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Research Rankings of Behavior Analytic Graduate Training Programs and Their Faculty

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We evaluated research productivity of several graduate programs that provide Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)-approved course sequences in behavior analysis. Considering the faculty of BACB training programs as a unit, in only about 50 %, programs have faculty combined to publish ten or more total articles in our field’s primary empirical journals. Among individual faculty members, a sizeable number have not published an article in any of the field’s top journals. To recognize major scholarly contributors, we provide top 10 lists of training programs and individual faculty members. We conclude by discussing the importance of research in an increasingly practice-driven marketplace.

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  1. Behavior Analysis and Therapy Program, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA

    Mark R. Dixon & Jordan Belisle

  2. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Derek D. Reed & Rachel E. Jackson

  3. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

    Tristram Smith

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Dixon, M.R., Reed, D.D., Smith, T. et al. Research Rankings of Behavior Analytic Graduate Training Programs and Their Faculty. Behav Analysis Practice 8, 7–15 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-015-0057-0

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Keywords

  • Research productivity
  • Behavior analysis
  • Behavior Analyst Certification Board