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July 2021 Newsletter

New Funding Available | OTJR Impact Factor | Award Nominations

OTJR Ranks 2nd in OT CiteScore

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With a 2020 CiteScore of 2.600, OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health (OTJR) ranks 2nd out of 18 occupational therapy journals. Scopus provides the OTJR’s CiteScore, which is calculated as the total citations made in the CiteScore year and the prior three years to content published in the CiteScore year and the prior three years, divided by the total number of items published by the journal in the CiteScore year and prior three years.

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health (OTJR), a leading research journal in occupational therapy reflects the Foundation's commitment to advancing the profession through scientific inquiry. OTJR fosters interdisciplinary dialogue with contributions from disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, economics, anthropology, sociology, geography, rehabilitation science, nursing, and social work. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health is indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed.

AOTF Researchers Headline 2021 OT Summit of Scholars

AOTF leadership, Academy of Research members, committee members and funding recipients shared their expertise and knowledge at the 2021 OT Summit of Scholars June 23-25, hosted by Colorado State University. Here's a highlight list of the topics and speakers along with some of their AOTF roles and recognitions:

AOTA and AOTF Research & Publication Priorities:

Timothy J. Wolf, OTD, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, University of Missouri, OTJR Editor-in-Chief
Mary Jane (MJ) Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L, Jefferson University,  AOTF Board Chair
Stacey Reynolds, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015 Intervention Research Grant Recipient

Equity and Justice in Occupational Therapy:

Khalilah Robinson Johnson, PhD, OTR/L, University of NC- Chapel Hill, Standing for Research, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (STRIDE) Committee Member
Mansha Mirza, PhD, OTR/L, ATP, University of Chicago Illinois, 2016 Intervention Research Grant Recipient
Kerri Morgan, PhD, OTR/L, ATP, Washington University in St. Louis, AOTF Board of Trustee

Community-Engaged Service and Scholarship:

Matt Malcolm, PhD, OTR, Colorado State University, 2019 Health Services Research Grant Recipient

Mentoring: Crafting a Culture of Scholarship 

Chih-Ying "Cynthia" Li, PhD, OTR/L, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2021 Early Career Research Excellence Awardee
Joy Hammel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, University of Chicago Illinois, Academy of Research Member, 2016 State of the Science Speaker
Emily Kringle, PhD, OTR/L, University of Illinois, 2016 Meritorious Service Awardee
Anita C. Bundy, ScD, OT/L, FAOTA, FOTARA, Colorado State University, 2021 OT Summit Program Chair, Academy of Research Member

Growing Scholarship: Early/Mid-Career Perspectives:

Carol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L, Northwestern University, 2019 Nedra Gillette Endowed Research Fellowship Recipient, 2019 State of the Science Speaker

Sustaining Scholarship: Senior-Career Perspectives:

Mary Lawlor, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA, University of Southern California, Past AOTF Board Chair, Academy of Research Member
Kristie K Patten, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA, New York University, AOTF Vice Board Chair, 2013 Leadership Service Commendation Awardee
Roger O. Smith, Ph.D. OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow, R2D2 Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Academy of Research Member
Dorothy Edwards, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Academy of Research Member

Work in Progress Session- Perspectives on Multisite Collaboration:

Teal Benevides, PhD, MS, OTR/L, Augusta University, Standing for Research, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (STRIDE) Committee Member, 2019 Health Services Research Grant Recipient

 

OTJR Achieves Highest Impact Factor Ever!

 

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AOTF's journal, OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, has achieved its highest impact factor ever of 1.768 for 2020.  This growth represents contributions of quality data-driven research from authors and the rigorous processes of OTJR's Past and Current Editor-in-Chiefs (Sherrilene Classen, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, FGSA and Timothy Wolf, OTD, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA), Assistant Editor (Melissa Knott, MSc(OT), OT Reg (Ont.), CCLCP), Associate Editors, Editorial Fellows, Review Board Members, and SAGE Publishing Partners.

IM factor Trend OTJR

2021 Release of Journal Citation Reports" with "Source: 2020 Web of Science Data" Data for OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health (OTJR)

OTJR has steadily raised its impact factor from 2016 - 0.795, 2017 - 1.000, 2018 - 1.234 and 2019 - 1.220. The Journal Impact Factor is calculated by adding the citations in 2020 from articles published in 2018 (52 citations) and citations in 2020 from items published in 2019 (47 citations) and dividing that total (99 citations) by the sum of the numbers of citable items in 2018 (27) and 2019 (29). The 5-year Impact Factor is 2.693OTJR is ranked 46/74 in the “Rehabilitation (SSCI)” category. With the 2020 Impact Factor, Clarivate has introduced Early Access content in Journal Citation Reports to more accurately reflect the dynamic citation environment of rapid online publication, phasing in further changes over three years.

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health (OTJR), a leading research journal in occupational therapy reflects the Foundation's commitment to advancing the profession through scientific inquiry. OTJR fosters interdisciplinary dialogue with contributions from disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, economics, anthropology, sociology, geography, rehabilitation science, nursing, and social work. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health is indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed.

June 2021 Newsletter

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