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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · United States · Est. 1973

ISSN1934-9491eISSN1934-9556

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.

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📊 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

0.604

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.044

Total Worksi

1,071

Total Citationsi

22,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Special; Rehabilitation; Community and Home Care; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,071

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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?

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1934-9491 / 1934-9556

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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

872

2019

625

2020

472

2021

312

2022

211

2023

153

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.

Community and Home CareQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

EducationQ2

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, SpecialRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthEducationCommunity and Home Care

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family and Disability Support ResearchDown syndrome and intellectual disability researchDisability Education and EmploymentAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchDisability Rights and RepresentationAdolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealthcare innovation and challengesRetirement, Disability, and EmploymentChronic Disease Management StrategiesGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Frequently asked questions about Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Is Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Intellectual and Developmental 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 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?

Intellectual and 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 1.25.

Is Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.