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. 1985 Fall;8(2):185–189. doi: 10.1007/BF03393150

On the impact of human operant research: Asymmetrical patterns of cross-citation between human and nonhuman research

Michael Perone
PMCID: PMC2741815  PMID: 22478635

Abstract

Reactions to published accounts of research with human subjects, as well as research with nonhuman subjects, were assessed by examining citations in several samples of empirical articles in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. A stable, asymmetrical pattern emerged: Nonhuman research was cited in both human and nonhuman articles, but human research was cited primarily in human articles. Thus, human operant research appears to have had little influence on the nonhuman research which constitutes the bulk of the experimental analysis of behavior. Interpretation of this lack of impact depends on the functions one envisions for human research, several of which are discussed.

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