Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The Journal aims to promote and publish research and literature related to disability. The areas covered by the Journal are comprehensive and include all types of disabilities and a wide range of topics/themes such as:

Psychosocial Prospective of Disability

Disability Assessment

Disability Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation  

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.   

The Editors will screen all manuscript submissions 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 be submitted to any other journal at a time and have not been published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts lacking originality, serious scientific flaws, or absence of significance of message are rejected. We have strict norms and policies for plagiarism. Plagiarism in any form will not be accepted and simply marks withdrawn for any article. Papers cannot be withdrawn after final acceptance.

The journal publishes the following types of submissions:

 

Section Policies

Editorial

Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Research Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Review Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Short Research Communications

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Case Reports

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Viewpoint/Commentaries

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Book Reviews

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Movie Review

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Literary

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

My Voice

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Letters to the Editor

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked 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...

 

About

The Journal aims to promote and publish research and literature related to disability. The areas covered by the Journal are comprehensive and includes all types of disabilities and a wide range of topics/themes such as:

Psychosocial Prospective of Disability

Disability Assessment

Disability Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation  

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.   

The Editors will screen all manuscript submissions 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 be submitted to any other journal at a time and have not been published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts lacking originality, serious scientific flaws, or absence of significance of message are rejected. We have strict norms and policies for plagiarism. Plagiarism in any form will not be accepted and simply marks withdrawn for any article. Papers cannot be withdrawn after final acceptance.

The journal publishes the following types of submissions: