ADVANCES IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Multidisciplinary Research and Practice Across the Life Span
Editor in Chief: Nirbhay N. Singh
AIMS & SCOPE
A multidisciplinary and multitheoretical journal that publishes papers from specialties across the behavioral
and social sciences, using quantitative and mixed-methods research techniques.
 Focuses on research in neurodevelopmental disorders, especially intellectual and developmental
disabilities, across the lifespan
 Covers a range of issues, populations, and domains, including diagnosis, incidence and prevalence,
assessment, interventions, and much more
 Includes animal models of basic research that advance understanding and treatment of
neurodevelopmental disorders
Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders publishes high-quality research in the broad area of
neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan. Study participants may include individuals with:
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Intellectual and developmental disabilities
Global developmental delay
Communication disorders
Language disorders
Speech sound disorders
Childhood-onset fluency disorders (e.g.,
stuttering)
Social (e.g., pragmatic) communication
disorders
Unspecified communication disorders
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD), specified and unspecified
Specific learning disorders
Motor disorders
Developmental coordination disorders
Stereotypic movement disorder
Tic disorders, specified and unspecified
Other neurodevelopmental disorders,
specified and unspecified
CALL FOR PAPERS
Submit papers in any area of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, especially in intellectual and
developmental disabilities. Papers may also include participants with neurodegenerative
disorders that lead to a decline in intellectual functioning, including Alzheimer’s disease,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body
dementia, frontotemporal dementia, corticobasal degeneration, Huntington’s disease, and
progressive supranuclear palsy. The journal includes empirical, theoretical and review papers
on a large variety of issues, populations, and domains, including but not limited to: diagnosis;
incidence and prevalence; and educational, pharmacological, behavioral and cognitive
behavioral, mindfulness, and psychosocial interventions across the life span. Animal models of
basic research that inform the understanding and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders
are also welcomed. The journal is multidisciplinary and multi-theoretical, and encourages
research from multiple specialties in the social sciences using quantitative and mixed-method
research methodologies.
Why submit your research to
ADVANCES IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS?
 Play a pivotal role in launching this important new journal.
 Rapid review and response: Work directly with the Editor in Chief and Associate Editors to
ensure you get timely feedback and results.
 Fast-track publication: Corrected proofs are published in Online First within weeks of
acceptance.
 Timely online and print publication.
 Available in libraries worldwide and through most academic electronic search engines.
 Multidisciplinary: Addresses the research interests of a broad audience, including
researchers, professors, clinicians, and related professionals/practitioners in developmental
and clinical psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, public health, and social sciences.
 Thorough coverage: Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders accepts electronic data and
multimedia files (e.g., animations, movies, audio) and other supplementary files to be
published online along with an article. This feature, known as Springer’s Electronic
Supplementary Material, enables authors to add dimension to the their articles, including
information that cannot be accommodated within the confines of an issue or is more
convenient to readers in electronic form.
For more information, please contact the Editor in Chief: nirbz52@gmail.com
Nirbhay N. Singh, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, USA
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