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Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
ISSN 0964-2633 · eISSN 1365-2788 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,920; median 208 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 27% (journal website); 150 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Down syndrome and intellectual disability research, Family and Disability Support Research and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, together about 43.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Intellectual Disability Research is devoted exclusively to the scientific study of intellectual disability and publishes papers reporting original observations in this field. JIDR also publishes scientific research on autism where the populations studied have an intellectual disability (or autism, where results are reported on participants with both autism and intellectual disability). Submissions are welcomed from any academic discipline contributing to the scientific study of intellectual disability, on research drawing from several disciplines, or on any topic of relevance to the lives of individuals with intellectual disability. Research questions should be of broad relevance to the scientific field of intellectual disability. Studies using well-reported and robust research methods, including qualitative methods, are welcomed. Papers using systematic literature review methods and/or syntheses of quantitative or qualitative data are also welcomed. Conceptual papers are not currently accepted. Clinical case reports and descriptions of interventions or service models/programmes containing no evaluation data are generally not published. Following initial screening, all papers are reviewed by expert referees. Keywords journal of intellectual disability research, behavioural sciences, behavioral sciences, cognitive disability, dementias, intellectual disability, learning disabilities, mental health, pharmacology, psychiatry, psychology, developmental disabilities, developmental disability, autism, autism spectrum disorder, neurodevelopmental disorders. Abstracting and Indexing Information Abstracts in Anthropology (Sage) Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) AgeLine Database (EBSCO Publishing) AMED: Allied & Complementary Medicine Database (British Library) Biological Abstracts (Clarivate Analytics) BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate Analytics) British Education Index (EBSCO Publishing) CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO Publishing) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Education Collection (ProQuest) Education Database (ProQuest) Embase (Elsevier) ERA: Educational Research Abstracts Online (T&F) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Health Source Nursing/Academic (EBSCO Publishing) HEED: Health Economic Evaluati
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Renata TichaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 19, United Kingdom 10, Israel 5, Netherlands 3, Canada 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability researchMedicine22.2%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology12.7%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience8.9%
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.4%
- Disability Rights and RepresentationSocial Sciences7.1%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology4%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences3.5%
- Williams Syndrome ResearchNeuroscience2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| 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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCASCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 162OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,855OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 65.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 119LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 122Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 530,047Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,468 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 115 | 83 | 17 |
| 2025 | 150 | 118 | 239 |
| 2024 | 110 | 79 | 374 |
| 2023 | 119 | 88 | 870 |
| 2022 | 101 | 58 | 806 |
| 2021 | 122 | 70 | 1,691 |
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
208 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 127 days – 290 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 225 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (265 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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 183 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,920 / EUR 3,290 / GBP 2,610 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- brief reportklists are missing from the submission. Brief Reports Brief Reports of up to 2,500 words are encouraged especially for replication studies, methodolmain text ≤ 2,500 words
- narrative reviewelines/coreq). Systematic, Scoping, and Narrative Reviews The maximum word length for literature reviews is 6,000 words. Authors submitting a systematic or a sc…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- original research articlesOriginal Research ArticlesLength not stated
- reviewnuscripts incorporating revisions after review may well be longer than 4,500 words if additional information is requested. Authors submittingmain text ≤ 4,500 words
- systematic, scoping, and narrative reviewsSystematic, Scoping, and Narrative ReviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Disclosing the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Generative Artificial Intelligence tools (GenAI) such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) can increase productivity and foster innovation if used appropriately in a safe, ethical and secure manner. If an author has used a GenAI tool to develop any portion of a manuscript, its use must be described, transparently and in detail, in the AI Use Declaration Statement during Subm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review by at least two anonymous reviewers and an Editor. Model summary
Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are double-blind peer reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and an Editor.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism detection system used for submitted manuscripts. Model summary
The journal employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0964-2633
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-2788
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 70, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Intellectual Disability Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research is in Zone 3 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 Journal of Intellectual Disability Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.41; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 162.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Intellectual Disability Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 208 days (interquartile range 127–290 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Intellectual Disability Research based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (19), United Kingdom (10) and Israel (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Intellectual Disability Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CAS, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Intellectual Disability Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,920.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .