Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) was established in 1968 as a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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, psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

journal

Scientific journal

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, that publishes research

Research

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about applications of the experimental analysis of behavior

Experimental analysis of behavior

The experimental analysis of behavior is the name given to the school of psychology founded by B.F. Skinner, and based on his philosophy of radical behaviorism. A central principle was the inductive, data-driven examination of functional relations, as opposed to the kinds of hypothetico-deductive...

to problems of social importance.

The journal was created by Donald Baer

Donald Baer

Donald M. Baer was a psychologist who contributed to the applied behavior analysis movement and pioneered the development of behavior analysis at two separate institutions. Dr. Baer is best known for his contributions at the University of Kansas. Throughout his career, he published over two...

, Sidney W. Bijou

Sidney W. Bijou

Sidney William Bijou was an American developmental psychologist who developed an approach of treating childhood disorders using behavioral therapy, in which positive actions were rewarded and negative behaviors were largely ignored, rather than punished.-Early life and education:Bijou was born in...

, Todd Risley, and Montrose Wolf

Montrose Wolf

Montrose Madison Wolf, PhD was an American psychologist. He developed the technique of "time-out" as a learning tool to shape behavior in children in the 1960s. He was a leader in creating the discipline of problem-solving, real-world psychological research known as applied behavior analysis...

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The journal is indexed in, among others, PubMed

PubMed

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PsycINFO

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, and Web of Science

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. It is published quarterly by the Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (SEAB). It typically publishes 50-60 articles per year. Its ISSN

International Standard Serial Number

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is 0021-8855. As of 2008, its impact factor

Impact factor

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according to the Web of Science data base is 0.491. SEAB also publishes the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

The Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior was established in 1958 as apeer-reviewed, psychology journal, that publishes fundamental research about the experimental analysis of behavior....

, which commenced publication in 1958.

JABA is a delayed open access journal

Delayed open access journal

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: all issues from 1968 onwards, except the most recent three, are available free from PubMed Central

PubMed Central

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Recently JABA has noticed a lowering in its impact factor. In addition, the journal has seen a restriction of its content to largely developmental disabilities.

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