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South African Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Vol. 54 No. 3 (2024)
Published November 8, 2024

 

 

 Quick Links: Guidelines for Publishing (pdf) | Guidelines for Reviewing (pdf)

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The South African Journal of Occupational Therapy (SAJOT) is the official journal of the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA) and is a leading publication for research into occupational therapy in Africa.

Contact the Editorial Team at sajot@otasa.org.za 

Aims and Scope of SAJOT

SAJOT publishes and disseminates research articles that contribute to the scientific knowledge of the profession and its outcomes with particular reference to service delivery in Africa. It provides a platform for debate about issues relevant to Occupational Therapy in Africa which will also contribute to the development of the profession worldwide.

This journal provides open access to its content immediately at the time of publication of an edition on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Therefor all articles that are published in SAJOT may be found on this web site (see below) and under the tab Archives. They may also be found on the following web sites: SciELO, EBSCOHost, OTDBase, OT Search and ProQuest. In addition articles are preserved via Portico.  See https://www.portico.org/publishers/assaf/ .

Post acceptance publication fee

The SAJOT is a Diamond Open Access Journal, and as such, no publication or article processing fees (APCs) are charged to authors.

Please note that SAJOT does not accept pre-prints at this time.

Additional details can be found in the Guide to submitting an article.

Submitting an article to SAJOT

Before submitting an article, a user name and password must be obtained from the editor. Send the title page of the article to sajot@mweb.co.za and a password will be issued to you. Follow the submission steps once you have logged on with this user name and password. The Guide to submitting an article to SAJOT should be consulted before an article is submitted. Please note that all articles must undergo a plagiarism check before submission and the report must submitted together with the article.

All articles undergo a blind review by at least two reviewers who are experts in the field. The reviewers may recommend that the article be accepted, requires revisions, be resubmitted for another review or the submission may be declined.

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Identifying the gap in Assessing Activities of Daily Living in resource-constrained rural settings: An Integrative review of existing frameworks and instruments
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Rapid review Occupational therapy in adult palliative care. A rapid review
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July Masango, Daleen Casteleijn, Fasloen Adams, Tania Rauch van der Merwe
Occupational therapy practice in psychiatric day hospitals: A scoping review
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Iesrafeel Abbas, Zarina Syed, Khanya Lujabe, Zintle Mdleleni, Mapule Mokoto, Dunyiswa Ngombane, Bridget Pama, Baby Sinelizwi Somdaka
An exploration of undergraduate health science students’ experiences of blended learning as pedagogy: a rapid review
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Welcome to the South African Journal of Occupational Therapy (SAJOT). SAJOT is the official Journal of the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA) and is a leading publication for research into occupational therapy in Africa.

SAJOT is and open access journal and is accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). SAJOT is also available on the EBSCO, SciELO, OTSEARCH, PROQUEST and DNE academic databases.

Publication Frequency: Three issues of the Journal are published per year (in April, August and December).

As Author:

In order to obtain a username and password, send the title page of your submission to the Editor in Chief at sajot@otasa.org.za. Once registered, log on to the website and follow the easy steps to upload your submission and all the required metadata as outlined in the Guidelines to Authors.

As Reviewer:

To register as a reviewer for the SAJOT, send your request plus an abbreviated curriculum vitae highlighting your field(s) of expertise to the Editor in Chief at sajot@otasa.org.za.  Once your application has been approved, you will receive a username and password to access any submissions assigned to you.

The team managing the articles consists of the following members:

Editor in Chief - Blanche Pretorius

Managing Editor - Hester van Biljon

Assistant Editors: Pamela Gretschel, Janine van der Linde

Members of the Editorial  Board  are listed under the tab "About/People"

The articles published in the following editions of SAJOT can be found in pdf format by clicking on the Archives section and clicking on the relevant journal volume:

Vol 40, No 3, 2010; Vol 41, Nos 1 - 3, 2011;  Vol 42, Nos 1-3, 2012; Vol 43, Nos 1-3, 2013; Vol 44,  Nos 1-3, 2014; Vol 45, Nos 1-3, 2015; Vol 46, Nos 1-3, 2016; Vol 47, No3 1-3, 2017, Vol 48 Nos 1 -3, 2018, Vol 49 Nos 1-3 2019, Vol 50 No1 2020, Vol 50 No2, Vol 30 No 3, Vol 51 No 1, Vol 51 No 2, Vol 51 No 3, Vol 51 No 4 (Special Edition).