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Pediatric Rheumatology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1546-0096eISSN1546-0096

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.817

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.109

Total Worksi

3,733

Total Citationsi

33,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pediatrics; Rheumatology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Immunology and Allergy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,733

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSBritish Library; National Library of the NetherlandsPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1546-0096 / 1546-0096

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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, British Library; National Library of the Netherlands, PMC

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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

2.3k

2019

2020

173

3.3k

2021

121

1.5k

2022

144

1.2k

2023

120

495

2024

133

243

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.

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Immunology and AllergyQ2

RheumatologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PediatricsRheumatology

Scopus Categories

RheumatologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthImmunology and Allergy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders ResearchInflammasome and immune disordersAdolescent and Pediatric HealthcareRheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchOcular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeKawasaki Disease and Coronary ComplicationsImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune DisordersVasculitis and related conditionsInflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis

Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Rheumatology

Is Pediatric Rheumatology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pediatric 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 Pediatric Rheumatology?

Pediatric 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 1.88.

Is Pediatric Rheumatology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pediatric Rheumatology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Pediatric Rheumatology?