Journal profile · Rehabilitation
Clinical Rehabilitation
ISSN 0269-2155 · eISSN 1477-0873 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1986
Clinical Rehabilitation: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.9; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,400; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 8.6%; 162 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Rehabilitation is published by SAGE Publications Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, together about 41% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Rehabilitation is a highly ranked, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. It is a multi-professional journal covering the whole field of disabil...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Rehabilitation
Editor-in-chief Avril DrummondPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 8, Australia 3, United States 2, Hong Kong, China 1, Germany 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine21.1%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions10.8%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine9.1%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine5.9%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine5.4%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions4.9%
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMedicine4.6%
- Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.9LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 161OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,892OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 147LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,361 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 112 | 61 | 16 |
| 2025 | 162 | 84 | 256 |
| 2024 | 117 | 74 | 648 |
| 2023 | 91 | 58 | 1,031 |
| 2022 | 144 | 54 | 2,297 |
| 2021 | 140 | 39 | 2,888 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 8.6%LetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,400 / GBP 3,226 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Research involving animals
Article types accepted8
- correspondenceThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
- original articleThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
- original paperThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
- original papersThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
- rehabilitation in practiceThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
- rehabilitation in theoryThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
- systematic reviewThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
- systematic reviewsThe journal publishes original papers, systematic reviews, Rehabilitation in Practice and Rehabilitation in Theory articles and correspondence relating to publi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
EQUATOR reporting guidelines required Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single anonymised Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
Clinical trial registration required Model summary
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0269-2155
- Electronic ISSN
- 1477-0873
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Rehabilitation
What CAS zone is Clinical Rehabilitation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Rehabilitation is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Rehabilitation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Rehabilitation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.9; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 161.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Rehabilitation?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “8.6%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Clinical Rehabilitation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Clinical Rehabilitation based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (8), Australia (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Rehabilitation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Rehabilitation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Clinical Rehabilitation open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Rehabilitation is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .