Editorial Statement

• The IJOT is published quarterly (four times a year), as: Issue 1: January-March, Issue 2: April-June, Issue 3: July-September and Issue 4: October-December, effective from January, 2017.
• For the Guidelines to Authors for Submission Visit AIOTA/IJOT website (http://aiota.org/publications/guidelines and http://www.ijotonweb.org) for PDF download.
• The official language of the Journal is American (US) English.
• The official language of the Journal is American (US) English. IJOT welcomes submissions of original scientific research papers, review papers, case reports, preliminary articles, editorials, and specialist issue editorials, on all aspects of occupational therapy. It also includes publication of book reviews & letters to the editor.
• The conference (OTICON) abstracts (of oral and e-poster: research papers only), will be published every year in IJOT - Issue 2: April-June.
• IJOT - Issue 4: October-December will be the specialty edition every year based on specialty theme pre-decided by the editorial board. This Issue will also include guest editorial solicited to an experienced researcher in the pre-decided theme.
• IJOT welcomes contributions/announcements on news, academic events and information related to occupational therapy, allied healthcare and rehabilitative aspects, from all over the world.

Circulation of Print Issues

Print Issues of IJOT are available on subscription for all from January 2018 onward. Authors may subscribe print issues and/or reprints, as needed, for their records of their publication, as per the current IJOT subscription tariffs. Please note: Subscription rates are subject to revision. The AIOTA Members (Life and Provisional) can access full text PDF articles of each IJOT issues at the website: http://www.ijotonweb.org after login; provided their details are updated in members' database at www.aiota.org. For updating details may contact the Assistant Editor (Website) at asst_editor_w@ijotonweb.org and admin@aiota.org.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners: Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, National Science Library, ProQuest, TdNet, Wanfang Data The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following: Indian Citation Index

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Account Name: All India Occupational Therapists’ Association.

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For payment related queries, Honorary Treasurer, AIOTA to be contacted at treasurer@aiota.org. The advertisement rates are subject to revision.

Disclaimer

The editorial board disclaims any responsibility or liability for statements made, opinion expressed or claims made by authors, readers and advertisers.

Copyright and Photocopying Rights

No part of the publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronically or mechanically, without the written permission from the Editor-in-Chief. The editorial board reserves the right to refuse any matter for publication and decision of the board must be accepted as final. All copyrights for published material in the IJOT are retained by the editorial board under the aegis of the AIOTA.

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IJOT Editorial Office

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Anil K. Srivastava, BSc., OTD., DYEd., PG (Rehab), FACOT

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