Abstract
With this article, we try to know the current occupational therapy journals, as well as their visibility and quality. The sample selection was made from the ULRICH database and Latindex and C17 catalog. The search was completed with a web search. The inclusion criteria were active and peer-reviewed scientific journals. The variables analyzed were: Visibility (publication language, presence in databases -ERIC, Psychinfo, Medline, Scopus, OTDBASE, CINAHL, and Web of Science), accessibility (subscription, free or Open Access), and quality indicators (Journal Citation Reports and Scimago Journal Ranking). 43 journals met the criteria. Visibility 69,8% were indexed in at least one database, being the most representative, the discipline's database, followed by the health sciences, multidisciplinary and to a lesser extent those of the social sciences. 25,6% are incorporated into the Open Access movement, and 18,6% are Free Access. Prestige, 20,9% are incorporated in JCR and 41,9% in SJR. After analyzing five quality criteria, only the Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, and Occupational Therapy International meet them. This study shows the reality of the specific journals of the specialty, as well as their strengths and weaknesses. We hope that knowing this reality we will improve the rates of knowledge production in occupational therapy.
Keywords:
Occupational Therapy; Scholarly Communication; Periodicals as Topic; Databases; Bibliographic; Scientific and Technical Publications
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