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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

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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.927

H-Indexi

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

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

9/11 · 82%

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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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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

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

505

2019

286

2020

576

2021

635

2022

177

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.

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. 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?