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Disability Studies Quarterly

The Ohio State University Libraries · United States

ISSN1041-5718eISSN2159-8371

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) is the journal of the Society for Disability Studies (SDS). It is a multidisciplinary and international journal of interest to social scientists, scholars in the humanities and arts, disability rights advocates, and others concerned with the issues of people with disabilities. It represents the full range of methods, epistemologies, perspectives, and content that the field of disability studies embraces. DSQ is committed to developing theoretical and practical knowledge about disability and to promoting the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in society.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequencyfour times a year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgThe Ohio State University Libraries

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Public Knowledge Project’s Private LOCKSS Network

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The Ohio State University Libraries

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1041-5718 / 2159-8371

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Public Knowledge Project’s Private LOCKSS Network

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

402

2019

241

2020

121

252

2021

467

2022

112

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Disability Rights and RepresentationDisability Education and EmploymentDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesCanadian Identity and HistoryPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismHearing Impairment and CommunicationFamily and Disability Support ResearchInclusion and Disability in Education and SportHuman auditory perception and evaluationAutism Spectrum Disorder Research

Frequently asked questions about Disability Studies Quarterly

Is Disability Studies Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Disability Studies Quarterly: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Disability Studies Quarterly?

Disability Studies Quarterly is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Disability Studies Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Disability Studies Quarterly is indexed in DOAJ.