The journal “Autism and Developmental Disorders” is a peer-reviewed periodical printed publication of the Federal Resource Center for Organization of Comprehensive Support to Children with ASD of MSUPE, the first specialized journal on autism in Russia.
In 2024, the journal “Autism and Developmental Disorders” took 1st place in the “Psychologist's Desk Reference” category at the All-Russian competition of scientific peer-reviewed journals for mental health professionals, organized by the Russian Society of Psychiatrists (RSP).
Publisher: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
Mass Media Registration Certificate: PI № FS77-66995 dated August 30, 2016.
ISSN (print): 1994-1617
ISSN (online): 2413-4317
Subscription index in the United Catalogue “Press of Russia”: 82287
Frequency: quarterly
Published since 2003
Full-text electronic version available at https://psyjournals.ru/en/autism
We do not charge any submission or publication fees.
Open Access Journal
This is an open access journal. All content is available for non-commercial purposes without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose citing the source. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
License Terms:
All materials in this journal are licensed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License: users are free to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, remix, transform, and build upon the material as long as they give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Users may not use the materials for commercial purposes.
For authors publishing in the journal “Autism and Developmental Disorders”, there are no publication fees.
Journal columns:
- Comprehensive Support Models
- Research of ASD
- Diagnostic Tools
- Education and Intervention Methods
- Pedagogical Experience
- Clinical Case
- Medical Support
- Sociocultural Integration and Sports
- Expert Opinion
- News, Events, Documents
The journal is covered in various Russian and international indexing databases.
In 2023, the journal “Autism and Developmental Disorders” was included by the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) under the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in the List of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications where the main scientific results of dissertations for the degree of Candidate of Sciences (PhD) and Doctor of Sciences (DSc) must be published.
Scope of the journal (according to the list of branches of science and groups of specialties of researchers in accordance with the Nomenclature of Specialties):
Journal’s scope (according to the list of scientific branches):
- 5.3.8. Correctional Psychology and Defectology (Psychological Sciences). Since 21.02.2023.
- 5.8.3. Correctional Pedagogy (Deaf Pedagogy and Typhlopedagogy, Oligophrenopedagogy and Speech Therapy) (Pedagogical Sciences). Since 21.02.2023.
- 5.3.6. Medical Psychology (Psychological Sciences). Since 11.12.2023.
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