As in other disciplines, women were underrepresented in behavior analysis in its early decades. Over the years, multiple articles have documented increasing trends in women's representation in behavior analysis in areas such as contributions to the scholarly literature and participation in professional associations. The purpose of the present article was to extend this line of investigation by more comprehensively evaluating the participation of women in behavior analysis in a variety of areas and by analyzing participation by age cohort and career point to detect progress that might be masked by overall patterns. Our data indicate that substantial progress has been made in the participation of women in our discipline.

The need for "sustainability" has encouraged a variety of disciplines to consider ways to reduce the impact of a given community on the environment around it. Approaches can range from changing the behavior of a few people to completely restructuring the communities in which people live. Interventions in the larger system of a community provide potential for larger levels of change. How to do this has yet to be fully evaluated, especially from the perspective of people's behavior interacting within a community environment. The behavior analysis literature provides many individual level interventions, such as contingency management programs and empirically evaluated "kernels" (Embry & Biglan, 2008) across various populations and behaviors. The current paper argues that these provide a starting point for working with other sciences to change the environment, impact the cultural practices of people in the community, and promote sustainability. An overview of the current literature is provided along with various models for application of these interventions to larger communities.

We analyzed past volumes of The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (TAVB) to provide a comprehensive status update after 30 years of publication. Data on TAVB's content, frequent contributors, and scholarly impact suggest a healthy state of the journal.

We evaluated the effects of immediate, personalized performance feedback on adherence with hand hygiene by health-care staff in the context of a multiple baseline design across participants. Target behaviors reached mastery levels and were maintained near 100% throughout 2 months of maintenance probes.

We discuss the inception and history of Behavior and Social Issues (BSI) and its predecessor journals, Behaviorists for Social Action Journal and Behavior Analysis and Social Action, as the journals approach 40 years of combined publication. In addition, we conducted a quantitative analysis of BSI's article impact, content, and frequent contributors to date. Data indicate that BSI has served as a valuable outlet to discuss and conceptualize applications of behavior analysis to a range of social issues. KEYWORDS: bibliometric analysis; history; social issues; behavior analysis Nearing 40 years of publication, Behavior and Social Issues (BSI) has covered a range of topics under the broad umbrella of social justice, human rights, and sustainability. It has been unique among behavioral journals in the topics addressed, open accessibility of the journal, and unique history that shaped the foci of the journal. This paper takes the opportunity to reflect on the evolution of BSI by providing both a description of the context and history that has shaped the content of the journal over the past four decades and a quantitative analysis of BSI's publication record to date.

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The number of practicing behavior analysts who hold Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) certification has substantially increased in the past decade. Some have mistakenly interpreted the BACB's certification requirements as being specific to the autism and intellectual disabilities practice area. We present key BACB requirements, describe how they are practice-area neutral, and provide specific examples of their relevance to organizational behavior management.

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