The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy (CJOT) is an official peer-reviewed journal of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT). The principal content of the journal provides empirical evidence and theoretical/conceptual arguments that support and advance occupation-based, client-centred enablement of relevance to the Canadian context and occupational therapy globally.
The journal is published four times a year in March, June, September and December by SAGE publications, on behalf of CAOT. CJOT is an English/French bilingual journal. Articles are published in the language of submission with the title, key words, and abstract translated into the other language.
The CJOT was published for the first time in September 1933 and has fostered advancement and growth in occupational therapy scholarship throughout its history.
- The mission of the journal is to provide a forum for leading-edge occupational therapy scholarship that advances theory, practice, education, research, and policy.
- The vision is to be a high-quality scholarly journal that is at the forefront of the science of occupational therapy and a destination journal for the top scholars in the field, globally.
Golden Quill
The Golden Quill is awarded yearly to acknowledge an individual author or a group of authors who has/have published an exceptional article in CJOT in the two previous volume year.
CJOT Open Access Articles (no fees)
Through a transformative agreement, CJOT authors from a Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) institution may now publish their articles as open access with no Article Processing Charge (APC). A Creative Commons license CC BY will be applied to open access publications unless a different license is requested by the author.
The recent CRKN agreement grants corresponding authors at participating Canadian institutions the right to publish Open Access across SAGE’s subscription titles at no direct cost to them. This includes CJOT. The CRKN subscription package now covers both read access and publishing rights, often termed a Read and Publish Agreement or Transformative Agreement. All SAGE agreements are tailored to meet the particular needs and circumstances of its institutional customers while seeking to maintain current revenue levels.
The CRKN agreement terms will apply to articles that have been accepted for publication on or after January 1, 2021 where the corresponding author is affiliated with a participating CRKN member institution. A visual guide to the author workflow process is available here.
Volunteer opportunities
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CJOT Associate Editor |
open until qualified applicant has been found | For more information |
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CJOT Editorial Board |
open until qualified applicants have been found | For more information |
Receive regular alerts for CJOT and other supported SAGE publications
CAOT members can now register to receive email alerts about new content published in CJOT and other periodicals, including direct links to articles. This option is fully customizable, allowing you to choose the frequency of the emails you receive and the publications you receive alerts for.
The abstracts are open to all readers on the CJOT site at SAGE Journals .
The articles are open to individual CAOT members and associates and other CJOT subscribers on the CJOT site at SAGE Journals (sign-in required).
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Signing up for email alerts
- Sign in to your SAGE Journals account. This is not the same as your CAOT member login- if you have not created one in the past you will be required to register. Go to the CJOT homepage. Scroll down to the “Connect With Us” box on the right side of your screen. Please select the Sign Up button. A pop-up will appear titled Add Email Alerts. Check the box for new content and announcements. When done, select add alerts. You may repeat this process for any other SAGE journal(s) you are interested in.
- We recommend that you set the alert frequency to monthly. This means you will receive a digest of all OnlineFirst articles published in the past month, as well as an alert with the table of contents whenever a new issue publishes online. Daily and weekly alerts are available as an option, too.
- You can unsubscribe from alerts at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of the alert email.
- If you are already signed up for alerts, the system will recognize this. This means you will continue to receive alerts according to the preferences you set up in your SAGE Journals account and will not receive any duplicate alerts.
For any questions regarding the alerts, please contact practice@caot.ca or at 1-800-434-2268 ext. 260.
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Publishing in the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy (CJOT)
CJOT welcomes submissions from authors in Canada and internationally. To ensure a viable submission, please make use of the following resources:
CJOT author guidelines . All manuscripts are screened to ensure they adhere to the CJOT author guidelines. The author guidelines describe CJOT’s scope and priorities, types of manuscripts, and style requirements, including use of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition for headings and referencing.
Publishing queries:
If you have a query about the content of your manuscript as it pertains to CJOT mission, vision, and scope, please e-mail the Editor-in-chief, Dr. Brenda Vrkljan at cjoteditor@caot.ca.
