title: Evaluating the function of applied behavior analysis a bibliometric analysis.
abstract: Analysis of scholarly citations involving behavioral journals reveals that, consistent with its mission, applied behavior analysis research frequently references the basic behavioral literature but, as some have suspected, exerts narrow scholarly influence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal 61790-4620, USA. tscritc@ilstu.edu
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Critchfield
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D015706:Bibliometrics; D006801:Humans