International publication trends in the experimental analysis of behavior.

Holburn (1997) counted where authors of three big journals live. The journals were JEAB, JABA, and The Behavior Analyst. The years checked were 1993-1995.

The paper simply tallied country of origin for every article. It also looked at trends since 1975 to see if the field was becoming more global.

North American writers still supplied almost 90 percent of the pages. Only one in ten articles came from elsewhere, but that share had grown a little since 1975.

The author urged editors to welcome more international work and offered tips for far-away writers on how to break in.

Demello et al. (1992) looked at the same journals five years earlier. They measured isolation by counting citations, not authors. Both papers agree the field talks mostly to itself; Holburn (1997) shows the talk is still mostly local.

Critchfield et al. (2023) jump ahead twenty-six years. They use altmetrics to show Behavior Analysis in Practice now reaches clinicians worldwide. Together the reviews trace a slow arc: first North America dominated authorship, now newer outlets finally gain global readers.

Branch (2019) adds that our single-case methods can help the wider science crisis. His point hints why international scholars may still avoid our flagship journals—our tight methods look different. The four papers form a timeline: isolation spotted, authorship mapped, outreach measured, methods defended.

If you supervise students or collaborate overseas, know that JEAB and JABA remain tough doors for non-U.S. authors. Offer co-authorship, share data sets, and encourage use of the new JABA multimedia extras. A small bridge from you can turn a foreign thesis into a flagship publication, widening our evidence base.