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Arthritis Care and Research

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN2151-4658

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.605

H-Indexi

169

SNIPi

1.406

Total Worksi

4,864

Total Citationsi

199,238

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Rheumatology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,864

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2151-4658

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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

282

9.4k

2019

399

11k

2020

273

5.2k

2021

209

2.7k

2022

216

2.2k

2023

218

1.3k

2024

261

527

2025

171

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 TherapiesOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsSpondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders ResearchTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSystemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationGout, Hyperuricemia, Uric AcidMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Frequently asked questions about Arthritis Care and Research

Is Arthritis Care and Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Arthritis Care and Research: 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 Arthritis Care and Research?

Arthritis Care and Research 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 2.38.

Is Arthritis Care and Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Arthritis Care and Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Arthritis Care and Research?