This document summarizes information for 5 rehabilitation and biomechanics journals. It provides details such as editor names, submission websites, acceptance rates, citation styles, font guidelines, and abstract requirements. Key details include Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair having a 27 day average time to publication and requiring abstracts up to 250 words. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation requests abstracts and keywords, and follows AMA citation style. Journal of Biomechanics has the longest average review time at 23.7 weeks and allows original articles up to 3500 words.

1. Rank Journal Names Editor Managing Editor Email Phone Submission Web Address (URL) Acceptance
Rate
Average
Time to
Publication
Citation
Style
Page Formatting
Guidelines
Required
Font/Size
Title Paremeters (ie:
word limit)
Abstract Guidelines Publisher Other
1 Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair Randolph Nudo, PhD
University of Kansas
Medical Center
Gert Kwakkel, PT, PhD
VU University Medical
Centre Amsterdam
Not specified General journal
inquiries 1-800-
818-7243
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nnr Not specified 27 days AMA All submissions should
be in US English,
double spaced,Word
DOC, RTF, XLS. LaTeX
files are also accepted.
The text should be
double-spaced
throughout and with a
minimum of 2.5 cm (1
inch) for left and right
hand margins and 2.5
cm at head and foot. All
submissions should be
in US English, double
spaced.
12 point Arial,
Times or Times
New Roman font
No specified for title.
Authorship and other
guidelines found on:
http://nnr.sagepub.com/s
ite/misc/NNR_manuscrip
t_submission_guidelines
.pdf
Up to 250 words and structured with
the following subheadings:
Background, Objective, Methods,
Results, Conclusions. Do not simply
repeat the Results in the Conclusions
– state what was learned and what
needs to be done next.
Key Words: Up to 6 key words or
terms from MeSH terms in PubMed
should be included for use by
referencing sources.
Headings in the text should appear as
follows in bold and italics (please use
subheadings as needed):
Introduction, Methods, Results,
Discussion, and
Conclusions/Implications (if not
repeating what has been stated).
Sage Publishing Mandatory online
submission
Contributor
agreement
https://us.sagepub
.com/en-
us/nam/contributor
-agreement
2 Archives of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Leighton Chan
Allen W. Heinemann
Glenn Collins JournalsOnline
Support-
usa@elsevier.c
om
(800) 654-2452
(Toll Free US &
Canada)
(314) 447-8871
(Outside US &
Canada)
http://ees.elsevier.com/archives-
pmr/default.asp?pg=login.asp
not stated 6.5 weeks AMA Essential elements:
Abstract, Keywords,
Introduction, Methods,
Results, Conclusions,
Artwork and Tables with
Captions.
standard 12-point
type & spacing
Title page: Running
header no more than 40
character spaces;Title
(no abbreviations);
Author(s) full name(s)
and highest academic
degree(s);The name(s)
of the institution(s),
section(s), division(s),
and department(s)
where the study was
performed.
Key Words: Up to 6 key words or
terms from MeSH terms in PubMed
should be included for use by
referencing sources. If you wish to
have your paper cited, choose the
best terms.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrows
er.html
Elsevier
3 Gait and Posture Professor T. Dreher n/a n/a n/a http://ees.elsevier.com/gaipos/ not stated not stated Headings in the text should appear as
follows in bold and italics (please use
subheadings as needed):
Introduction, Methods, Results,
Discussion, and
Conclusions/Implications (if not
repeating what has been stated).
4 Journal of Biomechanics Farshid Guilak n/a n/a n/a http://ees.elsevier.com/bm/default.a
sp
https://www.journ
alguide.com/journ
als/journal-of-
biomechanics
23.7 wks
http://journali
nsights.elsevi
er.com/journ
als/0021-
9290
not stated Original Articles, up to
3500 words (3500
words approximately
equals the content of 14
double-spaced
manuscript pages with
additional space for 8 to
10 figures or tables),
although longer articles
may occasionally be
considered by the
editors in special
circumstances.
The text should be
ready for setting in
type and should be
carefully checked
for errors prior to
submission. Scripts
should be typed
double-spaced.
not stated An abstract not exceeding one
paragraph of 250 words should
appear at the beginning of each
Survey, Original Article, Perspective
Article or Short Communication; the
abstract will serve instead of a
concluding summary and should be
substantive, factual and intelligible
without reference to the rest of the
paper.
Elsevier
5 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation David J
Reinkensmeyer
Oliver Andreas Stolas,
Diogo Schwerz de
Lucena
Editorial email:
jner@biomedc
entral.com
Support email:
info@biomedce
ntral.com
not stated http://www.editorialmanager.com/jn
er/default.aspx
not stated not stated BioMed
Central
reference
style
Title, abstract,
keywords, background,
methods, results,
discussion, conclusion.
abbreviations,
declarations, endnotes,
references
double spaced, no
specific font
specified
Title that includes, the
study design e.g.:
"A versus B in the
treatment of C: a
randomized controlled
trial", "X is a risk factor
for Y: a case control
study", "What is the
impact of factor X on
subject Y: A systematic
review"
or for non-clinical or non-
research studies a
description of what the
article reports
not to exceed 350 words. Minimize
use of abbreviations, do not cite
references
Biomed Central
Group Members:
Cori Arquines
Philip Fabrizio
Debbie Jarnegin
Nancy Krisch
References:
SJR Scimago Journal and Country Rank.
Journal Rankings. Retrieved from
http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php