The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the publication of high quality original research, systematic reviews/meta-analyses of the literature and case reports that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of musculoskeletal science, manipulative therapy, clinical research, and therapeutic practice. The journal publishes manuscripts that add to the evidence on diagnostics and patient management processes in musculoskeletal care.
Areas of interest include:
•Studies focusing on mechanical diagnosis and therapy (MDT) •Thrust and non-thrust manipulation •Neurodynamic assessment and treatment •Diagnostic accuracy and classification •Manual therapy-related interventions •Clinical decision-making processes •Understanding clinimetrics for the clinician
Journal metrics
Usage
92K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
2.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.807 (2023) SNIP
0.376 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
28 days avg. from submission to first
decision
59 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
10 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
31% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief • Jean-Michel Brismée (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA)
Senior Deputy Editors • Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain) • Anita Amorim (University of Sydney) • Kenneth Learman (Youngstown State University, USA) • Emilio Puentedura (Baylor University, USA) • Duncan Reid (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand) Deputy Editors • Rogelio Coronado (Vanderbilt University, USA) • Dhinu Jayaseelan (The George Washington University, USA) • Paul Mintken (Hawai`i Pacific University, USA) • Gesine Seeber (Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Germany) • Lucy Thomas (University of Queensland, Australia)
Associate Editors • Shahnawaz Anwer (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) • Joel Bialosky (University of Florida, USA) • Joshua Cleland (Tufts University, USA) • Chad Cook (Duke University, USA) • Carol Courtney (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA) • Christophe Demoulin (Université de Liège, Belgium) • Ina Diener (South African Society of Physiotherapy, South Africa) • Jan Dommerholt (Bethesda Physiocare/Myopain Seminars, USA) • Timothy Flynn (South College, Tennessee, USA) • Frédéric Froment (OMT - Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, France) • Renaud Hage (Haute Ecole Libre de Bruxelles-Ilya Prigogine & Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) • Toby Hall (Curtin University and The University of Western Australia, Australia) • Mark Hancock (The University of Sydney, Australia) • Steve Karas (Chatham University, USA) • Senthil P. Kumar (Hosmat College of Physiotherapy, India) • Mark Laslett (AUT University and PhysioSouth Ltd, Moorhouse Medical Centre Clinic, New Zealand) • Christine Lin (The University of Sydney, Australia) • Audrey Long (McKenzie Institute, Canada) • Amy McDevitt (University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA) • Christopher Maher (The George Institute for International Health and The University of Sydney, Australia) • Vicente Mauri (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile) • Stephen May (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) • Amy McDevitt (University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA) • Robert J Nee (Pacific University, USA) • Stanley V Paris (University of St Augustine for Health Sciences, USA) • Shannon Petersen (Des Moines University, USA) • Monika Rani (Chitkara University, India) • Michael Shacklock (Neurodynamic Solutions, Australia) • Ron Schenk (Tufts University, USA) • Phillip Sizer (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA) • Stéphane Sobczak (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada) • Steve Tumilty (School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, New Zealand) • Daniel Vaughn (Grand Valley State University, USA)
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy is included in the following services:
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health
EBSCO
EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
MANTIS
MEDLINE
OTseeker
PubMed
PubMed Central
Scopus
Open access
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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