Journal profile · REHABILITATION
Therapeutic Recreation Journal
ISSN 0040-5914 · eISSN 2159-6433
Therapeutic Recreation Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Therapeutic Recreation Journal 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 Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, Occupational Therapy Practice and Research and Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport, together about 58% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): REHABILITATION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness ManagementPsychology30.9%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions17.5%
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and SportSocial Sciences9.6%
- Art Therapy and Mental HealthArts and Humanities8.1%
- Outdoor and Experiential EducationPsychology4.4%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions3.5%
- Youth Development and Social SupportSocial Sciences2.2%
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability researchMedicine2.1%
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 | 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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 285OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,007 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 1 | 113 |
| 2025 | 25 | 0 | 321 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1 | 354 |
| 2023 | 18 | 2 | 458 |
| 2022 | 23 | 0 | 441 |
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 1,825 |
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
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
- ISSN
- 0040-5914
- Electronic ISSN
- 2159-6433
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Therapeutic Recreation Journal
What CAS zone is Therapeutic Recreation Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Therapeutic Recreation Journal 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.
Which databases index Therapeutic Recreation Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Therapeutic Recreation Journal is indexed in ESCI.
Is Therapeutic Recreation Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Therapeutic Recreation Journal 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; 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .