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American Journal of Occupational Therapy
ISSN 0272-9490 · eISSN 1943-7676 · American Occupational Therapy Association
American Journal of Occupational Therapy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.31; subscription journal; 639 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Occupational Therapy is published by American Occupational Therapy Association and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders and Family and Disability Support Research, together about 50.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): REHABILITATION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions32.5%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine9.8%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology7.8%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine7.3%
- Assistive Technology in Communication and MobilityHealth Professions5.7%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience4.4%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine3.3%
- Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentPsychology2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 153OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,381OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 122LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,972 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 101 | 18 | 25 |
| 2025 | 639 | 23 | 297 |
| 2024 | 524 | 60 | 813 |
| 2023 | 552 | 417 | 1,309 |
| 2022 | 423 | 79 | 1,356 |
| 2021 | 549 | 42 | 1,668 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access options
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Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- ISSN
- 0272-9490
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-7676
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Occupational Therapy
What CAS zone is American Journal of Occupational Therapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Occupational Therapy is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Rehabilitation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Journal of Occupational Therapy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.31; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 153.
Which databases index American Journal of Occupational Therapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Occupational Therapy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is American Journal of Occupational Therapy open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Occupational Therapy is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .