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Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation

Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation · South Korea · Est. 1973

ISSN2288-1778
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.579
H-Indexi
50
SNIPi
0.826
Total Worksi
1,165
Total Citationsi
16,147
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.36
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Aims & Scope

The Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation is the official journal of the Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation, and is published six times a year. Supplementary issues may be published. Its official abbreviation is “J Exerc Rehabil”. It was launched in 2005. The title of the first volume was Journal of the Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation (pISSN 1976-6319). The journal title was changed to Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation from Volume 9 Number 2, 2013. The effects of exercise rehabilitation are very broad and in some cases exercise rehabilitation has different treatment areas than traditional rehabilitation. Exercise rehabilitation can be presented as a solution to new diseases in modern society and it can replace traditional medicine in economically disadvantaged areas. Exercise rehabilitation is very effective in overcoming metabolic diseases and also has no side effects. Furthermore, exercise rehabilitation shows new possibility for neuropsychiatric diseases, such as depression, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, etc. The purpose of the Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation is to identify the effects of exercise rehabilitation on a variety of diseases and to identify mechanisms for exercise rehabilitation treatment. The Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation aims to serve as an intermediary for objective and scientific validation on the effects of exercise rehabilitation worldwide. The types of manuscripts include research articles, review articles, and articles invited by the Editorial Board. The Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation contains 6 sections: Basic research on exercise rehabilitation, Clinical research on exercise rehabilitation, Exercise rehabilitation pedagogy, Exercise rehabilitation education, Exercise rehabilitation psychology, and Exercise rehabilitation welfare. Only articles that are scientifically identified and originally developed as the results of new, significant, and recent study on the medical information and knowledge associated with the above-mentioned fields can be published in this Journal. All articles should be conducted ethically and comply with policies of management of the Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation. Articles that have been already published or submitted for publication elsewhere cannot be submitted to this journal, and articles that have been published in this Journal cannot be published elsewhere without permission. The Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation holds all copyrights of all the manuscripts that have been submitted and permitted for publication in this Journal.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1973
Frequencysix times a year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications1,165
OA Since2012
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No
📦 Long-term Preservation
PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2288-1778
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
PMC
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
142
1.9k
2019
75
1.3k
2020
65
673
2021
55
429
2022
50
316
2023
37
118
2024
43
45
2025
23
2
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 MedicineQ2
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation

Is Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Exercise Rehabilitation?

Journal of Exercise 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 1.36.

Is Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation?

The Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation is the official journal of the Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation, and is published six times a year. Supplementary issues may be published. Its official abbreviation is “J Exerc Rehabil”. It was launched in 2005. The title of the first volume was Journal of the Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation (pISSN 1976-6319). The journal title was changed to Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation from Volume 9 Number 2, 2013. The effects of exercise rehabilitation are very broad and in some cases exercise rehabilitation has different treatment areas than t

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref