Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Impact Factor
2023
0.9
CiteScore
2023
1.6

Volume

58-59, 6 issues

Latest issue

60:1 online 19 January 2024

Next issue

60:2 scheduled for March 2024

Back volumes

From volume 1, 1991

ISSN print

1052-2263

ISSN online

1878-6316

Aims & Scope

For over 30 years, the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (JVR) has provided a forum for discussion and dissemination of information about the major areas that constitute vocational rehabilitation. In recent years, however, more and more emphasis has been placed on the role of the rehabilitation counselor, special educator, psychologist, occupational therapist, and others in research and disseminator of work programs. Popular areas of interest have been, though not limited to, supported employment, customized employment, transition from school to work, return-to-work, and other topics related to employment for people with all disabilities. JVR emphasizes publishing articles that provide evidence-based practices for employment specialists, rehabilitation counselors, psychologists, educators, and other professionals in providing direct services to people with disabilities. Original research articles, review articles, program descriptions, and case studies will be considered for publication. Guest editors with specific areas of expertise may provide leadership on special topic issues. Ideas for special topical issues are welcomed as well. All manuscripts received are welcome for double-blind peer review if they meet these aims and scope.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Paul H. Wehman, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
1314 West Main Street
PO Box 842011
Richmond, VA 23284-2011
USA
Tel.: +1 804 828 1851

Email: pwehman@vcu.org

Technical Editor
Carina Rumrill
Virginia Commonwealth University
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center
Richmond, VA 23284-2011
USA
Email: 
rumrillc@vcu.edu

Editorial Board
Siri Yde Aksnes, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Inclusion
Work Research Institute - OsloMet
Oslo, Norway

Mohammad Al-Rashaida, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation
University of Deusto
Bilbao, Spain

Anwar Alsalamah
Transition
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
USA

Reginald J. Alston, PhD
Assistive Technology, Race and Ethnicity
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
USA

Cayte Anderson, PhD, CRC
Rehabilitation Counseling, Vocational Rehabilitation, Poverty and Disability Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
USA

Travis Andrews, PhD, LCMHC-S (NC), LPCC (KY), NCC, CRC, BC-TMH
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
USA

Lauren Avellone, PhD, BCBA, LBA
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behavior Analysis
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284
USA

Jessica Awsumb, PhD
Transition Age Youth, Pre-Employment Transition Services
Vanderbilt University         
Nashville, TN
USA

Linda M. Bambara, PhD
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Self-Determination
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
USA

Fernando Bellver, PhD
European Employment, Supported Employment
EMPLEA Foundation
Alicante, Spain

Julia Bloom, PhD
Rehabilitation Counseling, Case Management
Griffith University
Southport, Australia

Gary Bond, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation, Supported Employment, Customized Employment
Westat
Lebanon, NH
USA

Debra L. Brucker, MPA, PhD
Return-to-Work, Mental Illness
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
USA

Lauren P. Bruno
Academic Instruction, Transition
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
USA

John Butterworth, PhD
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation, Transition
UMass Boston
Boston, MA
USA

Julie Chronister, PhD
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
USA

David X. Cifu, MD
Traumatic Brain Injury
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Judith Cook, PhD
Mental Illness, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Supported Employment
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
USA

Briano Di Rezze, PhD
Occupational Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada

Abdoulaye Diallo
Employment
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
USA

Christina (Tina) Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, CBIST
Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
USA

Nicole Ditchman, PhD, CRC, LCPC
Transition, Community Engagement
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
USA

ShengLi Dong, PhD
Rehabilitation Counseling
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
USA

Nishita Doolabh
Hearing Impairment, Employer Attitudes

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
London, UK

Patrick Lee Dunn, J.D., PhD, CRC
Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
USA

Stacy Dymond, PhD
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Transition, Customized Employment
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
USA

Ellen Fabian, PhD
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
USA

Sandra D. Fitzgerald, PhD, CRC
Mental Illness, Transition, Vocational Rehabilitation
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
USA

Susan M. Foley, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation, Supported Employment
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
USA

Michael Frain, PhD, CRC
Rehabilitation Counseling
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
USA

Lucy Gafford, BS, MS
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Business, Transition
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
USA

Teresa Ann Grenawalt, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Rehabilitation
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
USA

Margaret Haddock, MBE
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Community Engagement
Orchardville, World Association of Supported Employment
Belfast, Ireland

Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, PhD
Developmental Disabilities, Career Planning and Development, Secondary Transition
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
USA

Ellie Hartman, PhD, BCBA-D
Vocational Rehabilitation, Behavior Analysis
Wisconsin PROMISE Grant Project Manager
Madison, WI
USA

Kelly Henderson, PhD
Children and Youth with Special Education Needs
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
USA

Julie C. Hill, PhD, NCC, CRC
Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Arkansas
Fayettville, AR
USA

Todd Honeycutt, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Security Disability Benefits, Program Evaluation
Mathematica
Princeton, NJ
USA

Andrew Houtenville, PhD
Educational Psychology
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
USA

Hsien-Yuan Hsu, PhD
Assessment Development, Statistics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX
USA 

Mary Huber, PhD
Program Evaluation, Methodology
Wright State University
Dayton, OH
USA

Sara P. Johnston, PhD, CRC
Rehabilitation Counseling
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX
USA

Lennart Jonsson, PhD
Workplace Support and Work Retention
MISA
Jarfalla, Sweden

Borja Jordán de Urríes, PhD
Supported Employment, Labor Integration, Transition
University of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain

Tammy Jorgensen-Smith, PhD, CRC
Vocational Rehabilitation, Transition, Supported Employment
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
USA

Dong-il Kim
Methodology, Statistics
Seoul National University
Seoul, South Korea

Harold L. Kleinert, EdD
Transition
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
USA

Leena Jo Landmark, PhD
Transition, Postsecondary Education, Race and Ethnicity
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
USA

Bob Lawhead, MEd
Developmental Disabilities, Organizational Change, Persons with Significant Disabilities
Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council
Boulder, CO
USA

Beatrice Lee, PhD
Rehabilitation Counseling
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
USA

Gloria Lee, PhD, CRC
Mental Health Conditions
Michigan State University  
East Lansing, MI
USA

Editorial Board (continued)
Mykal Leslie, PhD, LPCC, CRC
Emerging Disabilities, Workplace Accommodations, Multiple Sclerosis, Employment Concerns for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injury
Kent State University
Kent, OH
USA

Lauren Lindstrom, PhD
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Gender
University of California at Davis
Davis, CA
USA

Shondra Loggins Clay, PhD
Assistive Technology, Race and Ethnicity, Veterans
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
USA

Joseph Madaus, PhD
Secondary-Level Curriculum, Postsecondary Education, Transition
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
USA

Paul Malette, PhD
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Customized Employment, Supported Employment
CBI Consultants
Burnaby, Canada

David R. Mann, PhD
Transition, Vocational Rehabilitation, Statistics
Mathematica
Princeton, NJ
USA

Valerie L. Mazzotti, PhD
Career Planning and Development, Transition, Secondary-Level Curriculum
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
USA

Michele McDonnall, PhD, CRC
Visual Impairment
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
USA

Corey L. Moore, PhD, CRC
Vocational Rehabilitation, Return-to-Work, Race and Ethnicity
Langston University
Oklahoma City, OK
USA

Mary E. Morningstar, PhD
Transition, Race and Ethnicity, Career Planning and Development
University of Portland
Portland, OR
USA

Elias Mpofu, PhD, CRC
Community Engagement
, Healthcare and Disability
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
USA

Derek Nord, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation, Supported Employment, Disability Policy
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
USA

Doxa Papakonstantinou, LLM, PhD
Disability Policy
University of Macedonia
Thessaloniki, Greece

Ioanna Papavassiliou, PhD
Career Development and Planning, Vocational Rehabilitation
University of Macedonia
Thessaloniki, Greece

Wendy Parent-Johnson, PhD, CRC, CESP
Rehabilitation Counseling
The University of South Dakota
Sioux Falls, SD
USA

Tobey Partch-Davies, PhD
Poverty and Disability
University of New Hampshire
Concord, NH
USA

Brian N. Phillips, PhD
Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
USA

Anthony Plotner, PhD
Post-Secondary Education, Customized Employment
University of South Carolina        
Columbia, SC
USA

Susann Porter, PhD
Mental Illness, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Supported Employment
Malmö University
Malmö, Sweden

Abbas (Bobby) Quamar, PhD, CRC
Rehabilitation Counseling
California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
USA

Tim Riesen, PhD
Transition, Customized Employment
Utah State University
Taylorsville, UT
USA

