Research Article Database
Exploring the fundamental behavioral processes that govern life
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About the Project
What is the total set of LEGOS that make up a behavioral system?
Mission
To create a comprehensive catalog of behavioral processes studied by behavior analysts across JEAB, Behavioural Processes, and JEP: Animal Learning & Cognition, making decades of research accessible and searchable.
Methodology
Each article is analyzed to identify the primary behavioral process studied and the mathematical relationship between independent and dependent variables.
Goal
To analyze the rich history of the experimental analysis of behavior to determine the total set of processes that must combine to create a behavioral system.
What is a Behavioral Process?
Process as a noun comes from the Latin processus, meaning progression or course. It is derived from the verb procedere—to proceed—a tact for a sequence of events as opposed to a thing (Harper, n.d.). According to the Oxford dictionary, a process is “a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end; a natural or involuntary series of changes; or a systematic series of mechanized operations that are performed in order to produce or manufacture something” (Oxford, 2025).
A behavioral process, then, involves processes specific to behavior. More precisely, behavioral processes are the series of actions or operations that produce or maintain an environment-behavior pattern. At the broadest level, this includes everything under the umbrella of operant and respondent conditioning. More granularly, a behavioral process is the set of actions or operations programmed and studied by a researcher in a laboratory experiment, or the series of actions and operations implemented by a clinician seeking to change behavior.
Arguably, every experimental paper published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB) or the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) is an example of the study of one or more actions or operations that produce or maintain an environment-behavior pattern—an example of the study of one or more behavioral processes. This definition is intentionally broad, and reasonable people may disagree with its scope (e.g., Miltenberger & Flores, 2024). However, maintaining focus on the set of actions or operations that produce or maintain an environment-behavior pattern proves useful when asking: What is the total set of processes that combine to create a behavioral system?
Adapted from Perez, McNulty, & Cox (2025).
Database Statistics
Quantifying our knowledge of behavior
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Contributors
Recognizing the researchers building this catalog
How to Contribute
Connect your GitHub account, then use + Add New Entry to submit new articles, or the ✏ button on any row to suggest a correction.
How to Verify
Once connected, click ✓ Verify on entries you've checked for accuracy. After 3 verifications from different contributors, the entry earns Reviewed status.
Scoring
Verified contribution: 3 pts · Pending contribution: 1 pt · Correction: 1 pt · Verification given: 1 pt
Verification Checklist
Before verifying an entry, confirm the following against the published article:
1. Metadata Accuracy
Title, authors, year, volume, issue, and pages match the published article.
2. Journal Correctness
The journal tag (JEAB, BP, or JEP:ALC) is correct for the article.
3. Behavioral Process Label
The process tag(s) reasonably describe what was studied in the article.
4. Abstract
If present, the abstract matches the published abstract.
5. Equations
Equations render correctly and definitions are present. (No need to re-derive the math—just confirm the entry is readable.)
6. URL / DOI Link
The link resolves to the correct article.
If you find an error, use the edit button instead of verifying. Three independent verifications earn Reviewed status.
Getting Started
1. Create a GitHub Personal Access Token
A token lets the catalog submit contributions on your behalf. Go to github.com/settings/tokens (pre-filled with the correct scope). Check public_repo, click Generate token, and copy the token.
2. Connect Your Account
Back on this site, paste your token into the GitHub Token field above the catalog and click Connect. Your GitHub username will appear, confirming the connection.
3. Contribute
You can do three things once connected:
- Add an entry — click "+ Add New Entry" below the table and fill in the form.
- Suggest a correction — hover over any row and click the pencil icon to edit fields.
- Verify an entry — hover over any row and click the checkmark to confirm its accuracy.
4. What Happens Next?
Each action creates a pull request on GitHub. A maintainer reviews and merges it, the change goes live, and you earn leaderboard credit.
5. No GitHub Account?
No problem. Adding an entry or suggesting a correction without a token opens a pre-filled GitHub Issue for a maintainer to review. No account is needed to browse, search, filter, or export the catalog.