Behavior Modification

Aims & Scope

For three decades, researchers and practitioners have turned to Behavior Modification for current scholarship on applied behavior modification.

Starting in 1995, in addition to keeping you informed on assessment and modification techniques relevant to psychiatric, clinical, education, and rehabilitation settings, Behavior Modification revised and expanded its focus to include treatment manuals and program descriptions.

With these features you can follow the process of clinical research and see how it can be applied to your own work.

And, with Behavior Modification, successful clinical and administrative experts have an outlet for sharing their solutions in the field.

Interdisciplinary: Behavior Modification brings you high-quality research articles by distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplines.

The wide range of topics discussed includes: anxiety, child abuse, divorce and children, eating disorders, female assertiveness, gender role stress, learning abilities, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorders, problem behavior, sexual harassment, sleep disorders, unemployment and mental health, and weight loss maintenance.

Comprehensive: A forum for the dissemination of information in applied behavior modification, this leading journal offers research and clinical papers, treatment manuals, and program descriptions, as well as theoretical discussions, review articles on emergin developments and debates, and book reviews of significant literature in the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6007

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	485

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.869

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Assessing the Clinical or Applied Importance of Behavior Change through Social Validation

  Citation: 852

  Authors: Alan E.

• Intercoder Reliability and Validity of WebPlotDigitizer in Extracting Graphed Data

  Citation: 667

  Authors: Daniel, Sophie R., Allura L.

• Effect Size in Single-Case Research: A Review of Nine Nonoverlap Techniques

  Citation: 639

  Authors: Richard I., Kimberly J., John L.

• Summarizing Single-Subject Research

  Citation: 499

  Authors: Thomas E., Margo A.

• A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety and Depression

  Citation: 447

  Authors: Evan M., James D., Ethan, Peter D., Pamela A.

• Ten Year Revision of the Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression: Revised Treatment Manual

  Citation: 439

  Authors: C.W., Derek R., Ron, Stacey B., Sherry L.

• A Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression

  Citation: 389

  Authors: C. W., Derek R., Sandra D.

• Intensive Behavioral Treatment at School for 4- to 7-Year-Old Children with Autism

  Citation: 335

  Authors: Svein, Tristram, Erik, Sigmund

• The Benefits of Skinner’s Analysis of Verbal Behavior for Children with Autism

  Citation: 318

  Authors: Mark L., Jack

• Masculine Gender Role Stress

  Citation: 310

  Authors: Richard M., Jay R.

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