Journal profile · Rehabilitation
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
ISSN 0161-4754 · eISSN 1532-6586 · Mosby Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1978
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.28; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 428 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 100 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics is published by Mosby Inc. 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 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 42.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (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
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine22%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine10.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science6.5%
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine5.4%
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatmentMedicine4.9%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary 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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary 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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.28LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 108OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,560OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 97LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,437 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 100 | 22 | 47 |
| 2024 | 27 | 7 | 46 |
| 2023 | 50 | 21 | 180 |
| 2022 | 91 | 27 | 439 |
| 2021 | 111 | 38 | 729 |
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 PubMed · to
428 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 298 days – 743 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 458 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (97 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,710 / GBP 2,320 / JPY 359,690 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Mosby Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1978
- ISSN
- 0161-4754
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-6586
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
What CAS zone is Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Integrative & Complementary Medicine / 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 Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.28; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 108.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 428 days (interquartile range 298–743 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .