American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is the monthly journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists, and it has carried its present name since 1988.《美国物理医学与康复杂志》是学术物理医师协会的月刊，今名从 1988 年用起。

Its 2025 impact factor is 2.3, and the journal places 46th among 175 titles in rehabilitation and 59th among 136 in sport sciences.2025 年影响因子 2.3，在康复类目 175 种刊里排第 46，在运动科学类目 136 种刊里排第 59。

Twelve issues appear each year, and the November 2026 number is volume 105, issue 11.一年出十二期，2026 年 11 月号是第 105 卷第 11 期。

The aim printed in the author instructions asks for excellence in education, in scientific research and in evidence-based clinical practice.作者须知里印的宗旨要的是教育，科研与循证临床实践三方面的高水准。

Manuscripts go in through Editorial Manager, and every research paper passes a masked review that keeps author identity from the referees.稿件经 Editorial Manager 投递，每篇研究稿都走匿名评审，审稿人看不到作者身份。

Scope

• The scope statement takes in the whole of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and pediatric practice, adult practice and geriatric practice are named in the same sentence.范围声明覆盖整个物理医学与康复领域，儿科，成人，老年三类实践写在同一句里。

• Electrodiagnostic medicine is listed as a core area, and the administrative side of running a rehabilitation service counts as well.电诊断医学列为核心领域，康复科室的行政与管理事务也算在内。

• Basic science sits beside clinical inquiry, and the journal treats the two as halves of one field rather than as separate tracks.基础科学与临床研究并列，刊物把两者看作同一领域的两个半边，而不设两条轨。

• A research article is allowed 4,000 words and 30 references, and a systematic review or meta-analysis may carry 50.研究论文限 4000 词，参考文献 30 条，系统综述与荟萃分析可到 50 条。

• That kind of paper takes four figures and four tables at most, and its abstract follows a structured form of no more than 200 words.这类稿子最多四张图加四张表，摘要按结构式写，不超过 200 词。

• Education and administration papers are shorter, at 3,000 words and 30 references, and their abstract runs as a single paragraph.教育与行政管理类稿子短些，3000 词，30 条参考文献，摘要写成一段。

• A brief report is capped at 2,000 words and 20 references, and a study protocol has the same ceiling.简报上限 2000 词，20 条参考文献，研究方案用的是同一个额度。

• Case reports get 2,000 words, 10 references, one figure and one table, and they are published online only.病例报告给 2000 词，10 条参考文献，一图一表，只在线上发表。

• Analysis and perspective pieces may run to 5,000 words with 50 references, and literature reviews work to the same limits.分析评论稿可到 5000 词，50 条参考文献，文献综述按同一套额度办。

• A letter to the editor has 1,000 words and three references, while the visual vignette is shorter still at 400 words.读者来信 1000 词，3 条参考文献，视觉小品更短，只给 400 词。

• Video gallery submissions take 500 words and three references, and the PREP article, written for residents facing examinations, takes 2,500.视频栏目收 500 词的稿子，3 条参考文献，面向备考住院医师的 PREP 文章给 2500 词。

• The type list also has a resident and fellow section, which gives trainees a place to publish early work.稿件类型表里另设住院医师与专科培训医师栏目，给年轻医生一处发表早期工作的位置。

• Clinical trials must be registered before they are submitted, and an unregistered trial sent after 1 January 2017 is not considered.临床试验须在投稿前完成注册，2017 年 1 月 1 日之后送来的未注册试验不予受理。

• Use of generative AI has to be disclosed at submission, and a tool may not be listed as an author.生成式 AI 的使用须在投稿时说明，工具不得列为作者。

History

• The oldest title in the line is Archives of Occupational Therapy, which ran from 1922 to 1924 in three volumes.这条线上最早的刊名是《职业治疗档案》，1922 年到 1924 年出了三卷。

• It was printed in Baltimore by Williams & Wilkins and acted as the official organ of the American Occupational Therapy Association.该刊在巴尔的摩由 Williams & Wilkins 印行，是美国职业治疗协会的机关刊。

• In 1925 the name became Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation, and that title lasted 27 volumes to 1951.1925 年改名《职业治疗与康复》，这个名字用到 1951 年，共 27 卷。

• The second change came in 1952, when the journal became American Journal of Physical Medicine.第二次换名在 1952 年，刊物变成《美国物理医学杂志》。

• Under that name it ran 36 volumes as a bimonthly, and the last issue under it is dated 1987.这个名字下出了 36 卷，双月刊，最后一期标的是 1987 年。

• The present title arrived in 1988 with volume 67, which keeps the numbering of the whole run unbroken.今名在 1988 年随第 67 卷启用，整条卷号没有断过。

• Counted from the 1922 first volume, volume 105 falls in 2026, and the arithmetic holds across the series.从 1922 年那第一卷往下数，第 105 卷落在 2026 年，整条序列都对得上。

• MEDLINE coverage begins with volume 67, number 1, February 1988, the first issue under the present name.MEDLINE 收录从第 67 卷第 1 期起，1988 年 2 月，正是今名下的第一期。

• The NLM record also lists Abridged Index Medicus and Index Medicus, and both of those services have since closed.NLM 记录里还列着《删节版医学索引》与《医学索引》，两项服务后来都停了。

• The imprint moved from Baltimore to Hagerstown when Lippincott Williams & Wilkins took over the publishing side.出版地随 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 接手出版而由巴尔的摩移到黑格斯敦。

• The Association of Academic Physiatrists has held the journal since the 1988 relaunch, and its name sits in the NLM title statement.学术物理医师协会自 1988 年改版起持有这本刊，NLM 的刊名项里就带着协会名。

• In 2026 the journal is in its 105th volume, and annual output runs around 177 items.2026 年出到第 105 卷，全年发表量约 177 篇。

• Total citations stand at 7,655 with a cited half-life of 9.5 years, which is long for a clinical journal.总被引 7655 次，引用半衰期 9.5 年，对一本临床刊物来说算长。

• Open access accounts for 8.54 percent of the 2025 output, so most papers still sit behind the subscription.2025 年的开放获取占 8.54%，多数稿子仍在订阅范围之内。

• The bimonthly rhythm of the 1952 title gave way to the present monthly schedule, and the frequency field in the NLM record dates that change to July 2001.1952 年那本的节奏是双月刊，现行月刊制从 2001 年 7 月起，NLM 的频率项就是这么标的。

• Each of the two earlier names left its own catalog record, and the 1925 title carries ISSN 2160-2247 while the 1952 title carries 0002-9491.两个旧名在目录里各留一份记录，1925 年那本带 ISSN 2160-2247，1952 年那本带 0002-9491。

• The impact factor series reads 2.159 in 2021, 3.412 in 2022, 2.2 in 2023, 2.4 in 2024 and 2.3 in 2025, with a 2025 JCI of 0.91.影响因子序列是 2021 年 2.159，2022 年 3.412，2023 年 2.2，2024 年 2.4，2025 年 2.3，2025 年的 JCI 为 0.91。

Editors

• Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD, is editor-in-chief, and his name heads the masthead on the publisher site and on the association roster.主编是 Walter R. Frontera，医学博士兼理学博士，出版方站点与协会名单都以他打头。

• The roster is posted as the 2025 journal editors and board members, and it is revised by year.名单以 2025 年期刊编辑与编委的名义公布，按年度修订。

• Close to seventy names appear on it, each with a disclosure column beside the name.上面有近七十个名字，每个名字旁边设一栏利益披露。

• Those names include Rory Cooper, Pablo Celnik, Thiru Annaswamy and Eric Altschuler, all of whom work in rehabilitation research.名单里有 Rory Cooper，Pablo Celnik，Thiru Annaswamy 与 Eric Altschuler，几位都做康复研究。

• Emma Montes and Lorrisa Bierman serve as managing editors and handle the flow of manuscripts.Emma Montes 与 Lorrisa Bierman 任执行编辑，负责稿件流转。

• The masked review is run as two files, one blinded copy for the referees and one full title page held by the office.匿名评审按两份文件操作，一份去掉作者信息的副本交审稿人，一份带完整题名的留编辑部。

• Reviewer comments and reviewer identities stay confidential, and the office does not release them without permission.审稿意见与审稿人身份都保密，未经许可编辑部不对外提供。

• Queries reach the journal through the association site at physiatry.org or through AJPMR.com.咨询可经协会站点 physiatry.org 或 AJPMR.com 找到刊物。

• Submissions and revisions run through Editorial Manager, and decisions come back by email.投稿与修改都走 Editorial Manager，决定以邮件回复。

• An accepted paper needs a signed copyright transfer form before it enters production.稿子录用后要先交一份签好的版权转让表，才进制作环节。

• Figures follow a separate preparation guide that the instructions link as a document with screenshots.插图另有一份制备指南，须知里以带截图的文档形式给出链接。

• The instructions post separate templates for authors, for reviewers and for revised manuscripts, each as a PDF or a word file.须知分别挂出作者用，审稿人用与修改稿用的三份模板，都是 PDF 或 Word 文件。

• A reviewer page on the publisher platform gathers the referee guidance in one place.出版方平台上另设审稿人页面，把审稿指南集中在一处。