E. Sally Rogers, ScD
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Boston University
Boston, MA
USA

Magen Rooney-Kron, MA, SPED PhD Student
Academic Instruction, Secondary-Level Curriculum, Career Planning and Development
University of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign
Chicago, IL
USA

Dawn A. Rowe, PhD
Transition, Secondary-Level Curriculum, Customized Employment
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
USA

Phillip Rumrill, PhD, CRC
Aging and Disability,  Assistive Technology and Reasonable Accommodations, Self-Advocacy Strategies for People with Disabilities, Workplace Discrimination, Research Design and Methodology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
USA

Stuart Rumrill, PhD
Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
USA

Carol Schall, PhD
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Academic Instruction
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Jared C. Schultz, PhD, CRC, LVRC, HS-BCP
Transition, Vocational Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Customized Employment
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Ben Schwartzman, PhD
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Transition, Vocational Rehabilitation

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
USA

LaRon A. Scott, EdD, BCSE
Academic Instruction, Race and Ethnicity, Transition
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Karrie Shogren, PhD
Self-Determination, Transition
Kansas University
Lawrence, KS
USA

Øystein Spjelkavik, PhD
Supported Employment
Oslo Metropolitan University - OsloMet
Oslo, Norway

David Strauser, PhD, CRC
Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Vocational Rehabilitation
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
USA

Connie Sung, PhD, CRC, LLR
Vocational Rehabilitation, Positive Psychology, Transition
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
USA

Timothy Tansey, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation,
Post-Secondary Education, Self-Determination
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
USA

Colleen Thoma, PhD
Post-Secondary Education, Transition, Supported Employment
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
USA

Magnus Tideman, PhD
Disability Policy, European Employment, Supported Employment
La Trobe University 
Melbourne, Australia

Ayse Torres, PhD, CRC, LMHC
Veterans, Interviewing
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
USA

Audrey Trainor, PhD
Transition
New York University
New York, NY
USA

Wei-Mo Tu, PhD
Vocational Rehabilitation, Transition
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
USA

Phil Tuckerman, PhD
Customized Employment, Supported Employment, Transition
Job Support
Sydney, Australia

Veronica Umeasiegbu, PhD, CRC, LPC
Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX
USA

Emre Umucu, PhD
Assessment Development, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Statistics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
USA

Miguel Angel Verdugo, PhD
Assessment Development, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Statistics
University of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain

Donna Wandry, PhD, MEd
Secondary Transition, Family Partnerships
West Chester University of Pennsylvania (retired)
West Chester, PA
USA

Ming Hung Wang, PhD, CRC
Vocational Rehabilitation
National Changhua University of Education
Changhua City, Taiwan

Katie Wolf Whaley, MSW
Supported Employment, Community Engagement, Developmental Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
USA

Holly Whittenburg, PhD, MEd
Transition, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
USA

Gwendolyn J. Williams, PhD
Transition, Career Planning and Development, Race and Ethnicity
Jacksonville State University
Byram, MS
USA

Dave Wittenburg, PhD
Return-to-Work, Transition, Social Security Disability Benefits
Mathematica
Princeton, NJ
USA

Dan Zhang, PhD
Transition, Self-Determination
, Vocational Rehabilitation
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
USA

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By default, articles published in the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation are available only to institutions and individuals with access rights. However, the journal offers all authors the option to purchase open access publication for their article as part of the IOS Press Open Library. This means that the final published version will be freely available to anyone worldwide, indefinitely, under a Creative Commons license and without the need to purchase access to the article. This is also referred to as “gold” open access.

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Authors who choose gold open access publication will be subject to an article publication charge of € 1500 / US$ 1500 for publication under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license or € 2150 / US$ 2150 for publication under the CC BY 4.0 license. Pricing is exclusive of possible taxes. After an article is accepted for publication, the corresponding author will be informed regarding the open access option during the production stages, and will have the opportunity to purchase open access for their article. It could be that the open access fee of an article is waived completely due an institutional agreement IOS Press has with the corresponding authors' institution. Please check the institutional agreements page for details.

Green open access
Authors who do not make use of the gold open access option may still make their article freely available using self-archiving, also referred to as green open access. Authors may make their final accepted manuscript available for free download from their personal or institutional website or institutional archive. This model is free for the author.

