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Aims and scope

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (ERAR) is an open access journal that publishes research articles, review articles and case reports in the field of adult and pediatric rheumatological and musculoskeletal conditions. The journal publishes articles on topics such as diagnostic modalities, laboratory and imaging and therapy including rehabilitation approach focusing on restoration of function and quality of life to those with physical impairments. The journal will appeal to professional practitioners who specialize in rheumatology and rehabilitation and those with an interest in clinical studies.

Open access

All articles published by the Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here.

As authors of articles published in the Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article, according to the SpringerOpen copyright and license agreement.

For those of you who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, SpringerOpen can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed.

Article-processing charges

The publication costs for Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation is supported through an agreement between Springer Nature and the Specialized Presidential Council for Education and Scientific Research (Government of Egypt), therefore author-payable article-processing charges do not apply.

Indexing Services

All articles published in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation are included in:

  • DOAJ
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Dimensions
  • EBSCO Discovery Service
  • Google Scholar
  • Naver
  • OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
  • TD Net Discovery Service
  • CLOCKSS
  • Portico

The full text of all articles is deposited in digital archives around the world to guarantee long-term digital preservation. You can also access all articles published by SpringerOpen on SpringerLink. We are working closely with relevant indexing services including PubMed Central and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) to ensure that articles published in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation will be available in their databases when appropriate.

Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation operates a double-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers do not know the names or affiliations of the authors and the reviewer reports provided to the authors are anonymous. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. Reviewers will also be asked to indicate how interesting and significant the research is. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.

Citing articles in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Articles in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.

Article citations follow this format:

Authors: Title. Egypt Rheumatol Rehabil [year], [volume number]:[article number].

e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Egypt Rheumatol Rehabil 2009, 1:115.

1:115 refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal.

Editorial policies

All manuscripts submitted to Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation should adhere to SpringerOpen's editorial policies.

Once your article is accepted, it will be processed by production and published shortly afterwards. In some cases, articles may be held for a short period of time prior to publication. If you have any concerns or particular requirements please contact the Journal.

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Appeals and complaints

Authors who wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint should follow the procedure outlined in the BMC Editorial Policies.

Benefits of publishing with SpringerOpen

High visibility

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience. 

Speed of publication

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF; the article will then be available through Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and SpringerOpen.

Flexibility

Online publication in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

Promotion and press coverage

Articles published in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation are included in article alerts and regular email updates. 
In addition, articles published in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Copyright

Authors of articles published in Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work (for further details, see the copyright and license agreement).

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Affiliated with

  • Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation is affiliated with Egyptian Society of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    0.8 - 2-year Impact Factor

    2023 Speed
    7 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    60 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    336,521 downloads
    63 Altmetric mentions