Key Journals
The best way to discover articles is to search databases (try Search) – you will be searching millions of records at once. Following journal literature is an effective means of scholarship.
- AERA Open
- American Educational Research Journal
- American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Annals of Dyslexia Brain & Development
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities
- British Journal of Special Education California Special Education Alert
- Child Language Teaching and Therapy Cognitive Development
- Developmental Psychology
- Dyslexia
- Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities
- Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities
- Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
- Educational Researcher
- Exceptional Children
- Exceptional Parent
- Exceptionality
- Focus on Autism and other Developmental Disabilities
- Focus on Exceptional Children
- Gifted Child Quarterly
- High Ability Studies
- Inclusive Practices
- International Journal of Disability Development and Education
- International Journal of Special Education
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Intervention in School and Clinic
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
- Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
- Journal of Disability Policy Studies
- Journal of Early Intervention
- Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
- Journal of Emotional And Behavioral Disorders
- Journal of Fluency Disorders
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions
- Journal of Special Education
- Journal of Special Education Technology
- Journal of the International Association of Special Education
- Learning and Individual Differences
- Learning Disabilities Research and Practice
- Learning Disability Practice
- Learning Disability Quarterly
- Remedial and Special Education
- Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
- Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Research in Developmental Disabilities
- Review of Educational Research
- Roeper Review
- Rural Special Education Quarterly
- TASH Connections
- Teacher Education and Special Education
- Teaching Exceptional Children
- Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
- Volta Review
Tip: Journal Metrics
If you are looking for a list of the most highly cited journals in your specialty, try the Social Sciences subcategories within Google Scholar Metrics. Journals in Scholar are ranked in order of their h-5 index.
Alternatively, the impact factor metric from Clarivate Analytics is also very popular. Find journal impact factors in BU Libraries' Journal Citation Reports database.
These metrics are not the final word on research quality: in fact, many scholars say they're overvalued. There's no substitute for reading and judging for yourself!
