{{Infobox journal | title = Exceptional Children | editor = Katheleen King Thorius, Endia J. Lindo, Patricia Martínez-Álvarez, Amanda L. Sullivan | discipline = Special education | abbreviation = Except. Child. | publisher = SAGE Publications on behalf of the Council for Exceptional Children | country = | frequency = Quarterly | history = 1934-present | impact = 3.34 | impact-year = 2017 | website = http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202280/title | link1 = http://ecx.sagepub.com/content/current | link1-name = Online access | link2 = http://ecx.sagepub.com/content | link2-name = Online archive | link3 = http://www.cec.sped.org/Publications/CEC-Journals/Exceptional-Children | link3-name = Journal page at council's website | ISSN = 0014-4029 | eISSN = 2163-5560 | OCLC = 1568566 | LCCN = sv87073010 }} '''''Exceptional Children''''' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of special education. The editors-in-chief are Kathleen King Thorius (Indiana University), Endia J. Lindo (Texas Christian University), Patricia Martínez-Álvarez (Teachers College, Columbia University), Amanda L. Sullivan (University of Minnesota). It was established in 1934, took on its present title in 1951, and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Council for Exceptional Children.
== Abstracting and indexing == The journal is abstracted and indexed in: * ERIC * Scopus<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/excel_doc/0003/148548/title_list.xlsx |title=Scopus title list |format=Microsoft Excel |publisher=Elsevier |accessdate=2014-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202041814/http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/excel_doc/0003/148548/title_list.xlsx |archivedate=2013-12-02 }}</ref> * ProQuest * Social Sciences Citation Index * Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2014-06-09 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.34, ranking it 1st out of 40 journals in the category "Special Education"<ref name=WoS1>{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Special Education |title=2014 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science}}</ref> and 2nd out of 69 journals in the category "Rehabilitation".<ref name=WoS2>{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Rehabilitation |title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science}}</ref>
== See also == * ''Teaching Exceptional Children''
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202280/title}}
Category:Sage Publishing academic journals Category:English-language journals Category:Special education journals Category:Quarterly journals Category:Academic journals established in 1934
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