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Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Evaluation is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
From the Section Editors: Diagnosing Evaluations—A Methodological Perspective	32
Streamlining Complex Intervention Evaluation Through Participatory Systems Mapping and Contribution Analysis: A Comprehensive Framework for Actionable Complexity Evaluation	16
Pathways and Structures: Evaluating Systems Changes in an NSF INCLUDES Alliance	15
Empowering Indigenous Communities Through a Participatory, Culturally Responsive Evaluation of a Federal Program for Older Americans	13
George Julnes: Scholar of Evaluation and of Life	13
Where Community-Engaged Research and Randomized Controlled Trials Align: Lessons from Implementation of an Experimental Evaluation in Partnership with a Community-Based Afterschool Program	12
“It Has to Be the Common Thread”: Weaving Attention to Racial Equity and Justice Across Lines of Inquiry and Evaluative Criteria	11
Reviewing Health Service and Program Evaluations in Indigenous Contexts: A Systematic Review	10
What to Expect When You Don’t Know What You are Expecting: Vigilance and the Monitoring and Evaluation of an Uncertain World	10
Professionalizing Evaluation: A Time-Bound Comparison of the American Evaluation Association's Foundational Documents	10
Social Justice as Ontology: The Intersection of Black Evaluators’ Identities, Roles, and Practice	10
Enabling Young People’s Involvement in Research: Principles for a Family Youth Alcohol and Other Drug Program Evaluation	10
The Role of Evaluation Theory and Practice in Narrowing the Research-to-Practice Gap	9
Program Value-Added: A Feasible Method for Providing Evidence on the Effectiveness of Multiple Programs Implemented Simultaneously in Schools	9
Section Editor's Note: Using Power Insights to Better Plan Experiments	7
Book Review: Evaluation in Today's World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability	7
From the Section Editors: International Advances in Evaluation	7
The Role of Distributional Overlap on the Precision Gain of Bounds for Generalization	7
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	6
“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators	6
From the Co-Editors: Policy, Politics, Principles, and Participation: Influences on Program Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes Achieved	6
A Look at Power Issues in Collaborative Program Evaluations Under Michel Foucault´s Conception of Power-Knowledge	6
Evaluator Education Curriculum: Which Competencies Ought to Be Prioritized in Master’s and Doctoral Programs?	5
Social Ontology and Evaluation—A Comment on “Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation”	5
Data Visualization Expert Lessons Learned: Implications for Program Evaluators	5

Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Binary Moderating Variable	4
Blaine Worthen: Good Steward of AJE and More	4
Communicative-Kvmecegeam Evaluation in Education Within a Mapuche Context: Proposal of an Approach	4
Book Review: Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research	4
From the Section Editor: Introduction to the Economic Evaluation Section	4
From the Co-Editors: Evolving Evaluation Theory, Methods, and Practice	3
Critical Evaluation Capital (CEC): A New Tool for Applying Critical Race Theory to the Evaluand	3
Integrating Validity Evidence to Revise a Child Abuse Knowledge Test for Early Childhood Education Providers: A Mixed Methods Approach	3
Book Review: Policy Evaluation in the Era of COVID-19	3
Beyond the Buzzword: A Framework for an Indigenous Relational Evaluation in Traditional Communities in Ghana	3
Human Rights Advocacy Evaluation in the Global South: A Critical Review of the Literature	3
Book Review: Advocacy and Policy Change Evaluation: Theory and Practice	3
And When We Say Our Last Goodbye…: In Memory of and Salute to Stafford Hood	3
Gatekeeping's Influence on Equitable Evaluation Practice	3
A Within-Study Approach to Evaluating the Role of Moderators of Impact in Limiting Generalizations from “Large to Small”	3
The Tentative Promise of Social Return on Investment	2
A Behavioral Design to Reform Italy’s Evaluation Policy	2
From the Interim Co-Editors	2
Remembering George Julnes: My Friend, Colleague, and Pragmatic Theorist	2
Method for Scoring Dose of Multicomponent Interventions: A Building Block for Future Evaluations	2
The Counterfactual Definition of a Program Effect	2
Indigenous Ecological Reconstruction After Industrial Ruin in Two Iconic Sámi Catchments: Ethics of Comanagement?	2
A Systematic Review of Meta-Evaluations: Lessons for Evaluation and Impact Analysis	2
Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation	2
Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE): An Approach to Tackle Research-for-Development’s Long-Causal-Chain Problem	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
From the Co-Editors: Welcome to Volume 45 and a New Editorial Team	2
Just Give Me an Example! Exploring Strategies for Building Public Understanding of Evaluation	2
The Intersection of Counseling Microskills and Qualitative Interviewing and Reporting in the Study of Sensitive Topics	2