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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN1088-3576eISSN1538-4829

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.653

H-Indexi

113

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.314

Total Worksi

865

Total Citationsi

42,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Special; Psychology, Development; Rehabilitation; Neurology (clinical); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Cognitive Neuroscience; Neurology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications865

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1088-3576 / 1538-4829

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

537

2019

312

2020

233

2021

378

2022

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Neurology (clinical)Q2

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ3

NeurologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, SpecialPsychology, DevelopmentRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthCognitive NeurosciencePsychiatry and Mental HealthNeurology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchFamily and Disability Support ResearchBehavioral and Psychological StudiesDisability Education and EmploymentChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Frequently asked questions about Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Is Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities?

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.79.

Is Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.