FORTY YEARS OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IN MEXICO: A REVIEW OF THE MEXICAN JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

Abstract

The present paper shows a current review of the Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis (MJBA). The review includes a brief historical summary of the Mexican Society of Behavior Analysis, along with some aspects about the academic and social context of behavior analysis in Mexico which are mentioned in order to understand the origin of MJBA. The paper presents the number of articles published in English and Spanish, an analysis of the articles related to human and non-human behavior, basic and applied research. The paper also reports the first authors’ university affiliation with higher percentage of articles published.Keywords: behavior analysis in Mexico, Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis, Mexican Society of Behavior Analysis