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The Indian Journal ofPhysiotherapy & Occupational Therapy

An International Journal · Quarterly · Open access · Double-blind peer-reviewed
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Since 20064 issues
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Published quarterly since 2006, open for submissions all year

Issues come out in January–March, April–June, July–September and October–December. Manuscripts can be submitted at any time.

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NC 4.0

Open access, with authors keeping copyright

The journal has been open access since 2020. There is no submission fee; processing charges apply only if an article is accepted.

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July–September 2026

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April–June 2026

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Volume 20 · Issue 1

January–March 2026

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Volume 19 · Issue 4

October–December 2025

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About the journal

The Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy publishes research on assessment, treatment, prevention and recovery across physiotherapy, occupational therapy and rehabilitation. Published in English since 2006, it comes out quarterly, uses double-blind peer review, and has been open access since 2020.

It is published by the Institute of Medico-Legal Publications, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. About the publisher »

Authors, reviewers and readers can find the journal's aims and scope, peer review process and publication ethics on this site, and submit manuscripts through the Article Submission page.

Frequency
Quarterly
Review
Double-blind
Access
Open since 2020
Published
Since 2006

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Aims and scope

The journal publishes original research, reviews, case reports and protocols on assessment, treatment, prevention and recovery in physiotherapy, occupational therapy and rehabilitation.

Physiotherapy

Assessment and interventions for musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, sports, neurological, cardiopulmonary, obstetric and gynaecological, paediatric and other clinical conditions.

Occupational therapy

Assessment and interventions for functional limitations, activity and participation, independence and rehabilitation across neurological, developmental, musculoskeletal and other conditions.

Clinical and community rehabilitation

Prevention, recovery, functional improvement and long-term management in clinical and community settings.

Before you submit. Manuscripts must fall within the journal's scope and have ethical clearance.

What the journal aims to do

  1. Publish high-quality research, including original studies, reviews, case reports and protocols.
  2. Advance clinical practice and rehabilitation with evidence on assessment, treatment, prevention and recovery.
  3. Encourage collaboration across physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation and related disciplines.
  4. Address healthcare needs, especially in developing and resource-limited settings.
  5. Support knowledge exchange among researchers, educators, clinicians and rehabilitation professionals worldwide.

Target audience

Primary

Physiotherapists and occupational therapists

Research

Researchers

Teaching

Educators

Learning

Students and trainees

Healthcare

Physicians and nurses

Allied health

Rehabilitation counsellors and speech-language pathologists

Publication schedule

The journal is published quarterly, with four issues in each volume. Manuscripts can be submitted at any time.

Issue 1

January–March

Published each year

Issue 2

April–June

Published each year

Issue 3

July–September

Published each year

Issue 4

October–December

Published each year

For authors: journal policies

Open access

Free to read and reuse

All content is freely available without charge. It can be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, printed, searched and linked to without permission from the publisher or author, in line with the BOAI definition of open access. The open access version, in HTML and PDF, is on the article platform.

Funding

How the journal is supported

Revenue comes from print copies supplied to colleges and universities, author charges (only on acceptance), and advertising and sponsorship. See the advertising page.

Open access statement

The Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy is an open access journal. Its content is freely available to everyone, in line with the definition of open access in the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

By “open access” to this literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.

Source: Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002. Articles are published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence, and authors retain copyright.

Processing charges

ChargeIndia and SAARC countriesRest of the world
Submission feeNoneNone
Article processing charge (on acceptance)₹6,000USD 100

Processing charges apply only if an article is accepted, and authors who do not want to pay may withdraw.

Editors-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief · Physiotherapy

Dr. Nishat Quddus

Associate Professor & Head, Physiotherapy, School of Nursing Sciences and Allied Health, Jamia Hamdard

Editor-in-Chief · Occupational Therapy

Prof. (Dr.) R.K. Sharma

Dean, Paramedical and Allied Health Sciences; Principal, Santosh Occupational Therapy College

Meet the full editorial team

Contact

Institute of Medico-Legal Publications
Logix Office Tower, Unit No. 1704, Logix City Centre Mall,
Sector-32, Noida-201 301 (Uttar Pradesh)

Mobile: +91-8826599604 · Landline: 0120-4294015

www.ijpot.com · www.imlp.in