- Focus and Scope
- Section Policies
- Peer Review Process
- Publication Frequency
- Open Access Policy
- Archiving
Focus and Scope
The Journal aims to promote and publish research and literature related to disability. The areas covered by Journal are comprehensive which includes all type of disabilities and a wide range of topic/themes such as:
 Psychosocial Prospective of Disability
Disability Assessment
• Disability Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Â
• Disability in Academia
• Disability Research
• Disability and Social Stigma or Exclusion/Discrimination
• Disability in the context of Development
• Disability and Gender
• Disability Legislation
 Journal of Disability Studies is a scientific, scholarly, and multidisciplinary journal so academician or professionals from various fields - disability studies, sociology, social work, psychology, medical anthropology, health and mental health or any other discipline working on the disability have scope to contribute. Journal also considers voice of the persons with disability and their family members of care givers.  Â
All manuscripts submissions will be screened by the Editors and if found suitable then articles will be reviewed by two peer reviewers which may take cupules of weeks. The contributors will be asked to revise their manuscript based on reviewers’ comments within a specified time. Articles accepted would be copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Disability Studies must not submitted to any other journal at a time and have not been published or already accepted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts with lacking originality, serious scientific flaws, or absence of significance of message are rejected. We have strict norms and policy for plagiarism. Plagiarism in any form will not be accepted and simply marks withdrawn for any article. Papers cannot be withdrawn after final acceptance.
Journal publishes following types of submissions:
Section Policies
Editorial
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Research Articles
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Review Articles
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Short Research Communications
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Case Reports
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Viewpoint/Commentaries
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Book Reviews
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Movie Review
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Literary
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
My Voice
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Letters to the Editor
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submissions will be screened by the Editors and if found suitable then articles will be reviewed by two peer reviewers which may take cupules of weeks.
Publication Frequency
Biannual
June and December Issue
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available for global exchange of knowledge.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...