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Papers

(The median citation count of Perspectives on Behavior Science 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
We Live in Interesting Times: Introduction to the Special Section on Big Data & Behavior Science	58
Faultless Communication: The Heart and Soul of DI	46
Honoring Uncontrolled Events: Commentary on Slocum et al.	46
Assessing Growth of BACB Certificants (1999–2019)	31
Revisiting an Analysis of Threats to Internal Validity in Multiple Baseline Designs	29
Ecological Momentary Assessment: A Systematic Review of Validity Research	28
Needed independent and dependent variables in multi-element behavior support plans addressing severe behavior problems	25
A Descriptive Assessment of Social Validity Source, Timing, and Direct Consumer Inclusion in Behavior Analytic Research	24
Correction to: How to Be RAD: Repeated Acquisition Design Features that Enhance Internal and External Validity	20
Understanding Individual Subject Differences through Large Behavioral Datasets: Analytical and Statistical Considerations	17
A Review of Behavioral Economic Manipulations Affecting Drug versus Nondrug Choice in Rats	15
Correction to: Dissemination of Direct Instruction: Ponder These while Pursuing That	14
Predicting the Next Response: Demonstrating the Utility of Integrating Artificial Intelligence-Based Reinforcement Learning with Behavior Science	14
Reconceptualized Associative Learning	14
Abstinence as Choice: Exploring Voluntary Abstinence from Alcohol Self-Administration Using the Resurgence-as-Choice Framework	13
Integrative Review of Developmental Behavior-Analytic Concepts	12
When Science Cannot Guide us: A Call to Action for Applied Behavior Analysts	11
Correction: Resurgence and Behavioral Contrast, Compared and Contrasted	11
Behavior Science Contributions to Public Policy: an Introduction to the Special Section	10
Thinking Inside the Bounds: Improved Error Distributions for Indifference Point Data Analysis and Simulation Via Beta Regression using Common Discounting Functions	10
Cochran’s Q Test of Stimulus Overselectivity within the Verbal Repertoire of Children with Autism	10
Dissemination of Contingency Management for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder	9
Pediatric Pain and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Implications for Research and Practice in Behavior Analysis	8
A Systematic Review of Treatment Maintenance Strategies in Token Economies: Implications for Contingency Management	8
Advancing and Integrating the Cusp Concept to Understand Behavioral Repertoire Dynamics	8

