Journal profile · REHABILITATION
Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy
ISSN 2158-8686 · eISSN 2159-0524
Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); subscription journal; median 184 days to acceptance (14 articles, last 24 months); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy 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 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Nursing Roles and Practices and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, together about 25.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): REHABILITATION
Editor-in-chief Kevin E. BrueillyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine13.4%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions6.2%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine6%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine5.7%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine5.4%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions5%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine4.5%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine4.5%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · REHABILITATION · rank 164/175
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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 (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 447 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1 | 10 |
| 2024 | 17 | 3 | 16 |
| 2023 | 23 | 2 | 29 |
| 2022 | 26 | 3 | 55 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4 | 55 |
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
184 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 132 days – 211 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 58 days (14 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 238 days
- Sample
- 14 articles with submission and acceptance dates (57 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".
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
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 2158-8686
- Electronic ISSN
- 2159-0524
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy
What CAS zone is Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Acute Care Physical 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 Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy?
Based on the dates recorded on 14 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 184 days (interquartile range 132–211 days). 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, REHABILITATION Q4 (164/175). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy is indexed in ESCI.
Is Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Acute Care Physical 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, 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: .