As a joint editor of JARID with Glynis Murphy, I would endorse Sue's points below. It is difficult to maintain high impact factors in a field with such diverse content and where there isn't the volume of international research happening as there are in some other fields. I would also strongly endorse Sue's point about reviewers - we are finding it more and more difficult to find reviewers for submissions - it's easy for this activity to get squeezed out when people are under so much pressure. Chris Hatton Professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care Co-Director, Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory Regional Co-Director, NIHR Research Design Service North West Centre for Disability Research Division of Health Research Faculty of Health and Medicine Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YG UK Email: [log in to unmask] Mobile: 07976 037669 The Learning Disabilities Observatory is operated by Public Health England. http://www.improvinghealthandlives.org.uk Learning Disability Heath Profiles at www.ihal.org.uk/profiles<http://www.ihal.org.uk/profiles> From: Intellectual Disability Research UK mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Hampton-Matthews Sent: 21 June 2013 13:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Top 10 IDD journals by impact factor Hi Andre It is difficult for the ID Journals we don't always get the support from the publishers financially or otherwise, especially if associated with a charity, the main problem in turning around papers is finding available expert peer reviewers and someone monitoring each paper every day for repsonses is very time consuming and most people in my position only work part time for each journal. I know you aren't pointing the finger specifically but from my point of view we try hard to turn papers around as quickly as possible and of course now we have early view once accepted papers are citable within weeks. I am glad to see that our IF has improved yet again. Best wishes Sue Hampton-Matthews Managing Editor JIDR email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ From: Intellectual Disability Research UK mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Strydom, Andre Sent: 21 June 2013 13:42 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Top 10 IDD journals by impact factor Thanks Richard Have you missed out JARID? It is disappointing that our local ID journals never fare very well. I appreciate that it may be a function of ID being a relatively small specialty, but I worry that there are other factors to consider. I don't want to step on toes, but feel it is worth pointing out that there may be some issues that can be addressed. For example, I often encounter a very protracted decision process... which can be rather off-putting in a REF year! 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