Analyzing the Functional Interdependence of Verbal Behavior with Multiaxial Radar Charts	7
The Use of Nonmonetary Outcomes in Health-Related Delay Discounting Research: Review and Recommendations	7
Toward a Behavioral Interpretation of English Grammar	7
A Theory of the Extinction Burst	7
Verbal-Like Effects of Nonverbal Stimuli	7
Deictic Relational Responding and Perspective-Taking in Autistic Individuals: A Scoping Review	7
A Neurobiological-Behavioral Approach to Predicting and Influencing Private Events	6
Trauma-Informed Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: From Disparity to Policies for Effective Action	6
Teaching the History of Applied Behavior Analysis	6
Some Characteristics and Arguments in Favor of a Science of Machine Behavior Analysis	6
The IRAP as a Measure of Implicit Cognition: A Case of Frankenstein’s Monster	6
Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Modeling (GLMM) of Functional Analysis Graphical Construction Elements on Visual Analysis	6
Monte Carlo Analyses for Single-Case Experimental Designs: An Untapped Resource for Applied Behavioral Researchers and Practitioners	6
On the Appropriate Measure to Estimate Hyperbolic Discounting Rate (K) using the Method of Least Squares	6
Correction: A Theory of the Extinction Burst	5
A Case for Observability	5
Whatever the Kid Does Is the Truth: Introduction to the Special Section on Direct Instruction	5
A Call to Investigate and Improve the Research Literacy of Professional Behavior Analysts	5
Advancing the Application and Use of Single-Case Research Designs: Reflections on Articles from the Special Issue	5
Tutorial. A Behavioral Analysis of Rationality, Nudging, and Boosting: Implications for Policymaking	5
The Prominence of Action Sequences and Behavioral Similarity in the Morris Water Task	5
The Real Problem with Hypothetical Constructs	5
Behavioral Measurement as Centerpiece	5
We Still Have a Lot to Learn	4
A Review of Crying and Caregiving: Crying as a Stimulus	4
Applied Quantitative Analysis of Behavior: What It Is, and Why We Care—Introduction to the Special Section	4
A Behavioral Economic Model of Help-Seeking for Depression	4
How to Build and How not to Build an Implicit Measure in Behavior Analysis: A case Study Using the Function Acquisition Speed Test	4
The Evidence is in the Design	4
Reflections and Critical Directions for Toilet Training in Applied Behavior Analysis	4
Relations between Description and Experimentation in the Metacontingency Enterprise: An Interbehavioral Analysis	4
A Brief Introduction to Human Behavioral Pharmacology: Methods, Design Considerations and Ethics	4
Naming, Stimulus Equivalence and Relational Frame Theory: Stronger Together than Apart	4
Further Analysis of Advanced Quantitative Methods and Supplemental Interpretative Aids with Single-Case Experimental Designs	4
Food Cue Reactivity Meets the Reinforcer Pathology Model: Behavioral Economic Measures of Cue-Induced Changes in Food Reinforcer Efficacy	4
Private Equity in Behavior Analysis: A Reckoning	3
Countercontrol: A Relational Frame Theory (RFT) Account and Revival of a 70-Year-Old Skinnerian Term	3
Levels of Replication	3
Creating and Studying the Behavior of Artificial Organisms Animated by an Evolutionary Theory of Behavior Dynamics	3
Response to ABAI Task Force on the Use of Contingent Electric Skin Shock	3
Implementing Automated Nonparametric Statistical Analysis on Functional Analysis Data: A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers	3
From Percentages to Precision: Using Response Rates to Advance Analyses of Procedural Fidelity	3
Re-Engineering the Educational System: Technology Transfer from a Behavioral Perspective	3
Conducting Translational Research in the Context of Patient Care	3
Teaching Behavior Analysis through Its History: Narrative and Stories	2
Report of the ABAI Task Force on Contingent Electric Skin Shock	2
Adding Tools to the Behavioral Toolkit	2
Acquisition of Children’s Relational Responding: The Role of the Intradimensional and Interdimensional Abstract Tact and the Autoclitic Frame	2
Promoting Reciprocal Relations across Subfields of Behavior Analysis via Collaborations	2
Evaluating Experts’ Consensus on Behavioral Principles	2

Correction to: Cochran’s Q Test of Stimulus Overselectivity within the Verbal Repertoire of Children with Autism	2
Lexicon-Based Sentiment Analysis in Behavioral Research	2
The Power to Explain Variability in Intervention Effectiveness in Single-Case Research Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling	1
Threats to Internal Validity in Multiple-Baseline Design Variations	1
The Dismal State of Federal Funding for Experimental Evaluations of Interventions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions	1
A Tutorial on the Applications of Lowenkron’s Joint Control to Language Acquisition Programs	1
Scaling N from 1 to 1,000,000: Application of the Generalized Matching Law to Big Data Contexts	1
Naming: What Do We Know So Far? A Systematic Review	1
Rethinking the Place of Qualitative Methods in Behavior Analysis	1
The Free Will: Determinism Debate in Contemporary Science and Society (Or: Why Are You Reading This Article?)	1
Meta-Analytic Methods to Detect Publication Bias in Behavior Science Research	1
Recommendations Regarding Use of the Term “Ignore” in Applied Behavior Analysis	1
Henry S. Pennypacker’s Contributions to Breast Cancer Detection: Developing a Behavioral Technology to Improve Breast Self-Exam Skills	1
Social Validity in Behavioral Research: A Selective Review	1
The Problem of Class Breakdown in Sidman’s (1994, 2000) Theory about the Origin of Stimulus Equivalence	1
I Wouldn’t Even Want to Go There!	1
Confluence of Science and History in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Course	1
A Tale of Two Rats: The Backstory of a Clever Cartoon	1
Introduction to Teaching the History of Behavior Analysis: Past, Purpose, and Prologue	1
Behavioral Economic Approaches to Childhood Obesity Prevention Nutrition Policies: A Social Ecological Perspective	1
Dissemination of Direct Instruction: Ponder These while Pursuing That	1
SQAB 2023: Seeking Regularities in Motivated Behavior	1
Commentary on Slocum et al. (2022): Additional Considerations for Evaluating Experimental Control	1
The Proper Calculation of Risk Ratios: How and Why	1
The Compound Multiple-Baseline Design	1
Human Behavior in Suboptimal Choice Tasks: Defining Optimality	1
Teaching a Course on the History of Behavior Analysis	1