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Aktuelle Rheumatologie

Georg Thieme Verlag · Germany · Est. 1979

ISSN1438-9940

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.126

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.087

Total Worksi

4,070

Total Citationsi

3,323

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Rheumatology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 135 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,070

Publisher OrgThieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

Submission Info

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Georg Thieme Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1438-9940

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

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?

N/A

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

139

2019

186

2020

168

2021

154

2022

152

2023

133

2024

120

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 TherapiesAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders ResearchSpondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchMedical Practices and RehabilitationUrticaria and Related ConditionsSystemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Aktuelle Rheumatologie

Is Aktuelle Rheumatologie a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aktuelle Rheumatologie: 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 Aktuelle Rheumatologie?

Aktuelle Rheumatologie 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 0.08.

Is Aktuelle Rheumatologie indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aktuelle Rheumatologie is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Aktuelle Rheumatologie?