International publication trends in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis: 2000-2014.

Allen et al. (2016) counted every paper in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis from 2000 to 2014. They looked at the country listed for each author.

The goal was to see if ABA research had become more global since the 1970s.

Most authors still came from the United States. The share of non-U.S. papers stayed flat, just like in the older data.

In short, international voices did not grow in JABA for fifteen straight years.

McIntyre et al. (2002) saw the same U.S. tilt in mental-retardation journals years earlier. Their numbers match the new JABA count, so the problem is long-standing.

Waldron et al. (2023) picks up where T et al. left off. They give editors clear steps to invite more global work, turning the old warning into an action plan.

Kornack et al. (2019) looks at a different gap—language access for families—but both papers shout the same message: ABA needs to serve and include more diverse people.

If you teach, supervise, or publish, you help shape the field. Ask international colleagues to co-write, review, or guest-edit. Offer data sets or graphics that cross language barriers. Small invites today can widen the research map tomorrow—and give your clients solutions tested in cultures that look like theirs.