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South African Journal of Physiotherapy is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd.
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ISSN 0379-6175Verify ISSN ↗2410-8219Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 132 / 257 | 48th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present (also 1991–1998, 1987–1989), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.3.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy is Q3 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 132 of 257), by CiteScore 2025.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 48th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.466, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 16.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$434 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.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy is published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0379-6175 and its online ISSN is 2410-8219.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy has an h-index of 28 and a 2-year mean of 1.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #121 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
South African Journal of Physiotherapy published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 55. 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 100 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (74.6%), Nigeria (4%) and Brazil (2.2%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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.
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