Journal profile · Rehabilitation
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
ISSN 1650-1977 · eISSN 1651-2081 · Foundation for Rehabilitation Information · SWEDEN · Monthly · Founded 2001
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.08; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 113 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 114 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine is published by Foundation for Rehabilitation Information 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 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, together about 37.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (JRM) is an international, non-profit, Open Access journal, publishing articles on a broad range of topics within the field. Owned by the Foundation of Rehabilitation Medicine, JRM aims to be a leading worldwide forum for research in physical and rehabilitation medicine, and to increase knowledge in evidence-based clinical rehabilitation. Contributions from all parts of the world and from different professions in rehabilitation are welcome. Aims & Scope Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (JRM) is an international, non-profit, Open Access journal, publishing articles on a broad range of topics within the field. Owned by the Foundation of Rehabilitation Medicine, JRM publishes original articles, reviews, case reports, short communications, special reports and letters to the editor are published, as well as editorials. Contributions from all parts of the world and from different professions in rehabilitation are welcome. The journal strives to provide its readers with a variety of topics, including: functional assessment and intervention studies clinical studies in various patient groups methodology in physical and rehabilitation medicine epidemiological studies on disabling conditions and reports on vocational and sociomedical aspects of rehabilitation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Rehabilitation
Editor-in-chief Henk StamPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Sweden 5, United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 2, Canada 1, Türkiye 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine17.4%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine10.5%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine9.5%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions7.2%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine6.5%
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMedicine5.7%
- Spinal Cord Injury ResearchMedicine5.6%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions3.7%
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 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
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 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | 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 |
| Minor | Sport Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.08LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,404OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.34%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 110LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,624 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103 | 103 | 29 |
| 2025 | 114 | 114 | 283 |
| 2024 | 120 | 120 | 625 |
| 2023 | 87 | 87 | 684 |
| 2022 | 99 | 99 | 1,154 |
| 2021 | 111 | 111 | 2,006 |
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
113 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 66 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (107 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 157 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (242 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 2,200 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,750 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,750 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 5
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3
- original reportsAbstracts should be provided for Original Reports, Special Reports and Review Articles.Length not stated
- review articlesAbstracts should be provided for Original Reports, Special Reports and Review Articles.Length not stated
- special reportsAbstracts should be provided for Original Reports, Special Reports and Review Articles.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship
Originality: manuscript must not have been previously published or be under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
Submission of a manuscript is held to imply that it has not previously been published and is not otherwise submitted for publication (except as an abstract, which in that case has to be stated).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest K. Disclosure statements
Authors are responsible for disclosing financial and other conflicts of interest. Model summary
Any financial or non-financial interest that has arisen from the direct applications of your research should be reported. If there are no relevant competing interests to declare please state “The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.”
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability I. Data availability statement
Data availability statement is required. Model summary
Authors are required to provide a data availability statement that provides information on where data used for the paper can be found and how it can be accessed. If data cannot be made open, authors should state why in the data availability statement. If the data is open, please deposit the data in a recognized data repository prior to or at the time of submission and include the DOI, pre-reserved…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics committee/IRB approval number required for relevant research; informed consent where relevant. Model summary
All original research papers involving humans, animals, plants, biological material, protected or non-public datasets, collections or sites, providing the approval number from the appropriate ethics committee or Institutional Review Board and that where relevant, informed consent has been obtained.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines
Clinical studies require trial registry identifiers/approval numbers in ClinicalTrials.gov. Model summary
Information on the design, use, and array of reporting guidelines can be found on the website for the Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research (EQUATOR) network and they should be used for JRM manuscripts when applicable.
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
- Foundation for Rehabilitation Information
- Country or region
- SWEDEN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1650-1977
- Electronic ISSN
- 1651-2081
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Rehabilitation / Sport Sciences. 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 Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.08; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 150.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 113 days (interquartile range 66–189 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 5; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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 Rehabilitation Medicine based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Sweden (5), United Kingdom (2) and Netherlands (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 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: .