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Autism and Developmental Language Impairments

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

ISSN2396-9415eISSN2396-9415

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total88

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.927

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.473

Total Worksi

216

Total Citationsi

3,685

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Special; Linguistics; Psychology, Development; Clinical Psychology; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications216

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2396-9415 / 2396-9415

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

414

2019

279

2020

551

2021

602

2022

159

2023

137

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, SpecialLinguisticsPsychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchLanguage Development and DisordersFamily and Disability Support ResearchBehavioral and Psychological StudiesReading and Literacy DevelopmentAssistive Technology in Communication and MobilityChild Development and Digital TechnologyChild Nutrition and Feeding IssuesNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismHearing Impairment and Communication

Frequently asked questions about Autism and Developmental Language Impairments

Is Autism and Developmental Language Impairments a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Autism and Developmental Language Impairments: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 88/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Autism and Developmental Language Impairments?

Autism and Developmental Language Impairments 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 2.36.

Is Autism and Developmental Language Impairments indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Autism and Developmental Language Impairments is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Autism and Developmental Language Impairments?