Journal profile · EDUCATION, SPECIAL
Teaching Exceptional Children
ISSN 0040-0599 · eISSN 2163-5684 · SAGE
Teaching Exceptional Children: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Teaching Exceptional Children is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Disability Education and Employment and Family and Disability Support Research, together about 26.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION, SPECIAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology9.8%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences9.1%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology7.7%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience6.3%
- Collaborative Teaching and InclusionSocial Sciences6.3%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology6.3%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences4.7%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,079OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,127 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 59 | 21 | 98 |
| 2024 | 49 | 13 | 115 |
| 2023 | 59 | 9 | 141 |
| 2022 | 83 | 8 | 401 |
| 2021 | 94 | 5 | 629 |
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.
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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0040-0599
- Electronic ISSN
- 2163-5684
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Teaching Exceptional Children
What CAS zone is Teaching Exceptional Children in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Teaching Exceptional Children is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education, Special. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Teaching Exceptional Children?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Teaching Exceptional Children is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Teaching Exceptional Children open access, and what is the APC?
Teaching Exceptional Children is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .