Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (RASD) publishes high quality empirical articles and reviews that contribute to a better understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at all levels of description; genetic, neurobiological, cognitive, and behavioral. The primary focus of the journal is to bridge the gap between basic research at these levels, and the practical questions and difficulties that are faced by individuals with ASD and their families, as well as carers, educators and clinicians. In addition, the journal encourages submissions on topics that remain under-researched in the field. We know shamefully little about the causes and consequences of the significant language and general intellectual impairments that characterize half of all individuals with ASD. We know even less about the challenges that women with ASD face and less still about the needs of individuals with ASD as they grow older. Medical and psychological co-morbidities and the complications they bring with them for the diagnosis and treatment of ASD represents another area of relatively little research. At RASD we are committed to promoting high-quality and rigorous research on all of these issues, and we look forward to receiving many excellent submissions.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Clinical Psychology	2008	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2009	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2010	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2011	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2012	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2013	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2014	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2015	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2016	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2017	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2018	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2019	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2020	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2021	Q1
Clinical Psychology	2022	Q2
Clinical Psychology	2023	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2008	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2009	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2010	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2011	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2012	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2013	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2014	Q1
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2015	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2016	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2017	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2018	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2019	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2020	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2021	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2022	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2023	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2008	Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2009	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2010	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2011	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2012	Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2013	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2014	Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2015	Q1
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2016	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2017	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2018	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2019	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2020	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2021	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2022	Q2
Psychiatry and Mental Health	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2008	1.063
2009	0.652
2010	0.757
2011	0.824
2012	1.032
2013	0.989
2014	1.368
2015	1.063
2016	0.860
2017	0.844
2018	0.872
2019	0.834
2020	1.040
2021	0.895
2022	0.830
2023	0.832

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2007	30
2008	60
2009	92
2010	80
2011	179
2012	162
2013	172
2014	171
2015	103
2016	105
2017	63
2018	77
2019	103
2020	143
2021	117
2022	104
2023	123

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	4.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.767
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.049
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	3.191
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	3.528
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.019
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	3.329
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	3.015
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.525
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.425
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.269
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.431
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.756
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	3.117
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	3.314
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.672
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	4.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.767
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.049
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.099
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	3.527
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.895
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	3.279
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.715
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.108
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.148
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.004
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.347
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.597
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.972
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	3.083
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.140
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	4.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.767
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.842
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.140
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.290
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.868
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.952
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.012
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.869
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.779
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.923
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.921
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.417
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.715
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.652

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	48
Self Cites	2009	105
Self Cites	2010	82
Self Cites	2011	252
Self Cites	2012	441
Self Cites	2013	266
Self Cites	2014	320
Self Cites	2015	115
Self Cites	2016	71
Self Cites	2017	21
Self Cites	2018	46
Self Cites	2019	32
Self Cites	2020	58
Self Cites	2021	53
Self Cites	2022	57
Self Cites	2023	33
Total Cites	2007	0
Total Cites	2008	120
Total Cites	2009	249
Total Cites	2010	373
Total Cites	2011	719
Total Cites	2012	1238
Total Cites	2013	1219
Total Cites	2014	1682
Total Cites	2015	1371
Total Cites	2016	940
Total Cites	2017	814
Total Cites	2018	543
Total Cites	2019	575
Total Cites	2020	631
Total Cites	2021	960
Total Cites	2022	1119
Total Cites	2023	1143

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2007	0
External Cites per document	2008	2.400
External Cites per document	2009	1.600
External Cites per document	2010	1.599
External Cites per document	2011	2.013
External Cites per document	2012	2.271
External Cites per document	2013	2.264
External Cites per document	2014	2.655
External Cites per document	2015	2.487
External Cites per document	2016	1.948
External Cites per document	2017	2.092
External Cites per document	2018	1.834
External Cites per document	2019	2.216
External Cites per document	2020	2.358
External Cites per document	2021	2.808
External Cites per document	2022	2.926
External Cites per document	2023	3.049
Cites per document	2007	0.000
Cites per document	2008	4.000
Cites per document	2009	2.767
Cites per document	2010	2.049
Cites per document	2011	3.099
Cites per document	2012	3.527
Cites per document	2013	2.895
Cites per document	2014	3.279
Cites per document	2015	2.715
Cites per document	2016	2.108
Cites per document	2017	2.148
Cites per document	2018	2.004
Cites per document	2019	2.347
Cites per document	2020	2.597
Cites per document	2021	2.972
Cites per document	2022	3.083
Cites per document	2023	3.140

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2007	16.67
2008	6.67
2009	11.96
2010	13.75
2011	21.79
2012	14.20
2013	10.47
2014	18.71
2015	25.24
2016	16.19
2017	17.46
2018	24.68
2019	18.45
2020	18.18
2021	19.66
2022	19.23
2023	26.02

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Non-citable documents	2011	0
Non-citable documents	2012	0
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	2
Non-citable documents	2019	2
Non-citable documents	2020	4
Non-citable documents	2021	4
Non-citable documents	2022	4
Non-citable documents	2023	4
Citable documents	2007	0
Citable documents	2008	30
Citable documents	2009	90
Citable documents	2010	182
Citable documents	2011	232
Citable documents	2012	351
Citable documents	2013	421
Citable documents	2014	513
Citable documents	2015	505
Citable documents	2016	445
Citable documents	2017	378
Citable documents	2018	269
Citable documents	2019	243
Citable documents	2020	239
Citable documents	2021	319
Citable documents	2022	359
Citable documents	2023	360

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2007	0
Uncited documents	2008	4
Uncited documents	2009	34
Uncited documents	2010	56
Uncited documents	2011	38
Uncited documents	2012	47
Uncited documents	2013	79
Uncited documents	2014	98
Uncited documents	2015	132
Uncited documents	2016	121
Uncited documents	2017	111
Uncited documents	2018	72
Uncited documents	2019	60
Uncited documents	2020	51
Uncited documents	2021	69
Uncited documents	2022	71
Uncited documents	2023	82
Cited documents	2007	0
Cited documents	2008	26
Cited documents	2009	56
Cited documents	2010	126
Cited documents	2011	194
Cited documents	2012	304
Cited documents	2013	342
Cited documents	2014	415
Cited documents	2015	373
Cited documents	2016	325
Cited documents	2017	268
Cited documents	2018	199
Cited documents	2019	185
Cited documents	2020	192
Cited documents	2021	254
Cited documents	2022	292
Cited documents	2023	282