Journal profile · Rehabilitation
Disability and Rehabilitation
ISSN 0963-8288 · eISSN 1464-5165 · Informa Healthcare · ENGLAND · Semimonthly · Founded 1992
Disability and Rehabilitation: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.16; hybrid open access; median 207 days to acceptance (127 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 562 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Disability and Rehabilitation is published by Informa Healthcare 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 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, together about 38.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board Disability and Rehabilitation is an international multidisciplinary journal publishing on all aspects of disability and rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation aims to encourage a better understanding of disability and to promote rehabilitation science, practice and policy aspects of the rehabilitation process. The journal provides an important forum for the dissemination and exchange of ideas amongst global health practitioners and researchers. Disability and Rehabilitation covers a range of topics such as: Rehabilitation in practice Rehabilitation Policy Assessment procedures Education and training Disability and Rehabilitation accepts quantitative and qualitative research papers, reviews, case studies, multidisciplinary perspectives, and letters. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Read the Instructions for Authors . Read full aims and scope
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Rehabilitation
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine14.8%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine14.5%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions8.9%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine6.5%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine6.4%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions6.1%
- Spinal Cord Injury ResearchMedicine4.9%
- Assistive Technology in Communication and MobilityHealth Professions4.3%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 3 |
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.16LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 176OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,982OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 559LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,798 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 472 | 231 | 86 |
| 2025 | 562 | 281 | 863 |
| 2024 | 519 | 316 | 2,418 |
| 2023 | 473 | 255 | 3,571 |
| 2022 | 489 | 225 | 5,834 |
| 2021 | 522 | 238 | 7,504 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
207 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 151 days – 265 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (127 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 216 days
- Sample
- 127 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,151 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 0963-8288
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-5165
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 48, Issue 19 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Disability and Rehabilitation
What CAS zone is Disability and Rehabilitation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Disability and Rehabilitation is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Rehabilitation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Disability and Rehabilitation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.16; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 176.
How long does peer review take at Disability and Rehabilitation?
Based on the dates recorded on 127 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 207 days (interquartile range 151–265 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Disability and Rehabilitation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Disability and Rehabilitation is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Disability and Rehabilitation open access, and what is the APC?
Disability and Rehabilitation is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .