Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America is a quarterly from Elsevier, and each of its four issues is built around one topic.《北美物理医学与康复临床》是爱思唯尔的季刊，四期各围着一个主题编。

The journal began in 1990 under the Saunders imprint in Philadelphia, and it has stayed a clinical review series rather than a venue for original trials.刊物 1990 年在费城以桑德斯名义创刊，一直是临床综述丛书，不走原创试验的路子。

Its 2025 impact factor is 2.3 with a five-year figure of 2.1, and it ranks 46th of 175 in rehabilitation.2025 年影响因子 2.3，五年值 2.1，在康复类目 175 种刊里排第 46。

Scopus puts the CiteScore at 3.3, and the journal runs about 48 review articles a year.Scopus 给的 CiteScore 是 3.3，全年发表的综述约 48 篇。

Authorship works by invitation, and the publisher states that it does not accept unsolicited submissions.稿件只按约写，出版方明说不收主动投稿。

Scope

• The aims text promises to keep readers current on patient management trends and on the newest advances, and to give a basis for choosing among treatments.宗旨文本说要让读者跟上病人管理的动向与最新进展，并为治疗方案的选择提供依据。

• Each issue takes a single topic, and an experienced editor carries that issue through from plan to print.每期只做一个主题，由一位有经验的编辑从选题一路管到付印。

• The named topics begin with brain injury rehabilitation, electrodiagnosis and geriatric rehabilitation.列出的选题从脑损伤康复，电诊断，老年康复开始。

• Musculoskeletal medicine, neuromuscular medicine and pain management make up the middle of the list.肌骨医学，神经肌肉医学与疼痛管理构成清单的中间一段。

• Spine medicine, sports medicine with orthopaedic rehabilitation, and stroke or neurologic rehabilitation close it.脊柱医学，运动医学与骨科康复，以及卒中与神经康复收尾。

• A Clinics review takes stock of current practice, and the publisher describes the format as key points, diagnosis, prognosis and clinical management.这类综述清点当下的实践，出版方把格式说成要点，诊断，预后，临床管理几块。

• Complications, techniques, the underlying evidence and open controversies also belong in that format.并发症，技术细节，所依据的证据与未决争议同样属于这套格式。

• Four authors is the preferred ceiling, and the guide asks that any variation be cleared with the Clinics editor.作者人数以四位为上限，须知要求超出这个数先跟丛书的编辑商量。

• All authors should hold degrees and none should be students, a rule aimed at keeping the reviews expert in tone.所有作者都应有学位，学生不在其列，这条规矩是要让综述保持专家口吻。

• The guest editor commissions the chapters, and on submission that editor checks the content for accuracy.各章由客座编辑组稿，稿件到手后由该编辑核准确性。

• A series consulting editor picks the topic and the guest editor, and works with them through the schedule.丛书顾问编辑挑主题与客座编辑，并陪他们走完整条排期。

• Themes and cover months are set well in advance and are not moved, which is why the four dates for a year are fixed early.主题与出版月份提前定死，不再挪动，一年的四个日子因此很早就定下来。

• Final editorial ownership rests with the publisher, whatever the guest editor recommends.不论客座编辑怎么建议，最终的编辑归属权在出版方手里。

• The journal is sold by subscription, and no article processing charge appears on its journal page.刊物按订阅销售，刊物页面上没有列出文章处理费。

History

• Volume 1 carries the 1990 date, and the NLM record gives Saunders in Philadelphia as the imprint for the whole run.第 1 卷标的是 1990 年，NLM 记录里全系列的出版方都是费城的桑德斯。

• MEDLINE coverage starts with volume 9, number 1 in February 1998, so the first eight volumes were never indexed there.MEDLINE 从 1998 年 2 月的第 9 卷第 1 期收，前八卷没有进过这个库。

• Those two dates fix the arithmetic, one volume a year since 1990, which puts the 2026 volume at 37.这两个日子把算法定住了，1990 年起一年一卷，2026 年就是第 37 卷。

• Index Medicus lists the title as well, alongside the electronic services that replaced it.《医学索引》也列了这个刊名，与取代它的几项电子服务并列。

• Four issues a year come out in February, May, August and November, and the publisher states those months on the aims page.一年四期，出在 2 月，5 月，8 月与 11 月，出版方在宗旨页上写明这几个月份。

• The 2026 series opened with Adaptive and Para Sports, edited by Melissa J. Tinney and Alexander M. Senk.2026 年那一串从《适应性与残疾人体育》开始，由 Melissa J. Tinney 与 Alexander M. Senk 主编。

• Spasticity Management followed in May under Gerard E. Francisco, and Pain Decoded in August under Sanjog Pangarkar.5 月接着是 Gerard E. Francisco 主持的《痉挛管理》，8 月是 Sanjog Pangarkar 主持的《解码疼痛》。

