About this journal

Aims and scope

This comprehensive journal is recognized for its useful balance of research and clinical practice articles. For more than 25 years Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics has functioned as a forum for rehabilitation health care professionals and scientists to share research that advances preventative, clinical, educational and therapeutic practices. The issues addressed in the journal focus on current, emerging and innovative areas of care and prevention that cross the healthcare continuum that support evidence-informed management of the older client including: health and wellness; prevention of aging-related functional decline and injury; innovative programming; clinical and technological advances; policy, and the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for working with older clients.

Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics is innovative and timely. In addition to the wealth of information found in each scheduled issue, occasional thematic issues devoted to critical issues or professional challenges will become frequently used references in personal libraries. Past thematic issues have focused on:

  • Aging in place
  • Community mobility: driving and the elderly
  • Complementary and alternative interventions medicine in geriatrics
  • Therapeutic interventions for persons with dementia
  • Teaching students about geriatric research
  • Practice and program implications for aging with a developmental disability


Journal metrics

Usage

  • 47K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.3 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 0.7 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 1.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.420 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.247 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 54 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 74 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 31% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor:

Edgar Ramos Vieira, PT, MSc, PhD

Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Associate Editors:

Chiung-ju Liu PHD, OTR/L, FGSA

Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, FL, USA

Rubens Alexandre da Silva Jr, Ph.D., pht

University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Quebec, CAN

Editorial Board:

Donald Auriemma, MS Ed, OTR/L

Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, York College, CUNY, NY, USA

Sébastien Boyas, PhD

Associate Professor, Le Mans University, Le Mans, France

Ann Burkhardt, OTD, OTR/L, BCN, FAOTA

Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, USA

Tracy Chippendale, PhD, OTR/L

Assistant Professor, New York University, NY, USA

Joseph Cipriani, Ed.D., OTR/L

Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA, USA

Cristina Cortis, PhD, FACSM

Professor, Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino e Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy

Ramon Daniels, PhD, BSc OT, MSc OT

Senior Lecturer, Zuyd University, Heerlen, Netherlands

Staffan Elgelid, PhD, PT, CFT, LMT

Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, Nazareth College, Pittsford, NY, USA

Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR

Assistant Professor, Programs in Occupational Therapy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Hao (Howe) Liu, PT, PhD, MD

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA

Lili Liu, OT, PhD

Professor and Dean, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Alvaro Campos Cavalcanti Maciel, PT, PhD

Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

Martina McNulty, PhD, OTR/L

Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Utah, UT, USA

Mary Roduta Roberts, Ph.D., OT(C)

Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Canada

Joan Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Chairperson, Occupational Therapy, Professor of Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry and Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Neva Kirk Sanchez, PhD, PT

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Jon A. Sanford, M.Arch

Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for AT and Environmental Access (CATEA), Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA

David E. Vance, PhD, MGS

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted and/or indexed in: Academic Search Complete; Emerging Sources Citation Index; Scopus; PubMed;SocINDEX; Ovid

Open access

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