Journal profile · Health Professions-Complementary and Manual Therapy
Fisioterapia em Movimento
ISSN 0103-5150 · eISSN 1980-5918 · Editora Champagnat · Brazil
Fisioterapia em Movimento: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 13 weeks (community reports); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fisioterapia em Movimento is published by Editora Champagnat. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Medical Practices and Rehabilitation, together about 25% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Created in 1989 and available online since 2013, the journal Fisioterapia em Movimento adopted the continuous publication modality in 2018, publishing articles in a single yearly volume. Journal of the School of Medicine and Life Sciences, at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR), it uses single blind peer review and accepts manuscripts resulting from studies developed in the areas of physical therapy and health. Studies should be original and should not have already been published elsewhere in the peer-reviewed literature. Manuscripts that have been deposited in preprint and institutional repositories are accepted. Fisioterapia em Movimento journal is indexed in AURA, bvs, DOAJ, EZB, Google Scholar, Latindex, Periódicos, REDIB, ROAD, SciELO, Scopus, Sumários, among others.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Complementary and Manual Therapy
Editor-in-chief Ana PaulaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions9.3%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine8.3%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions7.4%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine6.9%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine6.3%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine6.2%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering4.5%
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal DisordersPsychology4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | Q4 | 133/172 | 22nd |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | Q4 | 205/257 | 20th |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q4 | 274/340 | 19th |
| Complementary and Manual Therapy | Q4 | 21/22 | 6th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Latindex
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 285OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,332 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 43 | 384 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 625 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 791 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 1,058 |
| 2022 | 109 | 109 | 1,001 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 1,003 |
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)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 600 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | BRL 600 | — | — | |
| LetPub | BRL 600 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Editora Champagnat
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0103-5150
- Electronic ISSN
- 1980-5918
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fisioterapia em Movimento
How long does peer review take at Fisioterapia em Movimento?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Fisioterapia em Movimento based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Fisioterapia em Movimento?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fisioterapia em Movimento is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Fisioterapia em Movimento open access, and what is the APC?
Fisioterapia em Movimento is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .