Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Aims & Scope

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology along with Disability and Rehabilitation seek to encourage a better understanding of all aspects of disability and to promote rehabilitation science, practice and policy aspects of the rehabilitation process.

Taken together, both journals represent an important forum for the dissemination and exchange of ideas amongst global health practitioners and researchers.

The mission of Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology is to advance the practice and science of interdisciplinary and integrative assistive technology service delivery and product design internationally so that persons with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and challenges to the performance of activities and participation in life roles, achieve enhanced functioning and life quality.

Assistive technology focuses on both equipping individuals with the most appropriate technologies and also removing barriers to functioning that exist in the environment.

Topics range from everyday/mainstream to specialized devices, and include: exoskeltons and robotics; smart homes; information and communication technologies and computerized systems; ergonomics; universal design; ambient assistive technology; telerehabilitation; job and environmental accommodations; and methods of service delivery.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.745

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	59

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7463

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1385

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering, Health Professions and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Consumer design priorities for upper limb prosthetics

  Citation: 414

  Authors: Elaine, Dorcas, Tom

• 3D-printed upper limb prostheses: a review

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Jelle, Gerwin, Paul

• Prosthesis rejection in acquired major upper-limb amputees: a population-based survey

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Kristin, Ingrid Marie, Rosemary Joy, Beate, Ola Hunsbeth, Per

• Assistive technologies in reducing caregiver burden among informal caregivers of older adults: a systematic review

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Keshini

• A framework for modelling the selection of assistive technology devices (ATDs)

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Marcia, Jeffrey, Marcus, Louise, Frank

• Prosthetic feet: State-of-the-art review and the importance of mimicking human ankle–foot biomechanics

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Rino, Pieter, Michael, Anja, Ronald, Dirk

• Virtual reality rehabilitation of balance: assessment of the usability of the Nintendo Wii^®Fit Plus

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Dara, Aine, Susan, Deirdre, Rory

• Assistive technology provision: towards an international framework for assuring availability and accessibility of affordable high-quality assistive technology

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Luc, Emily, Shivani, Vinicius Delgado, Uta

• Literature review on monitoring technologies and their outcomes in independently living elderly people

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Kirsten K. B., Monique A. S., Manuela, Carmen D., Luc P.

• The impact of assistive technology use for students with disabilities in higher education: a systematic review

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Aoife, Hannah, Deirdre, Pamela

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