Journal profile · REHABILITATION
Rehabilitation Process and Outcome
ISSN 1179-5727 · eISSN 2753-6351 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
Rehabilitation Process and Outcome: impact factor 2.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,650; median 120 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); 3 articles a year.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Rehabilitation Process and Outcome is published by SAGE Publishing. 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 37.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal that covers cutting-edge research and developments in the clinical practice of rehabilitation. The journal focuses on innovations from the field of neurorehabilitation, … | View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): REHABILITATION
Editor-in-chief Manoj SivanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 11, United Kingdom 10, India 8, Türkiye 8, Italy 6 (69 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine19.8%
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersMedicine11.9%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine5.9%
- Spinal Cord Injury ResearchMedicine5%
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsMedicine4%
- Cardiac Health and Mental HealthMedicine4%
- Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionHealth Professions3%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 62 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 42 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 126 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 157 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 151 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (45 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)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | USD 2,650 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,650 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,200 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted19
- case reportView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- case reportsCase Reports. These structured reports should describe an unusual case and include a full review of the pertinent literature and a section on implications for c…Length not stated
- editorialView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials. Editorials are short articles on topics of recent interest that discuss the findings, implications, and/or outcomes of specific research or wider re…Length not stated
- letters to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- meta-analysesMeta-analyses. These should answer a specific research question and be reported according to the PRISMA guidelines. They should also include a PRISMA flow chart…Length not stated
- meta-analysisView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- opinionView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- original articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles. The Editors will consider preclinical, interventional and observational studies with clearly stated aims, well-reported methodology (includin…Length not stated
- perspectiveView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- perspective reviewsPerspective Reviews. Review-style articles that address important new areas of general interest and afford the author the opportunity to present a forward-looki…Length not stated
- protocolView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- review articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- review articlesReview Articles. The following types of high-quality review will be considered: General reviews that provide a synthesis of an area that fits within the aims an…Length not stated
- study protocolsStudy Protocols. These can be for forthcoming or ongoing research. Information on trial registration (where applicable) and ethics approval should be included i…Length not stated
- systematic reviewView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions: https://journals.sagepub.com/collection-index/rpo Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for…Length not stated
- systematic reviewsSystematic Reviews. These should answer a specific research question and be reported according to the PRISMA guidelines. They should also include a PRISMA flow …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 Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
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. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
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
Online-only journal Model summary
Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice 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 p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-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 Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1179-5727
- Electronic ISSN
- 2753-6351
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Rehabilitation Process and Outcome
What is the impact factor of Rehabilitation Process and Outcome?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Rehabilitation Process and Outcome?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 74–157 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Rehabilitation Process and Outcome based?
Of the 69 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (11), United Kingdom (10) and India (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Rehabilitation Process and Outcome?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Rehabilitation Process and Outcome is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Rehabilitation Process and Outcome open access, and what is the APC?
Rehabilitation Process and Outcome is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,650.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .