BiomedicalPublications

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

AOSIS·South Africa·ISSN 0379-6175

Open accessIn DOAJMedicine

South African Journal of Physiotherapy is published by AOSIS as an open access journal (ISSN 0379-6175). The list article processing charge is $434. Typical time to publication is 30 wks. Its OpenAlex h-index is 28. Primary field: Medicine. It is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. Figures on this page are sourced from OpenAlex and DOAJ and should be confirmed on the journal’s own site before submission.

Cost to publish

$434

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Checked · Journal fee page

Time to publication

30 wks

Slower than average; plan your timeline accordingly.

h-index

28

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

1.2

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in South African Journal of Physiotherapy is listed at $434. The publisher also lists 8,000 ZAR. No waiver policy is recorded in our sources, which does not mean none exists. Ask.

The journal's own fee page →

Peer review and licensing

Review modelDouble anonymous peer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY
Author keeps copyrightYes
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

8 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ applies a documented set of inclusion criteria.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredDouble anonymous peer review
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2026.

Scope

The subjects South African Journal of Physiotherapy publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersEducational Robotics and EngineeringStroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationSports injuries and preventionSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

Publication record

Indexed articles1,720
Total citations6,069
i10-index181
Most recent indexed article2026
Open access since2002
All ISSNs0379-6175, 2410-8219

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.