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Physiotherapy Practice and Research is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 2213-0683Verify ISSN ↗2213-0691Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,150 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational Therapy | 27 / 33 | 19th | Q4 |
| Rehabilitation | 146 / 172 | 15th | Q4 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 288 / 340 | 15th | Q4 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 225 / 257 | 12th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
Physiotherapy Practice and Research is Q4 in Occupational Therapy (rank 27 of 33), Q4 in Rehabilitation (rank 146 of 172) and Q4 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 288 of 340), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Physiotherapy Practice and Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.6, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 19th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.178, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 12.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,150 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Physiotherapy Practice and Research is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2213-0683 and its online ISSN is 2213-0691.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Physiotherapy Practice and Research has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #25 of 32 Scopus journals in Occupational Therapy.
Physiotherapy Practice and Research published 36 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 40. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 97 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Ireland (21.5%), India (16.5%) and United Kingdom (11.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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