Thirty-one volumes of the Journal of reflect on author's debt to earlier works, constitute Agricultural Education (formerly AATEA Journal) a statement as to which of these works are have been published since 1961. Over the years, important, and are a means by which authors the journal has undergone a number of changes in anchor their work and relate it to earlier research" terms of size, format, content, frequency of (Goldman, 1979, p. 485). In addition, citations publishing (from three issues to four in 1983) and finally, a change in the name from AATEA Journal may also reflect an author's scope of reading and his/her scientific interests (Berg, 197 1; Broadus, to the Journal of Agricultural Education (JAE). 1967; and Crane, 1972). During the Journal's span of 31 years, a number of researchers have examined various research and publishing aspects in the agricultural education profession. The most prominent subjects discussed included empirical analysis of the Journal of Agricultural Education during the eighties (Radhakrishna and Jackson, 1992); what topics were cited and who was cited (Moore, 1991); reader opinions of the JAE (Newman, 1990 & Williams, 1982); statistical procedures used by agricultural educators in reporting research findings (Bowen, Rollins, Baggett & Miller, 1990; Manneback, McKenna & Pfau, 1984; and Warmbrod, 1986); and agricultural and extension education research published in terms of program area, area of focus, and scope (Crunkilton, 1988). Researchers in other disciplines have also examined research and publishing aspects within their professions. The most notable publications reviewed included the

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A total of 309 articles published in 10 volumes of the Journal of Agricultural Education (JAE) were examined to determine prolific authors in the JAE for the decade of the eighties. Prolific authors for this study were defined as those authors who had published five or more articles in the ten volumes of the JAE. Based on this definition, 21 authors were identified as most prolific. These 21 prolific authors were interviewed via telephone to obtain background information, and also determine what factors influenced them to become prolific. In addition, how authors respond to replication requests was also examined. These 21 authors published 151 articles accounting for 49% of the total number of articles published in the JAE. Most authors have Ph.D. degrees and were employed in universities as full professors. Authors identified teacher education, adult education, vocational education, program planing and evaluation, curriculum development, communications and international agriculture as their main areas of expertise. Prolific authors were most likely to be first or second authors. Personal drive, colleagues, graduate school training and advisors during graduate training were factors which influenced them to become prolific. Almost all prolific authors responded positively to share details of their studies for replication.

This study developed scales for Chapman's five expressions of love: quality time, receiving gifts, words of affirmation, physical touch, and acts of service (two dimensions). A total of 338 student respondents were surveyed resulting in 321 usable surveys (95%). Of this total, 177 were women and 144 men, with a median age of 24 yr.