Over the last 50 years, Behavioral Disorders has been a leading journal for disseminating key information in the field of emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD). The current review extends previous work done by Gage and colleagues and provides a similar comprehensive summary of all articles published in Behavioral Disorders over the past 15 years. Several national and international events such as the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the COVID-19 pandemic have occurred since the original 2010 review. In this review, articles published in volumes 35(1) through 49(4) were reviewed and cataloged over multiple variables. Results provide a review of key trends across published manuscripts and discuss the most prominent trends published from the last decade and a half. Implications for the journal and field of EBD are discussed.
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