Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Scope

The Journal of Intellectual Disability Research is devoted exclusively to the scientific study of intellectual disability and publishes papers reporting original observations in this field. JIDR also publishes scientific research on autism where the populations studied have an intellectual disability (or autism, where results are reported on participants with both autism and intellectual disability). Submissions are welcomed from any academic discipline contributing to the scientific study of intellectual disability, on research drawing from several disciplines, or on any topic of relevance to the lives of individuals with intellectual disability. Research questions should be of broad relevance to the scientific field of intellectual disability. Studies using well-reported and robust research methods, including qualitative methods, are welcomed. Papers using systematic literature review methods and/or syntheses of quantitative or qualitative data are also welcomed. Conceptual papers are not currently accepted. Clinical case reports and descriptions of interventions or service models/programmes containing no evaluation data are generally not published. Following initial screening, all papers are reviewed by expert referees.