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Rehabilitation Psychology
ISSN 0090-5550 · eISSN 1939-1544 · APA
Rehabilitation Psychology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.03; hybrid open access; 81 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Rehabilitation Psychology is published by APA 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 Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Spinal Cord Injury Research and Family and Disability Support Research, together about 33.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Rehabilitation Psychology ® is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that is dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of rehabilitation psychology. Rehabilitation Psychology is the official scientific journal of APA's Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology). Rehabilitation psychology is a specialty within psychology that focuses on the study and application of psychological knowledge and skills on behalf of individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions in order to maximize their health and welfare, independence and choice, functional abilities, and social role participation, across the lifespan. Rehabilitation psychologists consider the entire network of biological, psychological, social, environmental, and political factors that affect the functioning of persons with disabilities or chronic conditions. Given the breadth of rehabilitation psychology, the journal's scope is broadly defined. More About The Journal
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine17.1%
- Spinal Cord Injury ResearchMedicine8.7%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology8%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine6.7%
- Disability Education and EmploymentSocial Sciences5.6%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology5%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions4.6%
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and SportSocial Sciences4.4%
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 | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
| 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 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.03LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,243OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,903 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 19 | 4 |
| 2025 | 81 | 28 | 95 |
| 2024 | 89 | 26 | 191 |
| 2023 | 69 | 24 | 391 |
| 2022 | 72 | 22 | 442 |
| 2021 | 66 | 20 | 620 |
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.
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
- APA
- ISSN
- 0090-5550
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-1544
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Rehabilitation Psychology
What CAS zone is Rehabilitation Psychology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Rehabilitation Psychology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical / Rehabilitation. 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 Rehabilitation Psychology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.03; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 106.
Which databases index Rehabilitation Psychology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Rehabilitation Psychology is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Rehabilitation Psychology open access, and what is the APC?
Rehabilitation Psychology 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: .