Journal profile · Multiple
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
ISSN 1934-9491 · eISSN 1934-9556 · American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.71; subscription journal; median 198 days to acceptance (45 articles, last 24 months); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is published by American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Family and Disability Support Research, Down syndrome and intellectual disability research and Disability Education and Employment, together about 46.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology19%
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability researchMedicine14.3%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences13.4%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience6.5%
- Disability Rights and RepresentationSocial Sciences5%
- Adolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealth Professions3.8%
- Healthcare innovation and challengesSocial Sciences3.7%
- Retirement, Disability, and EmploymentSocial Sciences2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.71LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 473OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,086 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 57 | 8 | 51 |
| 2024 | 48 | 8 | 164 |
| 2023 | 46 | 7 | 218 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3 | 319 |
| 2021 | 49 | 5 | 479 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
198 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 136 days – 322 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 94 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 267 days
- Sample
- 45 articles with submission and acceptance dates (98 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- ISSN
- 1934-9491
- Electronic ISSN
- 1934-9556
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
What CAS zone is Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education, Special / Rehabilitation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.71; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 74.
How long does peer review take at Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?
Based on the dates recorded on 45 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 198 days (interquartile range 136–322 days). 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 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities open access, and what is the APC?
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .