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Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1540-7969eISSN2169-2408

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.342

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.236

Total Worksi

863

Total Citationsi

19,615

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Special; Rehabilitation; Health Professions (miscellaneous); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications863

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1540-7969 / 2169-2408

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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

878

2019

351

2020

335

2021

409

2022

115

2023

105

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.

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Social PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, SpecialRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyHealth Professions (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Disability Education and EmploymentFamily and Disability Support ResearchBehavioral and Psychological StudiesAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchAssistive Technology in Communication and MobilityCollaborative Teaching and InclusionHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringDown syndrome and intellectual disability research

Frequently asked questions about Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Is Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities: 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 Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities?

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe 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 1.09.

Is Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities?