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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (APAQ) and Exceptional Children (EC), respectively, were selected for a comparative documentary analysis. A total of 455 articles (APAQ, n= 205; EC, n= 250) from 2004 to 2013 were identified and coded based on the following categories:(a) country of the first author affiliation;(b) theoretical framework of empirical studies;(c) intervention research;(d) publication/research methods;(e) population of interest; and (f) topical areas. Results demonstrate similarities and differences between APA and SE publication trends. The results indicate that little intervention-based research was published across journals (14% for APAQ; 38% for EC). Both journals largely published group design research, and more single subject studies were observed in EC (n= 17) than in APAQ (n= 4). Additional similarities and differences in publication trends over the past ten years between two journals are discussed.