SELF- AND CROSS-CITATIONS IN THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND THE JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR: 1993–2003

Abstract

Self- and cross-citations in JABA and JEAB from 1993 through 2003 were examined. Yearly mean levels of self-citation for JABA and JEAB were 34.9% and 33.2%, respectively. Overall, 7.8% of JAM citations were JEAB articles, and 0. 6% of JEAB citations were JABA articles. The former value, but not the latter, is substantially higher than the cross-citation level reported for earlier years. The two JEAB articles most often cited in JAM were published over 20 years ago and are concerned with establishing operations and the matching law.