Scholarly publications

Includes peer reviewed journals within and adjacent to behavior analysis

(Starred journals available to BCBAs through the BACB portal)

Behavior Analysis in Practice
 6/1 Dales, J., Vansandt, L., Vanderelst, D. et al. Preference Stability for Various Textiles Within and Between Domestic Cats and Implications for Clinical Applications. Behav Analysis Practice (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-026-01193-x
 Cats show strong preferences for different materials, but these preferences are not stable between sessions, suggesting that effective assessments are repeated and flexible 


Sarto, E., Greer, R.D. & Singer-Dudek, J. The Effects of Observing Others Versus Self-Observation on Teacher Accuracy in Presenting Learn Unit Instruction. Behav Analysis Practice (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-026-01183-z
 Teachers used a checklist to monitor a video for fidelity of presenting teaching units. When watching others, the teachers required booster training to meet fidelity, but they did not require extra training after watching video of themselves 


de los Santos, M., Eslava, V.H., Guerra, M.A. et al. Correction: Applied Behavior Analysis in Mexico: Efforts and Challenges in Public Policy, Advocacy, and Autism Intervention. Behav Analysis Practice (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-026-01194-w
 This is called a "correction," but is actually an addition of a full Spanish-language translation of the manuscript 


Journal of Organizational Behavior Management *
 6/2 Gravina, N., Nastasi, J., & Wine, B. (2026). Leveraging qualitative methods in organizational behavior Management. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2026.2683182
 Qualitative measures and how they can be helpful 


6/4 Denegri, S., Catrone, R., Slowiak, J., & Paliliunas, D. (2026). Training supervisor perspective-taking abilities to enhance compassionate practices toward supervisees and stakeholders. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/01608061.2026.2683721
 Asynchronous BST training for perspective-taking, broken into 4 component skills, increased trainee skill 


Perspectives on Behavior Science Volume 49, Issue 2 (8 articles, 3 open access)
 Most intriguing: Toward a Modern View of Pavlovian Conditioning in Applied Behavior Analysis (Open access) First line: "The characterization of Pavlovian conditioning in behavior analysis is outdated." 


Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
 6/3 Prompt carefully! ChatGPT displays rule-based insensitivity to contingencies
 (Open access) When given initial rules, "AI" is insensitive to new rules, similar to how organisms in general behave. This is the most interesting study on "AI" we have seen yet 


Acta Comportamentalia Vol. 34 Núm. 2 (Articles in Spanish and/or Portuguese; abstracts in English) (9 articles, 9 open access)
 Most intriguing: Difusão e ensino de Comportamentalismo nos EUA dos anos 1970: O Caso Behaviordelia
 Dick Mallot published a behavior analysis comic in 1970, which apparently had an impact on Brazilian behavior analysis. It was something like this 


Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis (RMAC) Vol. 52 No. 1 (9 articles, 9 open access)
 Most intriguing: Charlie’s gradient (Open access) Killeen on Catania, in a special issue dedicated to Catania


Book publications

Textbooks, handbooks, manuals, or mass-market

Upcoming:
Nonlinear Contingency Analysis: Going Beyond Cognition and Behavior in Clinical Practice, Layng, Andronis, Codd, Abdel-Jalil (Eds.) (Nov 2026)
Case Studies and Applications in Nonlinear Contingency Analysis, Abdel-Jalil & Linnehan (Eds.) (Oct 2026)
Personal Narratives on the Behavior Analysis of Human Language and Cognition: Stories from Around the World, Harte et al. (Eds.) (Jul 2026)
WAVE Prosocial Assessment and Curriculum, Rehfeldt & Dixon (Pre-order)
Digital Technologies in Behavior Science: Theoretical and Practical Applications, Crone-Todd, Hantula, Layng (Eds.)
AIM Navigators, Dixon (Pre-order)
Promoting Language for Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Verbal Behavior Guide for Practitioners, Vladescu & Kissamore (Eds.)
Navigating Ethics in Behavior Analysis: Dealing with Gray Areas, Carr


Recent:
2025
2024
2023


Podcasts

ABA Inside Track
June 2026 Preview

Episodes will include:


All Things Behavior
Leaning Further into the Education and Better Treatment of Children in Schools: An Editorial with Robert Pennington


Functional Relations
#43 - Analyzing Complex Teacher-Student Interactions w/ Dr. Corey Stocco (BCBA-D) and Molly Dwyer (BCBA)


Blogs

Generally these are produced by professionals

ABAI

Learning To Speak Behavior
 A guest post about moving from neuroscience into behavior and the language changes that occur 


If AI Wrote This Post, Do We Still Need Me? A Behavioral Look at the Cult of Personal Credit
 "On having a post" doesn't have the same ring to it 


OAR
Additional IDEA Funding Available to States
 $144 million in returned funds 


Licensing & professional organizations

ASAN
New Medicaid Expansion Changes Hurt People with Disabilities


Business world

Autism services, behavioral health, etc.

Federal Data Reveal Top Earners in Medicaid’s 403% ABA Spending Surge
In another illustration of impending funding pressures, in 5 years Medicaid spending on ABA increased 403%. The top 4 billers are all funded by private equity, though the #1 biller, Centria, only accounted for about 4%.


Accidentally behavior analysis

A mainstream news article that relates to behavior analysis

Habits form far faster than science previously thought, research shows, Johns Hopkins University
Ok, sure, it’s a press release written for a lay audience – but read it at your own risk:

"The fact that it is so sudden implies that something is controlling it," Kuchibhotla said.

[...]

“The fact that there may be a controller means maybe we can reverse maladaptive habits back to goal-directed behavior," Kuchibhotla said. "Rather than thinking of habits as always being there no matter what, it's possible that bad habits need not be there forever."

What are you even talking about


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