You are invited to submit a manuscript for consideration in a special issue on rural rehabilitation and workforce research. For this issue, the editors will consider manuscripts from any geographic context and across a range of topics, professions or scientific disciplines that address rural rehabilitation and workforce issues, including but not limited to: rural disparities in the access to and quality of care, models to enhance rural rehabilitation access or outcomes, education and strengthening of rural rehabilitation workforces, and recruitment and retention of rehabilitation workforces in rural locations.
Article types include but are not limited to:
Efficacy and effectiveness studies
Pilot and feasibility studies
Systematic and scoping reviews
Observational studies, including qualitative or quantitative
August 1, 2024: Special issue open for submissions
February 1, 2025: Manuscript submission deadline
May 1, 2025: Reviews provided to authors
July 1, 2025: Final manuscripts due
Fall 2025: Publication of the special issue
About the Journal
WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation (impact factor: 1.7) is an interdisciplinary, international journal founded by Karen Jacobs, which publishes high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts covering the entire scope of the occupation of work. Work is broadly defined as occupation and includes employment, education, and volunteerism.
