Journal profile · Nursing
Rehabilitation Nursing
ISSN 0278-4807 · eISSN 2048-7940 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1981
Rehabilitation Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.09; JCR Q3 (journal website); subscription journal; median 161 days to acceptance (34 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 40 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Rehabilitation Nursing is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Human auditory perception and evaluation, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery and Pharmacy and Medical Practices, together about 30.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Anne DeutschPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering11.7%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine9.5%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.8%
- Medical Case Reports and StudiesMedicine8.5%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing8.1%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions4.7%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing4.1%
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 | Nursing | 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 | Nursing | 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 | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · NURSING · rank 141/194
- JCR Q4 · REHABILITATION · rank 133/175
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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.09LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 711OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,509 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 40 | 3 | 24 |
| 2024 | 41 | 2 | 72 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3 | 65 |
| 2022 | 41 | 5 | 95 |
| 2021 | 43 | 5 | 228 |
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
161 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 108 days – 199 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 64 days (34 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 236 days
- Sample
- 34 articles with submission and acceptance dates (83 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)
- over 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
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
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1981
- ISSN
- 0278-4807
- Electronic ISSN
- 2048-7940
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Rehabilitation Nursing
What CAS zone is Rehabilitation Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Rehabilitation Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing / 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 Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.09; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Rehabilitation Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 34 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 161 days (interquartile range 108–199 days); authors report an average review time of over 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.
What JCR quartile is Rehabilitation Nursing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, NURSING Q3 (141/194), REHABILITATION Q4 (133/175). 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 Rehabilitation Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Rehabilitation Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Rehabilitation Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Rehabilitation Nursing 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .