Physiotherapy Research International's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 1.5, ranking Q2 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Two-year citation average from OpenAlex data, updated August 2026.
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Journal Metrics Score 2026 · 2021–2024 window citedness 2.42.
Middle 50%: 127–263 days
100 of 100 PubMed-indexed articles · 100% coverage · 2024–2025
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34 of 280 works · same type, year & subfield
3 works · same type, year & subfield
Below field-year expectation
of 1,277 topic-associated OpenAlex sources by lifetime output
FWCI compares papers with the same publication year, type, and field. 1.0 is the world average; above 1.0 is above expectation. This journal's median is 0.86, so its typical recent paper runs about 14% below its field benchmark.
12.1% of recent papers rank in the global top 10% after field normalization. This is easier to compare across specialties than raw citation totals.
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OpenAlex source records · 2016–2025
280 OpenAlex works · 2021–2024
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| Category | Quartile |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | Q2 |
| Rehabilitation | Q3 |
| Pharmacology | Q3 |
| Psychiatry and Mental health | Q3 |
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Physiotherapy Research International's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 1.5, from the August 2026 data release. The score is a two-year citation average computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works.
Physiotherapy Research International's best quartile is Q2. By OpenAlex subfield: Q2 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Q3 in Rehabilitation; Q3 in Pharmacology; Q3 in Psychiatry and Mental health. Quartiles rank journals by Journal Metrics Score within each subfield.
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Across 100 recent PubMed records with both dates, Physiotherapy Research International took a median of 183 days from submission to acceptance; the middle half took 127–263 days. This interval includes editorial handling and revisions, so it is not the time to a first decision.
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