Journal of Physiotherapy

Journal of Physiotherapy is the official journal of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, published by Elsevier, which carries the clinical research of greatest importance for physiotherapy practice under its present title since volume 56 in 2010, when the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy was renamed, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.4《物理治疗杂志》（Journal of Physiotherapy）是澳大利亚物理治疗协会（Australian Physiotherapy Association）的机关刊，由爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版，自 2010 年第 56 卷起沿用现用刊名，刊载对物理治疗实践最重要的临床研究，2025 年影响因子为 9.4。

Scope

• Its mission is to publish the highest quality research with the most important impact for global physiotherapy practice, helping clinicians to access, understand and implement research evidence for person-centred care其使命是发表对全球物理治疗实践最具影响力的最高质量研究，帮助临床工作者获取、理解并应用研究证据以支持以人为本的照护。
• It prioritises systematic reviews and reports of clinical trials, together with economic analyses, experimental studies, qualitative studies, epidemiological studies and observational studies该刊优先刊载系统综述与临床试验报告，以及经济学分析、实验研究、质性研究、流行病学研究和观察性研究。
• In January 2008 it became the first physiotherapy journal to conform to the ICMJE requirement that randomised trials be registered with a recognised trial registry2008 年 1 月，它成为首个符合（ICMJE）要求的物理治疗期刊，即随机试验须在认可的试验注册机构登记。
• Editorials and peer-reviewed original research have been freely available since January 2014, when it became the first core physiotherapy journal to take that step其社论与同行评审原创研究自 2014 年 1 月起免费开放，当时它成为首个这样做的核心物理治疗期刊。
• Manuscripts are evaluated by double anonymous peer review rather than open review, and submissions are also checked for plagiarism稿件采用双向匿名同行评审而非公开评审，投稿还会接受查重检查。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and holds the first quartile in the rehabilitation category with a rank of 1 out of 175, while in orthopaedics it ranks 2 out of 147该刊被（SCIE）收录，在康复类位居第一四分位、于 175 种刊中排名第 1 位，在骨科学类则于 147 种刊中排名第 2 位。

History

• The journal was established in 1954 as the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, the official organ of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, and it kept that title until 2009该刊于 1954 年以《澳大利亚物理治疗杂志》（Australian Journal of Physiotherapy）创刊，是澳大利亚物理治疗协会（Australian Physiotherapy Association）的机关刊，并沿用该刊名至 2009 年。
• With volume 56 beginning in 2010 the title changed to Journal of Physiotherapy, and the DOI registry registers articles under the print number 1836-9553 only from that year, while the predecessor number 0004-9514 holds about 1500 backfile records going back to 1955自 2010 年第 56 卷起刊名改为（Journal of Physiotherapy），（DOI）注册机构自当年起才以纸本刊号 1836-9553 登记文章，其前身刊号 0004-9514 则保有约 1500 条可追溯至 1955 年的回溯记录。
• In 2016 the Australian Physiotherapy Association began sponsoring open access publication of all content, so every article became free to read with no author fees2016 年起，澳大利亚物理治疗协会（Australian Physiotherapy Association）开始资助全部内容以开放获取方式出版，每篇文章由此均可免费阅读且不收作者费用。
• Its back catalogue has been digitised, with all back issues available online and full text provided from the start of 2000 onward其回溯内容已完成数字化，全部过刊可在网上获取，自 2000 年起的文章提供全文。
• The journal publishes four issues a year on a quarterly cadence, and its print and online numbers are 1836-9553 and 1836-9561该刊每年出版四期，呈季刊节奏，其纸本与网络刊号分别为 1836-9553 与 1836-9561。

Editors

• Mark Elkins is the editor of the journal, working from Sydney Education of the Sydney Local Health District in New South Wales, Australia（Mark Elkins）任该刊编辑，在澳大利亚新南威尔士州（Sydney Local Health District）下属的（Sydney Education）主持编辑工作。^[1]
• Peter Malliaras is deputy editor and works at the School of Primary and Allied Health Care at Monash University in Australia（Peter Malliaras）任副编辑，任职于澳大利亚（Monash University）初级与联合医疗照护学院。
• Shane Patman of The University of Notre Dame Australia chairs the editorial board, with Joshua Zadro of the University of Sydney as deputy chair（The University of Notre Dame Australia）的（Shane Patman）任编委会主席，（University of Sydney）的（Joshua Zadro）任副主席。
• Editorial board members include Ben Darlow of the University of Otago Wellington, Kate Hayward and Rana Hinman of the University of Melbourne, Jonathan Hill of Keele University, Michelle Kho of McMaster University and Christine Lin of the University of Sydney编委会成员包括（University of Otago Wellington）的（Ben Darlow）、（University of Melbourne）的（Kate Hayward）与（Rana Hinman）、（Keele University）的（Jonathan Hill）、（McMaster University）的（Michelle Kho）以及（University of Sydney）的（Christine Lin）。
• An international advisory board includes Kari Bo of the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Rachelle Buchbinder of Monash University, Chad Cook of Duke University and Paul Hodges of the University of Queensland国际顾问委员会包括（Norwegian School of Sports Sciences）的（Kari Bo）、（Monash University）的（Rachelle Buchbinder）、（Duke University）的（Chad Cook）与（University of Queensland）的（Paul Hodges）。
• Manuscripts are assessed by a dedicated review panel whose members include Mohit Arora, Narelle Cox, Thorlene Egerton, Brenton Hordacre and Adrian Traeger稿件由专门的评审小组评估，成员包括（Mohit Arora）、（Narelle Cox）、（Thorlene Egerton）、（Brenton Hordacre）与（Adrian Traeger）。