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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Elsevier B.V. · United Kingdom · Est. 1939

ISSN0003-4967eISSN1468-2060

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

7.286

H-Indexi

365

SNIPi

4.435

Total Worksi

72,901

Total Citationsi

1,218,320

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Rheumatology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Immunology; Immunology and Allergy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1939

FrequencyMonthly, <Feb. 1988->

StatusActive

Total Publications72,901

Publisher OrgBMJ

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0003-4967 / 1468-2060

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

4.9k

37k

2019

4.4k

40k

2020

3.2k

20k

2021

3.8k

20k

2022

3.3k

12k

2023

3.6k

7.3k

2024

3.4k

2.9k

2025

191

172

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

ImmunologyQ1

Immunology and AllergyQ1

RheumatologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rheumatology

Scopus Categories

RheumatologyImmunologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Immunology and Allergy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchSpondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsSystemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research

Frequently asked questions about Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Is Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.03.

Is Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases?