''Autism Research'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
covering research on
autism
Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing d ...
and other
pervasive developmental disorders
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. It was established in 2008 and is the official journal of the
International Society for Autism Research.
It is published bimonthly by
Wiley-Blackwell
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. The
editor-in-chief
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is
David G. Amaral (
University of California
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).
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2013
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 4.532, ranking it 4th out of 65 journals in the category "Psychology, Developmental"
and 5th out of 49 journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences".
Editors
The following persons have been editor-in-chief:
* Anthony J. Bailey (
University of British Columbia
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), 2008–2015
* David G. Amaral (University of California), 2015–present
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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BIOSIS Previews
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Current Contents
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History
''Current Contents ...
/Social & Behavioral Sciences
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MEDLINE
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/
PubMed
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PsycINFO
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/
Psychological Abstracts
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Science Citation Index Expanded
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*
Scopus
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Social Sciences Citation Index
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References
External links
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