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Journal of Disability Research

King Salman Center for Disability Research · Saudi Arabia · Est. 2022

ISSN1658-9912eISSN2676-2633

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.416

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

257

Total Citationsi

944

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Industries. Land use. Labor: Labor. Work. Working class: Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities. Topics: disability studies, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, assistive technology, developmental disorders

General Information

Country / RegionSaudi Arabia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2022

Annual Volume~ 81 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications257

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

King Salman Center for Disability Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1658-9912 / 2676-2633

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous 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?

N/A

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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

2022

294

2023

110

779

2024

143

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.

RehabilitationQ2

Biomedical EngineeringQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchStroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryTactile and Sensory InteractionsHand Gesture Recognition SystemsFamily and Disability Support ResearchAssistive Technology in Communication and MobilityBrain Tumor Detection and ClassificationEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersHuman Pose and Action Recognition

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Disability Research

Is Journal of Disability Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Disability Research: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Journal of Disability Research?

Journal of Disability Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.416.

Is Journal of Disability Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Disability Research is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.