Journal of physiotherapy

ISSN 1836-9553 · Elsevier BV · Australia · active 2010–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
2.1
SJR
1.414
h-index
94

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 8 November 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Journal of physiotherapy is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (#16 of 260 journals).

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Journal of physiotherapy in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1#16 of 260
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
2.58
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
92

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Journal of physiotherapy is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (2025 edition, #16 of 260 journals), with SJR 1.414 (Scimago) and an h-index of 94 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~11 wk
DOAJ self-reported
Acceptance rate
16%
Publisher-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

musculoskeletalpainrehabilitationpharmacologystrokerecoverymedicalpracticesphysicaltherapysportsactivity

Frequently asked

Is Journal of physiotherapy a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Journal of physiotherapy. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Journal of physiotherapy indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Journal of physiotherapy appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Journal of physiotherapy?

Papers in Journal of physiotherapy are cited about 2.1 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 94. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Journal of physiotherapy (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Journal of physiotherapy is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (#16 of 260 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Journal of physiotherapy is cited about 2.1 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 94.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Journal of physiotherapy?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Journal of physiotherapy. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Journal of physiotherapy open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

How long does Journal of physiotherapy take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for Journal of physiotherapy takes about ~11 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own.

What is the acceptance rate of Journal of physiotherapy?

Journal of physiotherapy reports an acceptance rate of about 16% — Publisher-reported. Acceptance rates vary by article type and change from year to year, and a publisher-stated figure is the journal's own, so treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee.

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