Exceptionality

Aims & Scope

The purpose of Exceptionality is to provide a forum for presentation of current research and professional scholarship in special education.

Areas of scholarship published in the journal include quantitative, qualitative, and single-subject research designs examining students and persons with exceptionalities, as well as reviews of the literature, discussion pieces, invited works, position papers, theoretical papers, policy analyses, and research syntheses.

Appropriate data-based papers include basic, experimental, applied, naturalistic, ethnographic, and historical investigations.

Papers that describe assessment, diagnosis, placement, teacher education, and service delivery practices will also be included.

Manuscripts accepted for publication will represent a cross section of all areas of special education and exceptionality and will attempt to further the knowledge base and improve services to individuals with disabilities and gifted and talented behavior.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9874

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	153

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.588

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	29

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Responsiveness-to-Intervention and School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports: Integration of Multi-Tiered System Approaches

  Citation: 327

  Authors: George, Robert H.

• Breaking the School to Prison Pipeline: Identifying School Risk and Protective Factors for Youth Delinquency

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Christine A., Kristine, C. Michael

• Parenting stress, child behavior problems, and dysphoria in parents of children with autism, down syndrome, behavior disorders, and normal development

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Jean E., Lucille C., Sandra N., Annie

• How to Summarize Single-Participant Research: Ideas and Applications

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Thomas E., Margo A.

• Teaching Vocabulary During Shared Storybook Readings: An Examination of Differential Effects

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Michael D., Deborah C., Edward J., Michael

• Universal Design for Learning in Pre-K to Grade 12 Classrooms: A Systematic Review of Research

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Min Wook, Kavita, Brian R., Dennis

• Personal Self-Determination and Moderating Variables that Impact Efforts to Promote Self-Determination

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Michael L., Brian H., Dalun, Karen, Derrick, Waheeda Amin, Fabricio, Allison, Ansley, Carl, Tamar, Tawara, Robette, George S., Tom, Margaret A., Susan B., Hill M.

• Emerging Conceptions of Giftedness: Building a Bridge to the New Century

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Joseph S.

• A Quantitative Synthesis of Methodology in the Meta-Analysis of Single-Subject Research for Students with Disabilities: 1985–2009

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Daniel M., Breda V., Austin H.

• Gifted Students With Learning Disabilities: Recommendations for Identification and Programming

  Citation: 93

  Authors: M. Elizabeth

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