Saville Bryan K, Epting L Kimberly, Buskist William
Behav Anal. 2002 Spring;25(1):45-55. doi: 10.1007/BF03392044.
To provide some insight into the current vitality of the experimental analysis of behavior, we updated and extended an analysis by R. A. Williams and Buskist (1983) of selected trends in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Specifically, the number of articles published and the percentage of those articles that were empirical, the number of different affiliations of authors and number of articles per affiliation, the types of subjects used in empirical articles, and the topics investigated were analyzed for the years 1958 through 1999. Although several trends may point to a decline in the overall well-being of the experimental analysis of behavior, they may also be interpreted as signs of progress for the field.
为了深入了解当前行为实验分析的活力,我们更新并扩展了R. A. 威廉姆斯和布斯基斯特(1983年)对《行为实验分析杂志》所选趋势的分析。具体而言,我们分析了1958年至1999年期间发表的文章数量、实证文章的比例、作者的不同所属机构数量以及每个机构的文章数量、实证文章中使用的研究对象类型,以及所研究的主题。尽管有几个趋势可能表明行为实验分析的整体发展状况有所下降,但它们也可以被解释为该领域取得进展的迹象。