If you have a query about the status of a manuscript under review , please e-mail CAOT Director of Knowledge Translation Programs, Josée Séguin at jseguin@caot.ca.
For more information about SAGE publishing policies on copyright and permissions, author e-prints, corrections policy, conflicting interests, funding, acknowledgements, and open access and author archiving visit the SAGE Publishing Journal Author Gateway .
For more detailed information on current year bibliometrics, please visit SAGE CJOT metrics: https://journals.sagepub.com/metrics/cjo .
For information on the specifics of each of these bibliometrics, please visit: Brown, T. (2012). How does the CJOT measure up? Taking journal quality metrics into account. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79, 195–198. doi:10.2182/cjot.2012.79.4.1
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CJOT |
Total citations |
2-year Impact factor |
5-year Impact Factor |
Self-citation rate |
Immediacy index |
Scopus (CiteScore) |
Full text usage |
Cited 1/2 life |
Rank: Rehabilitation science (SSCI) |
Rank: Social science (SCIE) |
|
2022 |
1,573 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
12.625% |
0.200 |
2.500 8/28 |
308,924 |
11.8 |
43/68 |
40/73 |
|
2021 |
1,516 |
1.630 |
2.006 |
12.584% |
0.432 |
2.0 6/23 |
273,583 |
12.6 |
53/68 |
52/73 |
|
2020 |
1,575 |
1.614 |
2.128 |
10.611% |
0.300 |
1.9 6/21 |
226,239 |
11.5 |
55/68 |
52/74 |
|
2019 |
1,252 |
0.966 |
1.674 |
7.9% |
0.286 |
1.8 6/18 |
190,542 |
12.1 |
59/68 |
52/71 |
|
2018 |
1,006 |
1.098 |
1.381 |
8.25% |
0.286 |
2.1 6/16 |
161,950 |
11.6 |
51/65 |
48/69 |
|
2017 |
1,097 |
1.327 |
2.035 |
8.75% |
0.348 |
2.4 3/16 |
154,559 |
>10.0 |
44/65 |
36/69 |
|
2016 |
967 |
1.255 |
1.530 |
7% |
0250 |
2.0 5/15 |
142,081 |
>10.0 |
39/65 |
31/70 |
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2015 |
879 |
1.179 |
1.464 |
9% |
0.407 |
2.4 4/15 |
134,061 |
>10.0 |
41/65 |
33/71 |
|
2014 |
684 |
0.915 |
1.226 |
12% |
0.179 |
1.9 5/15 |
119,176 |
9.3 |
49/64 |
45/61 |
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2013 |
n/a |
0.742 |
N/A |
10% |
0.143 |
1.8 6/15 |
88,118 |
8.1 |
52/62 |
51/69 |
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2012 |
604 |
0.688 |
N/A |
10% |
0.240 |
2.0 4/14 |
- |
8.5 |
50/63 |
47/55 |
| 2022-Present | Brenda Vrkljan |
| 2021 - 2022 | Catherine Backman and Rose Martini (Interim co-editors) |
| 2019 - 2021 | Catherine Vallée, PhD, erg. |
| 2011 – 2019 | Helene. J. Polatajko, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.), FCAOT, FCAHS |
| 2006– 2011 | Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OTR/L |
| 2002–2006 | Fern Swedlove, BScOT |
| 1983-2001 | Geraldine Moore |
| 1981-1982 | Annette Rudy |
| 1976-1980 | Alice Lehrer |
| 1974-1976 | Rosalie Kupfer-Hallstuch |
| 1971-1974 | Sheila Majoribanks |
| 1963-1971 | Joan W. Crosby |
| 1961-1962 | D. W. Hillhouse |
| 1959-1960 | W. M. Irvine |
| 1954-1958 | Pat Fisher |
| 1954 | R. Ross |
| 1949-1954 | Beth Pierce Robinson |
| 1938-1948 | R. M. Franks |
| 1936-1938 | K. I. McMurrich (co-editor) |
| 1933-1937 | T. G. Heaton |