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The Journal of Special Education is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Disability Education and Employment, Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Family and Disability Support Research.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The Journal of Special Education, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inDisability Education and Employment Behavioral and Psychological Studies Family and Disability Support Research Reading and Literacy Development Education Discipline and Inequality
ISSN0022-4669
Citation impact (2-yr)1.49
h-index130
i10-index1,101
Total citations70,183
Top institutions publishing hereVanderbilt University
Journal websitesed.sagepub.com
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Papers published in The Journal of Special Education per year

15
2014
11
2015
26
2016
17
2017
30
2018
40
2019
46
2020
18
2021
17
2022
24
2023
18
2024
19
2025

Citation impact of The Journal of Special Education by publication year

504
2014
413
2015
943
2016
526
2017
895
2018
557
2019
396
2020
256
2021
116
2022
134
2023
50
2024
13
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Journal of Special Education

Developments in Curriculum-Based Measurement

Stanley L. Deno · 1 Nov 2003

Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) is an approach for assessing the growth of students in basic skills that originated uniquely in special education. A substantial research literature has developed to demonstrate that CBM can be used effectively to gather student performance data to support a wide range of educational decisions. Those decisions include screening to identify, evaluating…

643 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Special Education Teacher Retention and Attrition

Bonnie S. Billingsley · 1 May 2004

The lack of qualified special education teachers threatens the quality of education that students with disabilities receive. Attrition plays a part in the teacher shortage problem, and efforts to improve retention must be informed by an understanding of the factors that contribute to attrition. Specifically, the author provides a thematic analysis of studies investigating factors…

584 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Overrepresentation of Minority Students in Special Education

Alfredo J. Artiles, Stanley C. Trent · 1 Jan 1994

Approximately 25 years ago, Lloyd Dunn (1968) and Evelyn Deno (1970) provided us with analyses regarding the problems and pitfalls of special education. One of the primary areas of focus was the overrepresentation of minority and low-income students in programs for students with mild mental retardation. Unfortunately, this problem continues to hover over us today…

496 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Number Sense

Russell Gersten, David J. Chard · 1 Apr 1999

We describe the concept of number sense, an analog as important to mathematics learning as phonemic awareness has been to the reading research field. Understanding the concept of number sense and relevant research from cognitive science can help the research community pull together fragmented pieces of earlier knowledge to yield a much richer, more subtle,…

459 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Relationships Between Self-Determination and Postschool Outcomes for Youth With Disabilities

Karrie A. Shogren, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Susan B. Palmer et al. · 25 Jun 2013

This article reports the results of a follow-up analysis of 779 students with disabilities who participated in group-randomized, control group studies designed to examine the efficacy of self-determination interventions in secondary school to examine the relationship between self-determination status when exiting high school and adult outcomes 1 and 2 years post-high school. Findings suggest that…

451 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

The Journal of Special Education template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does The Journal of Special Education use?
The Journal of Special Education uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The Journal of Special Education, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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