Journal profile
Disability Studies Quarterly
ISSN 1041-5718 · eISSN 2159-8371 · The Ohio State University Libraries · United States
Disability Studies Quarterly: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 44 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Disability Studies Quarterly is published by The Ohio State University Libraries. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Disability Rights and Representation, Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport and Disability Education and Employment, together about 75% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Disability Rights and RepresentationSocial Sciences44.3%
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and SportSocial Sciences16.3%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences14.4%
- Assistive Technology in Communication and MobilityHealth Professions2.6%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences2.2%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities1.6%
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology1.6%
- Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesSocial Sciences1.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 490OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,022 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 1,493 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | 2,221 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 1,957 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 1,982 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 1,822 |
| 2021 | 121 | 121 | 1,552 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- The Ohio State University Libraries
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1041-5718
- Electronic ISSN
- 2159-8371
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Disability Studies Quarterly
How long does peer review take at Disability Studies Quarterly?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Disability Studies Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Disability Studies Quarterly is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Disability Studies Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Disability Studies Quarterly is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .