期刊名称：ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
About the journal
 This international journal has distinguished itself through its coverage of the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation and of the more interdisciplinary field of rehabilitation. The journal publishes original articles that report on important trends and developments in these fields. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation brings readers authoritative information on the therapeutic utilization of physical and pharmaceutical agents in providing comprehensive care for persons with disabilities and chronically ill individuals. The journal is ranked 9th out of 27 Rehabilitation titles, and 12th out of 72 Sport Sciences titles on the 2008 Journal Citation Reports? published by Thomson Reuters.
Instructions to Authors
Guide for Authors
The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is the official journal of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). Its purpose is to publish original, peer-reviewed research and clinical reports in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and to inform rehabilitation professionals of developments that affect them in the nonclinical aspect of their practices.
Information for Authors is divided into the following sections: Manuscript Processing, Publication Categories, Authorship, Manuscript Preparation, Manuscript Submission, Instructions for Preparing Structured Abstracts, Checklist, and Uploading Electronic Files.
Manuscript Processing
Review Process
All submissions will be screened by editors to determine suitability for review. Manuscripts approved for review will be evaluated by at least 1 recognized expert in the particular subject matter. Biostatistical review may be obtained. Peer reviewers' assessments are referred to a member of the Editorial Board, who may also critique the manuscript. A decision is then made. All reviews are conducted in a double-blind fashion. Because of this policy, authors must follow the instructions in the section Manuscript Preparation.
Letters to the editors and editorials are usually evaluated by an editorial committee, but external review may be sought.
Published annually without peer review are the ACRM presidential address, and the John Stanley Coulter Lecture. The Editorial Board does not peer review the published abstracts of posters, platform presentations of scientific papers, and audiovisual materials presented at the ACRM annual meeting.
Archives publishes the official documents of ACRM. These documents are not peerreviewed by Archives and include position papers and other materials approved by the Boards of Governors.
Manuscript Submission & Review
Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's online system ( http://ees.elsevier.com/archives-pmr/ ). A cover letter identifying the corresponding author must be included.
The review process will not begin until authors have complied completely with the submission requirements. Compliance includes submission of: (1) the Disclosure Statements and Copyright Assignment form; (2) a proper abstract as outlined in this document; and (3) the manuscript itself, and (4) a completed Checklist.
The Editorial Board member assigned responsibility for a particular manuscript communicates editorial decisions to the designated corresponding author. Decisions are usually communicated within no more than 60 days after the manuscript has been approved for peer review.
Electronic Files
An electronic version of the manuscript, including all tables and figures, must be submitted in masked form with the hard copy. For details on preferred softwares, see Submitting Electronic Files.
Revisions
Manuscripts revised at the request of the Editorial Board must include a document, separate from the cover letter, indicating what revisions have and/or have not been made in response to the Editorial Board's recommendations. If revisions are not received within the time specified, the manuscript file will be closed. A revision received after a file has been closed will be handled as a new submission. An extension beyond the deadline may be granted at the Editorial Board's discretion, but only in extenuating circumstances, given the editors' commitment to prompt publication.
Appeal Process
Authors may appeal a decision to the Editor-in-Chief ofArchives. This appeal must: (1) be in writing, (2) rebut the negative decision, and (3) be submitted within 30 days after the decision. The Editor-in-Chief will assign the appeal to an Editorial Board member for review. The decision from the appeal is final.
Accepted Manuscripts
Manuscripts accepted for publication are subject to editing that may result in requests for certain additions, deletions, or clarifications. Journal style is based on the AMA Manual of Style. Once all questions have been resolved, the manuscript will be typeset and the designated corresponding author only will receive page proofs for approval. Proofs must be returned by the corresponding author within 48 hours of receipt to Elsevier, as outlined in the e-mail instructions accompanying galley pages.
All accepted manuscripts become the permanent property of Archives and may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the publisher.
Reprints
Reprint order forms are provided to authors by e-mail in a downloadable PDF format. The reprint form is sent with an e-mail acknowledgment to the author from Elsevier confirming receipt of the accepted manuscript. Reprint orders should be submitted within 15 days to ensure delivery within 6 weeks after publication. Archives does not provide complimentary reprints.
Publication categories
Contributions to Archives usually are in 1 of the following categories: Articles; Clinical Notes; Brief Reports; Prosthetics, Orthotics, Devices; Commentaries; Review Articles (Meta-Analyses); Clinical Management Reviews; Clinical Implications of Basic Research; Special Communications; Editorials; and Letters to the Editor.
Articles: Present new and important basic and clinical information, extend existing studies, or provide a new approach to a traditional subject. Manuscripts should be limited to 3000 words of text. Figures, tables, and references should be limited to the number needed to clarify, amplify, or document the text.
Clinical Notes: Report an observation that is interesting, new, or of sufficient import to warrant attention. Manuscripts should be limited to 3000 words of text; an extensive review of the literature is not necessary, and references should be limited. One or 2 figures and/or tables usually suffice to supplement the text.
Brief Reports: Provide preliminary communications of new data, research methods, brief case studies of interest, new ideas, and techniques. Manuscripts should be limited to 1250 words of text (or 1000 words plus 1 fig or table), and no more than 10 references.
Prosthetics, Orthotics, Devices: Focus on the device being reported. Manuscripts should be limited to 3000 words of text. The device should be described in a succinct presentation that includes sufficient detail to enable someone to build or obtain it. Its clinical applications should be explained and there should be discussed.
Commentaries: Focus on issues in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Manuscripts should be limited to 2000 words of text. The Editorial Board reserves the right to ensure that the author is qualified, through education and professional experience, to write knowledgeably and appropriately about a particular subject before accepting a Commentary for publication.
Review Articles (Meta-Analyses): The Editorial Board invites proposals for state-of-the-art review articles. Persons interested in writing a review article should identify in an email to the Editorial Board's Review Article Committee the particular topic they propose to review. The email should include a 1-2 page detailed outline of the article and a bibliography that demonstrates that research sufficient to justify a review article. Curriculum vitae of all authors who intend to write the article must also be submitted, and must reflect the authors' expertise in the proposed topic. Authors should not submit a completed review article until they are formally invited to do so by the Review Article Committee. Manuscripts should be limited to 5000 words of text, exclusive of references. Authors must submit financial disclosures before a decision is made on any proposal. The Committee prefers systematic reviews of the literature.
Clinical Management Reviews: The Editorial Board invites proposals for Clinical Management Reviews that will help rehabilitation practitioners solve common clinical problems. Manuscripts should focus on clinical elements commonly seen in rehabilitation practice; they should not contain research data from previously unreported research, speculation, or extensively review the literature. Manuscripts should be limited to 3000 words, not more than 30 references, and a maximum of 2 tables and 4 figures.
Clinical Implications of Basic Research: The Editorial Board invites proposals for articles that discuss the clinical implications of basic research in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Manuscripts should develop new concepts that facilitate the understanding and treatment of disease processes that may impact rehabilitation professionals' practice. Persons interested in writing an article should identify in an email to the Editorial Board's Review Article Committee the particular topic they propose to explore. The email should include a detailed outline and curriculum vitae of all authors who intend to write the article. Authors should not submit a completed manuscript until they are formally invited to do so by the Review Article Committee. Manuscripts should be limited to 4000 words, exclusive of references. Technical concepts must be explained succinctly for the technically uninformed.
Special Communications: Provide information or an objective analysis of issues in physical medicine and rehabilitation that does not qualify as a research or clinical paper or commentary. Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and should be limited to 5000 words of text, exclusive of references.
Editorials: Editorials published in Archives may only be written by the elected officers of ACRM, or by members of the Editorial Board. Prior to publication, all editorials are approved by the Editorial Board's Executive Committee. Editorials do not represent the opinions or positions of ACRM or the Editorial Board. Editorials should be limited to 1000 words of text.
Letters to The Editor: Letters are published at the discretion of the Editorial Board. Letters should be brief and directly related to the published article on which it comments. Letters may not reference unpublished studies or reference "in press" studies that are not publicly available. The editorial staff reserves the right to condense and edit without consulting the writer. Letters must be limited to 500 words of text, 1 table, and no more than 5 references.
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