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The Analysis of Verbal Behavior centers on the behavioral analysis of verbal behavior, both theoretical and experimental.

  • An official journal of the Association for Behavior Analysis International
  • Supports the dissemination of innovative empirical research, theoretical conceptualizations, and real world applications.
  • Encourages topics like language acquisition, verbal operants, relational frames, naming, bilingualism, language assessment and training, verbal behavior of non-humans, and research methodology.
  • Fosters increased dialgoue between scientists and scientist-practitioners
  • Embraces diverse perspectives on human language, its conceptual underpinings, and the utility such diversity affords.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Tiffany M Kodak
Impact factor
0.5 (2022)
5 year impact factor
0.8 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
7 days
Downloads
47,713 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • Guidance on Use of LLMs (Large Language Models)

    Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, do not currently satisfy our authorship criteria. Notably an attribution of authorship carries with it accountability for the work, which cannot be effectively applied to LLMs. Use of an LLM should be properly documented in the Methods section (and if a Methods section is not available, in a suitable alternative part) of the manuscript. The best guidance for use of a LLM or AI is to document any contributions to your work in an upfront manner. 

  • Reviewer Mentoring Program

    The Analysis of Verbal Behavior is pleased to announce the launch of our Reviewer Mentoring program. The mission of this program is to support junior scholars in learning to conduct reviews for scientific journals in behavior analysis.

  • Call for Papers: Emerging Scholars in Verbal Behavior Research

    The special issue will feature verbal behavior research conducted by students and junior scholars early in their career.

    Guest Associate Editors: Dr. Sarah Frampton, Dr. Lauren Schnell, and Dr. Lesley Shawler

    Submissions Open: August 2022

    Submission Deadline: February 2023

  • Call for Papers: Standing on the Shoulders of a Giant: Building on Jack Michael's Legacy

    Jack Michael was a prolific behavior analyst and scientist whose teaching and research refined the concept of motivation in the field of behavior analysis, described Skinner’s Verbal Behavior (1957), and applied behavioral principles to language acquisition. The purpose of the special issue will be to highlight empirical research and conceptual/theoretical articles that are based on Jack Michael’s research.

    Submission Deadline: August 1, 2022
    Guest Associate Editors: Dr. Mirela Cengher, Dr. Danielle LaFrance, Dr. Caio Miguel

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
2196-8926
Print ISSN
0889-9401
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