Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders is a monthly, peer‑reviewed medical journal about autism spectrum disorders and related developmental disabilities. It is published in English by Springer Science+Business Media and focuses on psychiatry. The journal began in 1971 as the Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia and adopted its current name in 1979. The editor‑in‑chief is Lynn Kern Koegel of Stanford University. It uses a hybrid open‑access model, allowing some articles to be freely available. The journal is indexed in major databases, and its 2021 impact factor was 4.345 according to Journal Citation Reports.