• The November 2026 issue takes cancer rehabilitation, with Nandita Keole as guest editor and a set of reviews on pain, edema and fatigue.2026 年 11 月号做肿瘤康复，客座编辑是 Nandita Keole，配一组讲疼痛，水肿与疲乏的综述。

• The impact factor series runs 1.784 in 2021, 2.391 in 2022, 1.1 in 2023, 2 in 2024 and 2.3 in 2025.影响因子序列是 2021 年 1.784，2022 年 2.391，2023 年 1.1，2024 年 2，2025 年 2.3。

• Total citations are 2,521 with a cited half-life of 10.3 years, and the small annual output is one reason that total stays modest.总被引 2521 次，引用半衰期 10.3 年，年发文量小是总数不高的一个原因。

• The 2025 JCI is 0.9 while the percentile is 74, so the journal does better on rank than on the normalized measure.2025 年 JCI 为 0.9，百分位却是 74，位次比归一化指标好看。

• Gold open access covers 2.48 percent of the 2025 papers, which leaves the series almost entirely subscription based.2025 年的金色开放获取占 2.48%，这套丛书几乎全靠订阅。

• The Clinics line as a whole spans medicine, surgery, dentistry, nursing and veterinary titles, and this is its rehabilitation member.整套丛书横跨内科，外科，牙科，护理与兽医几类，这本是其中的康复成员。

• The November 2026 contents run from cancer pain and peripheral edema through pelvic rehabilitation to radiation fibrosis syndrome and fatigue.2026 年 11 月那期的目录从癌痛与周围性水肿，经盆腔康复，一直排到放射性纤维化综合征与疲乏。

• Two editorials open that issue, one by the consulting editor and one by the guest editor.那期以两篇社论开篇，一篇出自顾问编辑，一篇出自客座编辑。

• Reviews here are written to a schedule rather than to a submission queue, and that is why the contents of each issue can be listed a year ahead.这里的综述按排期写而不按投稿队列排，所以每期的目录能提前一年列出。

Editors

• Blessen C. Eapen of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine is the consulting editor, and his is the only name on the board page.顾问编辑是加州大学洛杉矶分校大卫格芬医学院的 Blessen C. Eapen，编委页上只有他一个名字。

• A single name is normal for this series, since each issue brings its own guest editor rather than a standing board.对这套丛书来说单列一个名字是常态，因为每期自带客座编辑，不设常设编委。

• The guest editors for 2026 are Tinney and Senk for para sports, Francisco for spasticity, Pangarkar for pain and Keole for cancer care.2026 年的客座编辑依次是管残疾人体育的 Tinney 与 Senk，管痉挛的 Francisco，管疼痛的 Pangarkar，管肿瘤康复的 Keole。

• Eapen wrote the opening editorial of the cancer issue, and Keole wrote the second one on integrated practice.肿瘤那期的首篇社论由 Eapen 执笔，Keole 写了第二篇，讲整合式实践。

• Guest editors are picked for expertise in the subject and for a record in publishing, and the consulting editor is picked the same way.客座编辑按学科专长与出版履历挑，顾问编辑的挑法一样。

• The publisher keeps editorial ownership of the series, and a manuscript that falls short can be sent back for revision or turned down.出版方保留丛书的编辑归属权，达不到要求的稿子可以退回修改，也可以不录用。

• An author who wants to contest a decision takes it to the series editor, and the publisher's answer after that is final.作者不服决定就找丛书编辑，其后出版方的答复为最终结果。

• The workflow has seven steps, from agreeing to write through manuscript preparation, revision, production, page proofs, press and publication.流程分七步，从应约写稿起，经备稿，修改，制作，校样，付印，直到出版。

• Page proofs come to the corresponding author with 48 hours for corrections, and that deadline is the tightest in the chain.校样送到通讯作者手里，改样时间 48 小时，这是整条链上最紧的一环。

• An invitation arrives with a project note and guidelines written for that volume, so the chapter specs come from the guest editor rather than from a general page.约稿信里附项目说明与为该卷写的写作要求，各章规格由客座编辑给，不套通用页面。

• Manuscripts go to the Clinics editor named in the invitation, which keeps the series out of the general Elsevier submission flow.稿子交给约稿信里点名的丛书编辑，这条路径不走进爱思唯尔的通用投稿流程。

• A chapter that misses the schedule holds up the whole issue, and the publisher says so in the guide.一章误了排期就拖住整期，出版方在须知里把这一点写明。

• An accepted chapter is copyedited and typeset once the publishing agreement is signed, and proofs follow that stage.录用的章节在出版协议签回后进入编辑加工与排版，校样在那之后才出。