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The Professional Counselor \ Volume 1, Issue 1 87 Rankings of core areas by percentage of articles tended to be stable throughout the 10-year focus period of this study. Human Growth and Development and Helping Relationships had the top two highest percentages of articles in the 10-year average and maintained consistently high percentages across the years, having been the first or second largest article category each year, except one. Within our analysis, these core areas formed the highest tier. Social and Cultural Diversity and Professional Orientation had the third and fourth highest percentages of articles and were ranked third or fourth each year (except one year for Professional Orientation and two years for Social and Cultural Diversity, affected by a special issue focused on that topic in 1999). Within our analysis, these core areas formed the middle tier. Assessment, Career Development, Research and Program Evaluation, and Group Work consistently varied from fourth to eighth in article percentages and formed the lowest tier of the rankings. These core areas not only occupied the lowest tier, but the percentages of articles representing them were noticeably lower than those representing the four leading core areas. Table 2 Results by CACREP Core Areas by Years 1997–2001 and 2002–2006 CACREPArea 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Years 1997–2001 Human Growth and Development 13 (46.4%) 10 (21.3%) 8 (12.3%) 18 (34.6%) 15 (30.3%) Helping Relationships 8 (28.6%) 13 (27.7%) 12 (18.5%) 6 (11%) 12 (24.0%) Social and Cultural Diversity 2 (7.1%) 8 (17.0%) 30 (46.2%) 10 (19.2%) 6 (12.0%) Professional Orientation 5 (17.9%) 8 (17.0%) 10 (15.4%) 9 (17.3%) 9 (16.0%) Assessment 2 (7.1%) 3 (6.4%) 4 (6.2%) 7 (13.5%) 3 (6.0%) Career Development 0 4 (8.5%) 4 (6.2%) 4 (7.7%) 2 (4.0%) Research and Program Evaluation 2 (7.1%) 2 (4.3%) 0 1 (1.9%) 5 (10.0%) Group Work 0 3 (6.4%) 1 (1.5%) 0 1 (2.0%) Other 0 1 (2.1%) 1 (1.5%) 0 0 Total Articles per Year 28 47 65 a 52 50 CACREPArea 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Years 2002–2006 Human Growth and Development 11 (21.6%) 15 (32.1%) 18 (37.5%) 13 (27.1%) 15 (34.1%) Helping Relationships 16 (31.4%) 12 (26.1%) 14 (29.2%) 13 (27.1%) 15 (34.1%) Social and Cultural Diversity 7 (13.7%) 11 (23.9%) 5 (10.4%) 17 (35.4%) 6 (13.6%) Professional Orientation 7 (13.7%) 5 (10.9%) 6 (12.5%) 7 (14.6%) 4 (9.1%) Assessment 4 (7.8%) 0 4 (8.3%) 0 2 (4.5%) Career Development 5 (9.8%) 6 (13.0%) 1 (2.1%) 1 (2.1%) 1 (2.3%) Research and Program Evaluation 1 (2.0%) 1 (2.2%) 3 (6.3%) 4 (8.3%) 2 (4.5%) Group Work 3 (5.9%) 1 (2.2%) 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 Total Articles per Year 51 46 48 48 44 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Note. Numbers may exceed total articles due to two coding selections for some articles. a = includes special issue on personal stories related to multiculturalism.