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Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia · Brazil · Est. 1970

ISSN1809-9246

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2020-02-17). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.996

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.568

Total Worksi

2,442

Total Citationsi

42,358

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Rehabilitation; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguagePortuguese, English

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,442

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1809-9246

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

Portuguese, English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.5k

2019

2020

2021

951

2022

713

2023

509

493

2024

345

188

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ1

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1

RehabilitationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersSports injuries and preventionChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchCardiovascular and exercise physiologyStroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesShoulder Injury and TreatmentRespiratory Support and Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy

Is Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy a predatory journal?

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2020-02-17). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy?

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.53.

Is Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy?