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American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities · United States · Est. 1919

ISSN1944-7515eISSN1944-7558

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.646

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.302

Total Worksi

824

Total Citationsi

20,718

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes critical research on the causes, treatment, and prevention of intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1919

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications824

Publisher OrgAmerican Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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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?

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?

1944-7515 / 1944-7558

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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

2019

594

2020

855

2021

334

2022

246

2023

163

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ2

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Neurology (clinical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, SpecialRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchFamily and Disability Support ResearchDown syndrome and intellectual disability researchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersDisability Education and EmploymentBehavioral and Psychological StudiesText Readability and SimplificationWilliams Syndrome ResearchLanguage Development and DisordersChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequently asked questions about American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Is American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities a predatory journal?

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

American Journal on 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 1.43.

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

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