Autism (journal)

*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	Autism
Indexing;
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^{[broken anchor]} 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

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

External links

Official website

[1] Diament, Michelle (2018-02-02). "Autism Journal Abandons Puzzle Piece". Disability Scoop. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

[CINAHL-2] "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL. EBSCO Information Services. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[MIAR-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Autism". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

[ISI-4] "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[Embase-5] "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[MEDLINE-6] "Autism". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[7] "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[Scopus-8] "Source details: Autism". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-07-22.

[WoS-9] "Autism". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2022.

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