The ''Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development'' was a

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published by the

Rehabilitation Research and Development Service The Veterans Health Administration Office of Research and Development's Rehabilitation Research and Development (RR&D) Service funds research to improve or restore function in veterans who have become disabled because of injury or disease. As the ...

of the

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. It covered research on

rehabilitation medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to people with physical impairments or disabilities. This can include conditions su ...

. It published ten issues in print and electronic formats each year. The journal's website contains the full archive dating back to 1964. The journal was established in 1964 as the ''Bulletin of Prosthetics Research'', obtaining its latest name in 1983. In 2017, the journal announced that it would cease publication, to be replaced with a community organised through the open access publisher

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal has been abstracted and indexed by: According to the ''

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'', the journal had an

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of 1.043 in 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal Of Rehabilitation Research And Development Publications established in 1964 English-language journals Open access journals Rehabilitation medicine journals United States Department of Veterans Affairs Publications disestablished in 2017 1964 establishments in the United States 2017 disestablishments in the United States