A Continuum Framework for Centering Disability in Evaluation Practice0
Expanding the Lens From Health Outcomes to Learn More About Key Stakeholders and the Structural Factors as a Pathway Toward Health Equity0
Advancement on the Edge of Dreaming: Positionality as a Tool for Justice0
Book Review: Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It0
Challenges and Lessons Learned Conducting a Formative Evaluation of a Multicomponent Care Delivery Intervention0
Laying a Solid Foundation for the Next Generation of Evaluation Capacity Building: Findings from an Integrative Review0
Discerning Obstacles and Opportunities: A Framework for Evaluating Power0
Exploring NSF-Funded Evaluators’ and Principal Investigators’ Definitions and Measurement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion0
From the Co-Editors: Honoring the Past to Inform Current and Future Evaluation0
Toward Racial Equity: Navigating Diverse Conceptualizations and Perspectives in Social Justice-Oriented Evaluation Practice0
The Garden of Evaluation Approaches0
Translating Evaluation Policy Into Practice in Government Organizations0
A Community-Based Participatory Approach to the Development, Validation, and Use of the Evaluation Capacity Needs Assessment (ECNA) for the Early Childhood Field0
Cultural Competence: 10-Year Comparison of Program Evaluators’ Perceptions0
The Oral History of Evaluation: The Influence of Edmund Wyatt Gordon on Evaluation0
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Design for a Secondary School Equity Program: Utilizing Culturally Responsive and Values-Engaged Approaches0
How Positionality Shapes Equitable Evaluation: A Latina Emerging Evaluator's Autoethnography0
Applying the Renger System Test to Determine Whether a System Evaluation Is Fit for Evaluating a Complex Intervention: A Case Example0
Measuring Evaluator Competencies: Developing and Validating the Evaluator Competencies Assessment Tool0
Navigating Waters of Positionality: A Native Hawaiian Perspective0
Application of Multi-Attribute Utility Analysis as a Methodological Framework in Academic–Clinical Partnership Evaluation0
Book Review: Evaluation in Rural Communities0
Strategies for Evaluating Collective Impact Initiatives: Lessons Learned from a Community-Academic Partnership0
Acknowledgement of Reviewers0
The Prevalence of Evaluator Anxiety in Practice: An Empirical Examination0
Equity-Related Ethical Questions in Evaluation Practice: Examples From Interviews With Evaluators in New England, U.S.0
The Oral History of Evaluation: Joan LaFrance, Indigenous Evaluation, and Attention to Culture in Evaluation0
Building Evaluator Competencies Through Graduate Education: Promising Results from a Small-Scale Study0
From the Co-Editors: There's Always Room for Improvement: Building Better Practices and Methods for a Brighter Future0
Thinking Outside the Self-Report: Using Evaluation Plans to Assess Evaluation Capacity Building0
Capturing Bhutan's Cultural Uniqueness: A Culturally Responsive Critique of a Bhutanese Evaluation Report0
Acknowledgement of Reviewers0
Evaluation Capacity Building Through Community-University Partnership0
Reflections from Planning and Conducting Data Collection for a Realist Evaluation in Zambia0
Challenges and Adjustments in a Multisite School-Based Randomized Field Trial0
The Mechanistic Rewards of Data and Theory Integration for Theory-Based Evaluation0
Promoting Children's Rights and Protections in Program Evaluation0
Fidelity and Adaptation of Programs: Does Adaptation Thwart Effectiveness?0
Feminist Evaluation Using Feminist Participatory Action Research: Guiding Principles and Practices0
Remembering Thomas Schwandt’s Life and Influence0
A Protocol for Participatory Data Use0
Program Plan Evaluation: A Participatory Approach to Bridge Plan Evaluation and Program Evaluation0
Evaluation Use and Factors Affecting Evaluation Use in the Context of the Brazilian Graduate Evaluation System0
Positionality as Praxis: Embodiment, Imagination, and Liberation in Evaluation0
Motivation to Adopt Evaluation Practice as a Determinant of Evaluation Use0
Theory-based Evaluation of Lesson Study Professional Development: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned0
Control, Exogeneity, and Directness: Understanding and Designing Quasi- and Natural Experiments0
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