Autism (journal)

Not to be confused with the predatory journal Autism-Open Access , published by the OMICS Publishing Group, or the predatory Journal of Autism published by Herbert Publications.

Autism

Discipline	Psychiatry
Language	English
Edited  by	Sue Fletcher-Watson
Publication details
History	1997–present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	8/year
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	6.684 (2021)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Autism
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	1362-3613  (print) 1461-7005  (web)
LCCN	97641074
OCLC  no.	41550873
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

Autism is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on autism. It is published eight times a year by SAGE Publications in association with the National Autistic Society. The journal was established in 1997 and the editor-in-chief is Sue Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh).

The cover originally contained a puzzle piece but this was removed in 2018 after the journal decided that it evoked a negative public perception. ^[1]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:

• Rita Jordan (University of Birmingham, 1997–2006)
• Patricia Howlin (Institute of Psychiatry, 1997–2007)
• Dermot M. Bowler (City, University of London, 2006–2012)
• David Mandell (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2012–2022)
• Sue Fletcher-Watson (University of Edinburgh, 2022–present)

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• CINAHL ^[2]
• CSA databases ^[3]
• Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences ^[4]
• EBSCO databases ^[3]
• Education Resources Information Center ^[3]
• Embase ^[5]
• FRANCIS ^[3]
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed ^[6]
• PASCAL ^[3]
• ProQuest databases ^[3]
• PsycINFO ^[7]
• Social Sciences Citation Index ^[4]
• Scopus ^[8]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 6.684. ^[9]

References

1. Diament, Michelle (2018-02-02). "Autism Journal Abandons Puzzle Piece". Disability Scoop. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
2. "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL . EBSCO Information Services . Retrieved 2018-07-22.
3. "Autism". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2023-06-02.
4. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2018-07-22.
5. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier . Retrieved 2018-07-22.
6. "Autism". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2018-07-22.
7. "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association . Retrieved 2018-07-22.
8. "Source details: Autism". Scopus preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2018-07-22.
9. "Autism". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2022.

External links

• Official website