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Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1471-3802eISSN1471-3802

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.549

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.989

Total Worksi

1,292

Total Citationsi

17,564

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Special; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 78 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,292

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-3802 / 1471-3802

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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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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

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

1.1k

2019

181

2020

618

2021

261

2022

288

2023

102

428

2024

163

2025

105

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.

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, Special

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family and Disability Support ResearchCollaborative Teaching and InclusionDisability Education and EmploymentTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchParental Involvement in EducationInclusion and Disability in Education and SportEducation Pedagogy and PracticesEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentEducational and Psychological Assessments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs

Is Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs?

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs 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 1.71.

Is Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs?