An empirical update (1969-1989) of D. L. Krantz's thesis that the experimental analysis of behavior is isolated.

The authors counted who cites the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB).

They compared 1969 numbers to 1989 numbers. The goal was to see if behavior analysis is still talking mostly to itself.

JEAB keeps citing itself more than other journals do. Yet both self-cites and outside cites dropped over the twenty years.

In plain words: the club stayed small and the rest of science paid even less attention in 1989 than in 1969.

Holburn (1997) extends the same worry. Five years later, North American authors still wrote almost every JEAB article. Little had changed.

Critchfield et al. (2023) looks like a contradiction at first. They show Behavior Analysis in Practice now reaches far beyond universities when you count social-media mentions. The difference is the yardstick: R et al. used old-school citations; Critchfield used altmetrics. Both can be true.

Branch (2019) adds a bright side. He argues that our single-subject replication style could help the rest of psychology solve its replication crisis. Our low citation count may hide a method that others need.

If you want your work to leave the behavior-analysis bubble, pick outlets and formats that reach outsiders. Try practitioner journals, video abstracts, or plain-language summaries. Track altmetrics alongside citations to show real-world impact.