Peer Review Policy

The Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation is a peer-reviewed journal. Articles submitted to the journal undergo a double-blind peer review process. This means that the identity of the authors is unknown to the reviewers and the identity of the reviewers is not communicated to the authors. Please visit our reviewer guidelines for further information about how to conduct a review.

All submitted manuscripts are subjected to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Reasons to reject a manuscript in the pre-screening process could for example be that the work does not fall within the aims and scope, the writing is of poor quality, the instructions to authors were not followed or the presented work is not novel.

Manuscripts deemed suitable to be reviewed will be assigned to a handling editor. The handling editor will then invite reviewers to comment on the work and might consider inviting the reviewers suggested by the author(s). Editors and reviewers are asked to excuse themselves from reviewing a submission if a conflict of interest makes them unable to make an impartial scientific judgment or evaluation. Conflicts of interest include but are not limited to: collaboration with the authors in the past three years; any professional or financial affiliations that may be perceived as a conflict of interest; a history of personal differences with the author(s).

For manuscripts where an editorial board member is on the author list, another editor will be assigned for overseeing peer review. Submissions by editorial board members are subject to the exact same review process as any other manuscripts.

As a standard policy, decisions are based on three reviews, in some specific circumstances a minimum of two reviews may be deemed sufficient to make a decision on a manuscript. The Editor-in-Chief strives to ensure a typical turnaround time of 3 months.

Reviewers are asked to judge a manuscript on at least:

  • Logical, concise ordering of ideas
  • Use of sound research methods
  • Adequacy of documentation    
  • Material has good applied use in the field    
  • Readability and interest level

Based on the received reviews the handling editor will propose to the Editor-in-Chief a recommendation:

  1. Accept article as submitted
  2. Accept article revision by the author according to suggestions made in review
  3. Revise and resubmit
  4. Reject
  5. Consider for another issue/publication

They mean the following:

  1. The manuscripts is suitable for publication and only requires minor polishing; thus, no further reviews are requested.
  2. The authors are required to make moderate changes to their manuscripts. The manuscripts becomes acceptable for publication if the changes proposed by the reviewers and editors are successfully addressed. The revised manuscripts will be examined by the Editor-in-Chief and possibly sent back to all (or a selection of) reviewers for a second round of reviews. Authors are requested to provide a letter to the reviewers detailing the improvements made for the resubmission.
  3. In its current form, the manuscripts is not suitable for publication. A resubmission would require substantial revisions and is only encouraged in special cases. The resubmitted manuscripts will be considered as a new submission.
  4. The manuscripts is rejected as it is deemed to be out of scope, not relevant, or not meeting the journal’s quality standards in terms of significance, novelty, and/or presentation.
  5. The manuscripts is rejected as it is deemed to be better suited for a different journal or publication.

Authors are notified by the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final.

In cooperation with JVR, APSE has introduced the Research to Practice Series, in which JVR authors present and promote their paper. You are able to watch the webinars for a small fee.

Upcoming webinars:

Bridging the Implementation Gap
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 from 1-2 pm EST
Register here

Session description: Ensuring the timely adoption of best practices in supported and customized employment is crucial for maximizing positive employment outcomes and enhancing people's quality of life. While staff training is beneficial, it alone is not sufficient. Join this webinar to explore innovative strategies aimed at reducing the implementation delay of evidence-based research in employment services.

Presenters: Alberto Migliore PhD and John Butterworth PhD, Institute for Community Inclusion

Discovering ME! A Person-Centered Approach to Customized Work-Based Learning and Transition Planning
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 from 1-2 pm EST
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Session description: Effective transition assessment and planning are critical to increasing people's employment outcomes. Discovering ME! is a person-centered transition assessment and planning process. This process is designed to build customized work-based learning experiences for school-aged students with significant needs who may otherwise become unemployed or underemployed. The long-term goal of Discovering ME! is for all people to find and maintain employment in careers that best match their strengths and contributions, interests, challenges to consider, and conditions for success. Collaborative teams develop authentic opportunities in the home, school, and community settings to explore career options, learn workplace readiness skills, and connect with their communities. Please join us in this discussion on Discovering ME! and the many resources available to support the development of this tool.

Presenter: Lisa Holland, Transition Training Associate

An overview of all previous webinars can be found here.

JVR Webinar

The journal is associated with APSE, the Association for Persons in Supported Employment. www.apse.org.

Proceedings of the 2020 Annual APSE National Conference are now freely available online. Please click here and read the articles.

Download the flyer with detailed information here

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