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Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN1531-6963

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.572

H-Indexi

154

SNIPi

1.452

Total Worksi

3,798

Total Citationsi

145,940

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Rheumatology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,798

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1531-6963

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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?

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

100

3.6k

2019

2.8k

2020

1.9k

2021

1.3k

2022

720

2023

522

2024

128

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.

RheumatologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rheumatology

Scopus Categories

Rheumatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchSpondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsSystemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesInflammatory Myopathies and DermatomyositisAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders ResearchVasculitis and related conditionsOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsGout, Hyperuricemia, Uric AcidOtitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis

Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Is Current Opinion in Rheumatology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Opinion in Rheumatology: 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 Current Opinion in Rheumatology?

Current Opinion in 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 3.21.

Is Current Opinion in Rheumatology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Opinion in Rheumatology?