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As the number-one-rated membership benefit of APTA's Sports and Orthopaedic Sections, the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy has a dedicated readership of clinicians, researchers, practitioners, and academicians in the fields of musculoskeletal and sports-related rehabilitation, health, and wellness, which encompasses physical therapy, and a growing national and international subscriber base outside APTA. As of January 1, 2010, JOSPT is a recognized journal of 22 physiotherapy, manual therapy, sports, and related professional organizations. The members of these groups either have access to the Journal as a member benefit paid for by their professional associations or at a discount.
The print edition of JOSPT reaches 21,500 and the online Journal serves 28,750 individual and institutional subscribers in the United States and 54 countries around the world. The Journal's website, http://jospt.org/, receives more than 27,000 unique visitors from 127 countries each month. With nearly 1,400 institutional subscribers, JOSPT's print pass-along readership is far greater. The Journal's e-Table of Contents is delivered monthly to more than 32,500 email addresses.
The Journal is 100% paid - readers either purchase a subscription as part of their membership in APTA's Orthopaedic or Sports Sections or are independent subscribers. Finally, JOSPT's renewal rate for subscribers outside of APTA is better than 80%.
JOSPT's Editorial Focus
Scholarly, peer reviewed, and increasingly international in scope and reach, JOSPT features the latest evidence-based research and clinical cases in musculoskeletal and sports-related rehabilitation, health, and wellness, including physical therapy, orthopaedics, sports medicine, and biomechanics. Now in its 31st year, the Journal strives to offer high--quality research, immediately applicable clinical material, and useful supplemental information in a variety of formats.
JOSPT is the official journal of its publishers, the Orthopaedic Section and the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Through the print and online Journal, the publishers seek to advance musculoskeletal and sports-related rehabilitation, health, and wellness research and practice and to educate and support the profession. To these ends, the Journal's website delivers searchable abstracts from its launch in 1979 to date, as well as full-text access to articles published in JOSPT from 1979 to the present.
JOSPT is currently indexed in the following services in print and/or electronic format:
- Index Medicus (Medline)
- ISI's Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, SciSearch, Science Citation Index, ISI Alerting Services, and Focus On: Sports Science & Medicine
- Excerpta Medica (Embase)
- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
- Physical Education Index
- Physiotherapy Index
Reader Demographics
A survey conducted via the Journal's website (http://www.jospt.org/) between September 17, 2009 and October 2, 2009 shows that of the 682 JOSPT readers who responded:
2010 Editorial Calendar*
In addition to the special features listed below, JOSPT will exhibit and distribute print issues and display its website at 9 conferences in the United States, Canada, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates in 2010.
Issue | Topics/Conferences |
January | Orthopaedic Section and Sports Physical Therapy Section research abstracts for the American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting, February 17-20, 2010, San Diego, California. CSM is attended more than 7,500 physical therapists and related professionals. |
| February | Special issue on the Hip. Bonus distribution at CSM 2010 in San Diego in February. |
| March | Special issue on the Knee: Keynotes and abstracts from the International Patellofemoral Joint Research Retreat--Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: Local, Distal and Proximal Factors, hosted by the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, April 30-May 2, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland. Bonus distribution at Physio Dubai 2010, the Emirates Physiotherapy Conference, March 28-30, 2010, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. New products section. |
| April | Clinical Practice Guidelines from APTA's Orthopaedic Section: Knee Ligaments. |
| May | To be determined. |
| June | Bonus distribution at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting, June 2-5, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland. ACSM is attended by more than 4,500 exercise physiologists, applied physiologists, scientists in other specialties, physicians, educators, and other health care professionals. Bonus distribution at the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), June 10-12, 2010, Oslo, Norway. Bonus distribution at Physical Therapy 2010, APTA's annual conference and exposition, June 16-19, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts. This meeting is attended by more than 3,000 physical therapists and related professionals. New products section. |
| July | Bonus distribution at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Annual Meeting, July 15-18, 2010, Providence, Rhode Island. Bonus distribution at the joint Canadian Physiotherapy Association-CPA Orthopaedic Division Annual Meeting, July 22-25, 2010, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. |
| August | To be determined. |
| September | New products section. |
| October | Bonus distribution at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) 2010, October 6-10, 2010, San Antonio, Texas. This meeting attracts 800 manual physical therapists. |
| November | Bonus distribution at the 7th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain: Balanced Solutions-Effective Implementation of Evidence-Based Research, November 9-12, 2010, Los Angeles, California. This meeting is held once every 3 years. |
| December | Annual author and subject indices. New products section. |
* Editorial calendar subject to change without notice
2010 Advertising Rates
2010 Black & White Display Advertising Rates
Ad Size | 1X | 4X | 8X | 12X* |
Full Page | $1525 | $1430 | $1335 | $1250 |
Half Page-1/2 | $1220 | $1095 | $1045 | $995 |
Quarter Page 1/4 | $885 | $815 | $775 | $725 |
Eighth Page 1/8 | $730 | $700 | $665 | $650 |
*Additional discounts available for advertisers exceeding a 12X schedule.
