Journal profile · REHABILITATION
REHABILITATION
ISSN 0034-3536 · eISSN 1439-1309 · Georg Thieme Verlag · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1962
REHABILITATION: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.27; hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
REHABILITATION is published by Georg Thieme Verlag 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 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation, Health and Medical Studies and Psychiatric care and mental health services, together about 59.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Rehabilitation is care that can help you get back, keep, or improve abilities that you need for daily life. These abilities may be physical, mental, and/or cognitive (thinking and learning). You may have lost them because of a disease or injury, or as a side effect from a medical treatment. Rehabilitation can improve your daily life and functioning.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): REHABILITATION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions32.8%
- Health and Medical StudiesHealth Professions18.8%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology8.2%
- Social Policies and Healthcare ReformHealth Professions5.2%
- Workplace Health and Well-beingHealth Professions4.7%
- Social and Demographic Issues in GermanyHealth Professions4.5%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine3.7%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine2.5%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | 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
- 1.27LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 275OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,063 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 107 | 10 | 65 |
| 2024 | 94 | 5 | 84 |
| 2023 | 96 | 6 | 155 |
| 2022 | 94 | 4 | 130 |
| 2021 | 109 | 0 | 174 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Georg Thieme Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1962
- ISSN
- 0034-3536
- Electronic ISSN
- 1439-1309
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about REHABILITATION
What CAS zone is REHABILITATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, REHABILITATION 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 REHABILITATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.27; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at REHABILITATION?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 REHABILITATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, REHABILITATION is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is REHABILITATION open access, and what is the APC?
REHABILITATION is a hybrid 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .