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Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

SAGE Publications Ltd · Netherlands · Est. 1963

ISSN1878-6324

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.446

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.815

Total Worksi

3,040

Total Citationsi

29,665

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyBimonthly, 2017-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,040

Publisher OrgIOS Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-6324

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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?

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

187

2.1k

2019

984

2020

224

1.8k

2021

123

904

2022

143

623

2023

126

409

2024

219

272

2025

123

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.

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ2

RehabilitationQ2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyScoliosis diagnosis and treatmentMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentSports injuries and preventionShoulder Injury and TreatmentOccupational Health and PerformanceLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionLegal and Regulatory Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Is Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation?

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation 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 1.15.

Is Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation?