British Journal of Occupational Therapy
The British Journal of Occupational Therapy (BJOT) publishes peer-reviewed articles with international relevance that advance knowledge in research, practice, education, and policy in occupational therapy. The journal has been established since 1938, is owned by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and has been published with SAGE since 2015. It is published monthly and is peer reviewed, with complete editorial independence from the Royal College. The journal’s international Editorial Board comprises leading figures in occupational therapy research working in a range of areas.
The BJOT Article Excellence Award, given by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT), recognizes excellence in articles contributing to the advancement of occupational therapy, internationally. The winner is selected from all BJOT articles published in the previous calendar year. Articles are nominated by the BJOT Editorial Board.
Content
BJOT publishes research articles, reviews, editorials and Registered RCT protocols. We publish practice analysis articles and opinion pieces only if they are of exceptional quality. The journal regularly publishes special issues on topics relevant to occupational therapy.
Anyone can submit their research to BJOT, and international submissions are welcomed, as are interdisciplinary or related research studies that can show their relevance to occupational therapy. The journal particularly encourages the submission of feasibility and pilot studies and systematic reviews.
The Editorial Board’s current strategy is to focus on internationally relevant research and reviews and in particular those on clinical and client areas, although submissions in all relevant areas are welcomed. We also welcome proposals for topics for guest-edited special issues, which are considered by our editor-in-chief in liaison with the BJOT Editorial Board.
Final decisions are at the editor-in-chief’s discretion. For further information please see the Peer Review Policy in the Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
BJOT is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Subscription
• Individual or institutional subscriptions provides access to current research and to an archive of relevant research and other articles published in BJOT previously
• The journal is offered at a free or reduced price to qualifying countries in developing areas, see https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/developing-world-initiatives.
Publication benefits
• Readership: BJOT is available to thousands of institutions via SAGE journals, and indexed in a large number of databases; it is also available as a member benefit to all members of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, the American Occupational Therapy Association, Occupational Therapy Australia and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.
• Fast publication: Once accepted, articles are published OnlineFirst as soon as they are ready.
• Open Access option (SAGE Choice).
• The journal will provide expedited peer review and publication for significant and funded research where possible.
BJOT’s chief aim is to publish peer-reviewed articles with international relevance that advance knowledge in research, practice, education, and policy in occupational therapy so that researchers, practitioners and service users have strong evidence on which to base decisions.
The journal publishes evidence on the effectiveness, benefit, and value of occupational therapy as well as interdisciplinary and related research that is relevant to occupational therapy, worldwide.
The Editorial Board’s current strategy is to focus on internationally relevant research and reviews, in particular systematic reviews, on clinical and client areas, although submissions in all article types and areas are welcomed, as are proposals for topics for special issues.
| Rod Lambert, PhD, Adv Cert HE Practice, MA, CHSM, MRCOT, DipCOT | Consulting Occupational Therapist, UK |
| Sankeetha Nadarajah | Royal College of Occupational Therapists, UK |
| Assoc Prof Susan Stark PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA | Washington University, USA |
| Dr Jo Watson | Dr Jo Watson Consulting Ltd, UK |
| Professor Carolyn Unsworth PhD, BAppSci(Occ.Ther),OTR, FOTARA | Federation University, Australia |
| Dr Phillip Whitehead, PhD, MPhil, BSc(Hons) | Newcastle University, UK |
| Daleen Casteleijn, PhD, M Occ Ther, DHETP, DVR, B Occ Ther (Hons) | University of the Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Dr Suresh Kumar | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
| Professor Hiromi Nakamura-Thomas, PhD, OTR | Saitama Prefectural University, Japan |
| Dr Duncan Pentland D Health Soc Sci, MSc (OT), MA, BSc (Hons) | Queen Mary University, UK |
| Claudia Reinoso Araujo de Carvalho, PhD | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Professor Hector Tsang PhD, OTR | Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
| Professor Naomi Weintraub PhD, OTR/L | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| Assoc Prof Nancy Baker | Tufts University, USA |
| Professor Sue Baptiste | McMaster University, Canada |
| Assoc Prof Helen Buchanan | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Prof Dr Patricia de Vriendt | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
| Dr Eddie Duncan | University of Stirling, UK |
| Dr Winnie Dunn | University of Missouri, USA |
| Professor Kirsty Forsyth | Queen Margaret University, UK |
| Professor Anders Kottorp | University of Malmö, Sweden |
| Dr Camilla Malinowsky | Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.