Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

*Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders*
Discipline	Psychiatry
Language	English
Edited by	Lynn Kern Koegel
Publication details
Former name(s)	Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia
History	1971–present
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	4.345 (2021)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Autism Dev. Disord.
Indexing;
ISSN	0162-3257 (print); 1573-3432 (web);
LCCN	2004233364
OCLC no.	45091841
	Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia
CODEN	JAUCB4
ISSN	0021-9185;
OCLC no.	1784596
Links
	Journal homepage; Online archive;

The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on all aspects of autism spectrum disorders and related developmental disabilities. The journal was established in 1971 as the Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, obtaining its current title in 1979.^[1] It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Lynn Kern Koegel (Stanford University).^[2]

Editors-in-chief edit

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:^[3]

Leo Kanner (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1971–1974)
Eric Schopler (University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1974–1997)
Michael Rutter (Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, 1974–1994)
Gary B. Mesibov (University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1997–2007)
Fred R. Volkmar (Yale University School of Medicine, 2007–2022)
Lynn Kern Koegel (Stanford University, 2021^[4]–present)

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.345.^[11]