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Sexuality and Disability

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1573-6717

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.463

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.759

Total Worksi

1,702

Total Citationsi

23,934

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Rehabilitation; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,702

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-6717

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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

865

2019

712

2020

361

2021

384

2022

304

2023

201

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.

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ2

RehabilitationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rehabilitation

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Disability Rights and RepresentationSexual function and dysfunction studiesLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyFamily and Disability Support ResearchSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceChild Abuse and TraumaElder Abuse and NeglectSpinal Cord Injury Research

Frequently asked questions about Sexuality and Disability

Is Sexuality and Disability a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sexuality and Disability: 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 Sexuality and Disability?

Sexuality and Disability 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 1.40.

Is Sexuality and Disability indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sexuality and Disability is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Sexuality and Disability?