Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
ISSN 1874-5393 · eISSN 1875-8894 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) 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 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations and Infant Development and Preterm Care, together about 35.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (JPRM): An Interdisciplinary Approach Throughout the Lifespan is designed to parallel the multidisciplinary teams caring for children, … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Editor-in-chief Elaine L. PicoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 52, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Australia 1, Iran 1 (56 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine19.8%
- Spinal Dysraphism and MalformationsMedicine9%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine6.7%
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMedicine6.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.2%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology5.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine3.9%
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 | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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)
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 281OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 87.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,058 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 1 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 41 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 77 |
| 2023 | 84 | 84 | 207 |
| 2022 | 94 | 38 | 299 |
| 2021 | 85 | 34 | 383 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 | EUR 2,800 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,000 | — | — |
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted16
- brief reportJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- case reportJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- commentaryJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- editorialJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- literature reviewJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- opinionJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- original researchJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- protocolJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- research articleJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles: Original research investigations that advance the field of pediatric rehabilitation medicine. Advised limits: 6,000 words; 7 Tables; 7 Figure…Length not stated
- reviewJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- review articleJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…Length not stated
- review articlesReview Articles: JPRM accepts reviews that are relevant to pediatric rehabilitation medicine and in line with the journal’s aims & scope. Advised limits: 7,000 …Length not stated
- state of the artState of the Art: Up-to-date synopsis for clinicians on a very novel topic of interest. State of the Art reviews investigate the historical progression of a par…Length not stated
- systematic and scoping reviewsSystematic and Scoping Reviews: JPRM adheres to the standards laid out in the 2023 guidance article by Kolaski et al.: doi.org/10.3233/PRM-230019. Systematic an…Length not stated
- viewpointJPRM accepts the following article types for submission. For submissions that do not fall under one of the following categories, please contact the editorial of…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
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. As a condition of publication authors are required to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data availability statement. This sho…
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
Open access Model summary
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized 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
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 (formerly IOS Press)
- ISSN
- 1874-5393
- Electronic ISSN
- 1875-8894
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. 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 Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 42.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; 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 Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine based?
Of the 56 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (52), United Kingdom (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .