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Reviewing the Progress of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy

The end of my term of office on the Editorial Board seems a suitable time to reflect on the progress of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy (BJOT ) and to look to its future. Last year I reported that BJOT was successful in its first application to be indexed by Thomson Reuters, the initial stage in our long-term strategy to obtain an impact factor (Craik 2011). It was hoped that the impact factor would be received this year; unfortunately, this is not the case and we will have to wait patiently for that announcement. Since the indexing, which is the step before being assigned an impact factor, there has been an increase in the number and quality of manuscripts submitted for publication and there are now sufficient accepted manuscripts for five issues of the journal. This position means that our 274 manuscript reviewers can be more rigorous in their scrutiny and continue to strive to increase the quality of the articles that are published. With more submissions and a publishing rate of around 75 articles each year, the journal can move to accepting around a third of the manuscripts submitted ‐ a figure similar to comparable publications. Authors wishing to increase their chances of publication are encouraged to consult the revised Author ’s Guide (BJOT 2012) and to follow its advice. The BJOT website now includes additional guidance based on posters presented at recent conferences. This is aimed at novice authors, especially those publishing from work originally submitted for an academic award. As occupational therapy has developed in different directions around the world, BJOT has a responsibility to publish international literature, especially in areas of practice less well established in the United Kingdom (UK) (Craik 2009). The need for this approach is reinforced in this issue, where Mcfeely (2012) urges UK occupational therapists to use international literature to assert their position in the development of vocational rehabilitation.