Full-Page Premium Positions (Non-retractable)
Position | 1X | 4X | 8X | 12X* |
Cover 2: B/W rates plus 40% premium | $2135 | $2000 | $1870 | $1750 |
| Cover 3: B/W rates plus 25% premium | $1905 | $1785 | $1670 | $1560 |
| Back Cover: B/W rates plus 50% premium | $2285 | $2145 | $2000 | $1875 |
Page 1: B/W rates plus 30% premium | $1985 | $1860 | $1735 | $1625 |
Opposite the Table of Contents: | $1830 | $1715 | $1605 | $1500 |
*Additional discounts available for advertisers exceeding a 12X schedule.
Color Charges
- 4- and 3-color Process: $995
Classified Advertising
- Up to 50 words: $360
- Additional words: $2.00/word
- Bold: $0.60/word
Inserts
JOSPT can accommodate inserts. Pricing is tied to the rate card. A 2-page insert, for example, costs 2x the earned black-and-white page rate. Please contact the Journal for specifications, scheduling, and pricing. Bound-in Reply Cards: JOSPT can insert bound-in, 6.5 x 4.25-inch reply cards for the Journal's full print run. The price for a card printed and bound in 2 color is $1,575, and in 4 color, $2,625. Additional cards in quantities of 1,000 can also be purchased. Please call for pricing. The cost to bind-in a supplied 6.5 x 4.25-inch card is $875.
Bellyband for Conference/Tradeshow Distribution
JOSPT offers a single advertiser the bellyband position for 500 copies of the Journal to be distributed at the conferences/tradeshows where JOSPT exhibits. The price per 500 17.5 x 6-inch bellybands is $1,990 for 4 color, and $1,290 for 2 color. The cost to apply a supplied bellyband is $750.
2010 Closing Dates
Issue | Reservations Due | Materials Due |
January | December 7, 2009 | December 10, 2009 |
February | January 8, 2010 | January 12, 2010 |
March | February 9 | February 12 |
April | March 9 | March 12 |
May | April 9 | April 13 |
June | May 7 | May 11 |
July | June 8 | June 11 |
August | July 9 | July 13 |
September | August 9 | August 12 |
October | September 7 | September 10 |
November | October 8 | October 12 |
December | November 9 | November 12 |
January 2011 | December 7, 2010 | December 10, 2010 |
2010 Online Advertising Rates
(Sizes and prices subject to change.)
Advertisements
- Website Header (468 pixels wide x 60 pixels high): $230 net/month; $580 net/quarter
- Website Skyscraper (160 pixels wide x 600 pixels high): $205 net/month; $525 net/quarter
- Website Tower (180 pixels wide x 150 pixels high): $155 net/month; $405 net/quarter
Sponsorships
- ‘Print This' Header (468 pixels wide x 60 pixels high): Sole sponsorship - $1,250 net/month; $3,675 net/quarter
- ‘Email This' or Video Sponsor Headers (180 pixels wide x 60 pixels high): Sole sponsorship - $1,385 net/month; $4,050 net/quarter
- Vendor Video (up to 2 minutes in length demonstrating your products and services and posted in the right-hand column of the site's homepage; Flash or .flv files of no more than 10 megabytes; maximum of 2 advertisers)- $3,000 net/month; $8,500 net/quarter
- Email Newsletter Sponsorship - Limited sponsorship of a monthly emailed newsletter with the most recent table of contents and links to online article abstracts in the current issue (maximum of 2 sponsoring organizations; small static image or animated GIF and linking URL) - Sole sponsor: $435 net per newsletter or 1 of 2 Sponsors: $325 net per newsletter
JOSPT Media Kit
JOSPT's media kit contains most of the information you will need to consider marketing your organization through our Journal.
Place an Advertisement with JOSPT
If you would like to place an order for advertising space in the Journal, please call Tony Calamaro at 610-449-3490 or email tonycalamaro@jospt.org. You may also call the JOSPT office toll-free at 1-877-766-3450.
Download our insertion order form, complete it and fax it to our offices at 703-836-2210.
Special Advertising Opportunities
Please call Tony Calamaro at 610-449-3490 or email him at tonycalamaro@jospt.org, or call JOSPT’s office toll-free at 1-877-766-3450 or email jospt@jospt.org for current opportunities.
Among these opportunities are:
- Bonus distribution in the February, March, June, July, October, and November2010 issues
- Special issues on:
- the Hip in February 2010
- the Knee in March 2010
- Knee Ligaments in April 2010
- The Journal expects to include clinical practice guidelines from the Orthopaedic Section on meniscus, Achilles tendinitis, shoulder, and low back pain during this year. As these are scheduled, they will be highlighted in the monthly emailed JOSPT Advertiser Report.













