Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences is a multidisciplinary journal publishing research that investigates rehabilitation from biological, clinical, and socio-humanistic perspectives.

Rehabilitation is the health strategy of the 21st century, optimizing people's functioning in a future where people live longer, but with more disabilities.

Led by Field Chief Editor Gerold Stucki (University of Lucerne and Swiss Paraplegic Research, Switzerland), Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences combines theoretical approaches and clinical practice with policy implementation to close the gap between research and practice.

Its mission is to contribute to the better health, functioning, and wellbeing of people that experience disability.

This journal covers the following subject areas: • disability, rehabilitation, and inclusion • human functioning • interventions for rehabilitation • medical and surgical rehabilitation • pulmonary rehabilitation • rehabilitation engineering • rehabilitation for musculoskeletal conditions • rehabilitation in children and youth • rehabilitation in neurological conditions • strengthening rehabilitation in health systems • translational research in rehabilitation • work rehabilitation.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Health Professions and Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,950.00 CHF. Learn more.

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