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Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
ISSN 2329-7018 · eISSN 2329-7026 · Taylor & Francis
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 4 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Healthcare innovation and challenges, Family and Disability Support Research and Disability Rights and Representation, together about 43.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’s ( RAPIDD's) purpose is to disseminate research, encourage its translation and relevance to practice and policy, and generate informed debate on contemporary issues that matter to the quality of life of people with intellectual disability and their families. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will inform the design and delivery of support that is important for people with intellectual disability and their families to facilitate social inclusion and engagement. Its focus is also the practices and structural adjustments necessary to enable mainstream services and communities to be inclusive and respond appropriately to people with intellectual disability. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will provide a forum to identify pressing research questions, practice and policy issues. The Australian context and the pursuit of a more inclusive society for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are the core focus of the journal. Also of interest are comparative perspectives that explore similarities and differences with other contexts and groups of people with disability. The journal publishes original research, concise reviews of contemporary research or literature, critical or descriptive analysis of policy and programs, evaluative case studies illustrating application of research to practice, as well as conceptual papers that bring new ideas or theoretical perspectives to the field of intellectual and developmental disability. The journal will establish a means of constructive dialogue between the different perspectives of managers, practitioners, academics, families, people with intellectual disability, advocates, funders and policy makers. It will provide space to consider interfaces and respective roles of communities, families and service systems, both disability and mainstream. The content will be characterised by the quality, rigour and clarity inherent in a peer reviewed publication and be relevant and accessible to its intended audience of people with disabilities, families, service providers, academics and policy makers. The contents of Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities are a combination of papers commissioned by editors and those submitted through an open process by anyone with an interest in the field. All papers are peer reviewed before publication and will not exce
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): REHABILITATION
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare innovation and challengesSocial Sciences19.6%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology13.2%
- Disability Rights and RepresentationSocial Sciences10.6%
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability researchMedicine7.2%
- Elder Abuse and NeglectSocial Sciences5.4%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience4%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences3.9%
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 | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.37Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.78Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 7LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 60,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 319 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 21 | 7 | 31 |
| 2024 | 31 | 20 | 153 |
| 2023 | 14 | 4 | 22 |
| 2022 | 27 | 9 | 86 |
| 2021 | 28 | 5 | 114 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Single 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review policy: double anonymized refereeing with initial editor screening. Model summary
All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double anonymized refereeing. Authors also have the option of a single anonymized peer review if they wish. When a paper is “double anonymized”, authors should ensure that they are not identifiable in any form in the submitted manuscript (e.g., self-citations are “author’s own” in the review cop…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2329-7018
- Electronic ISSN
- 2329-7026
- Society / sponsor
- Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
What CAS zone is Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Rehabilitation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?
The publisher reports about 4 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities open access, and what is the APC?
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .