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Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Evaluation is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
From the Section Editors: Diagnosing Evaluations—A Methodological Perspective	39
Streamlining Complex Intervention Evaluation Through Participatory Systems Mapping and Contribution Analysis: A Comprehensive Framework for Actionable Complexity Evaluation	23
Pathways and Structures: Evaluating Systems Changes in an NSF INCLUDES Alliance	20
George Julnes: Scholar of Evaluation and of Life	15
Professionalizing Evaluation: A Time-Bound Comparison of the American Evaluation Association's Foundational Documents	14
Where Community-Engaged Research and Randomized Controlled Trials Align: Lessons from Implementation of an Experimental Evaluation in Partnership with a Community-Based Afterschool Program	10
Enabling Young People’s Involvement in Research: Principles for a Family Youth Alcohol and Other Drug Program Evaluation	8
“It Has to Be the Common Thread”: Weaving Attention to Racial Equity and Justice Across Lines of Inquiry and Evaluative Criteria	8
Program Value-Added: A Feasible Method for Providing Evidence on the Effectiveness of Multiple Programs Implemented Simultaneously in Schools	8
Social Justice as Ontology: The Intersection of Black Evaluators’ Identities, Roles, and Practice	8
The Role of Distributional Overlap on the Precision Gain of Bounds for Generalization	7
What to Expect When You Don’t Know What You are Expecting: Vigilance and the Monitoring and Evaluation of an Uncertain World	7
Section Editor's Note: Using Power Insights to Better Plan Experiments	6
The Role of Evaluation Theory and Practice in Narrowing the Research-to-Practice Gap	6
From the Section Editors: International Advances in Evaluation	6
Book Review: Evaluation in Today's World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability	6
A Look at Power Issues in Collaborative Program Evaluations Under Michel Foucault´s Conception of Power-Knowledge	5
“A Lot of It Really Does Come Down to Values”: An Empirical Study of the Values Advanced by Seasoned Evaluators	5
Theory-Practice Connections in Collaborative Approaches to Evaluation: A Systematic Review of Practice	5
Our Frame is Everything: Insights from a Reflective Dialogue on Positionality in Evaluation	4
Analysis of Regression Discontinuity Designs with a Binary Moderating Variable	4
Data Visualization Expert Lessons Learned: Implications for Program Evaluators	4
From the Section Editor: Introduction to the Economic Evaluation Section	4
From the Co-Editors: Policy, Politics, Principles, and Participation: Influences on Program Planning, Implementation, and Outcomes Achieved	4
Communicative-Kvmecegeam Evaluation in Education Within a Mapuche Context: Proposal of an Approach	4

Social Ontology and Evaluation—A Comment on “Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation”	4
The Importance of Context for Determining Causal Mechanisms in Program Evaluation: The Case of Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention Among the Luo in Western Kenya	4
Acknowledgement of Reviewers	3
Blaine Worthen: Good Steward of AJE and More	3
From the Co-Editors: Evolving Evaluation Theory, Methods, and Practice	3
Human Rights Advocacy Evaluation in the Global South: A Critical Review of the Literature	3
From the Co-Editors: Evaluation Use and Collaboration the U.S. and Globally	3
And When We Say Our Last Goodbye…: In Memory of and Salute to Stafford Hood	3
Book Review: Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice Alkin, M. C., & Christie, C. A. (Eds.). (2023). Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice. New York, NY: Guilford Press. 318 pp. $57.	3
Book Review: Evaluating and Valuing in Social Research	3
Beyond the Buzzword: A Framework for an Indigenous Relational Evaluation in Traditional Communities in Ghana	3
Gatekeeping's Influence on Equitable Evaluation Practice	3
Findings From an Empirical Exploration of Evaluators’ Values	2
Book Review: Policy Evaluation in the Era of COVID-19	2
The Tentative Promise of Social Return on Investment	2
From the Interim Co-Editors	2
Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation	2
A Protocol to Assess Contextual Factors During Program Impact Evaluation: A Case Study of a STEM Gender Equity Intervention in Higher Education	2
Remembering George Julnes: My Friend, Colleague, and Pragmatic Theorist	2
Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE): An Approach to Tackle Research-for-Development’s Long-Causal-Chain Problem	2
From the Co-Editors: Welcome to Volume 45 and a New Editorial Team	2
A Systematic Review of Meta-Evaluations: Lessons for Evaluation and Impact Analysis	2
Book Review: Equitable evaluation: Voices from the Global South by Chirau, T. J., Fish, T., & Morkel, C. ChirauT. J.FishT.MorkelC. (Eds.). (2023). Eq	2
Evaluation as Reparation, Reclamation, and Renewal: Reorienting Our Justice Signposts Toward Restorative Validity	2
Sample Selection in Randomized Trials With Multiple Target Populations	2
Transforming the Paradigm for LGBTQ+ Evaluation: Advancing a Praxis of LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Liberation in Evaluation	2
The Counterfactual Definition of a Program Effect	2
Exploring How Organizational Actors Experience Evaluation and Its Influence: A Q-Methodological Study	2
Just Give Me an Example! Exploring Strategies for Building Public Understanding of Evaluation	2
Mapping Evaluation Use: A Scoping Review of Extant Literature (2005–2022)	2