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Indian Journal of Rheumatology

SAGE Publications Ltd · India

ISSN0973-3698eISSN0973-3701

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.185

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.134

Total Worksi

2,926

Total Citationsi

4,159

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Rheumatology.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,926

Publisher OrgMedknow

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0973-3698 / 0973-3701

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

290

2019

137

432

2020

118

256

2021

161

303

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

RheumatologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rheumatology

Scopus Categories

Rheumatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Rheumatology

Is Indian Journal of Rheumatology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Rheumatology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Indian Journal of Rheumatology?

Indian Journal of Rheumatology 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 0.42.

Is Indian Journal of Rheumatology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Rheumatology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Rheumatology?