Rheumatology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	77
2	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	57
3	Arthritis & Rheumatology	49
4	Lancet Rheumatology	41
5	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	40
6	Rheumatology	39
7	RMD Open	36
8	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	33
9	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	32
10	Arthritis Care & Research	31
11	Clinical Rheumatology	27
12	Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology	26
13	Joint Bone Spine	24
14	Journal of Rheumatology	23
15	Current Opinion in Rheumatology	22
16	Current Rheumatology Reports	21
17	Lupus Science & Medicine	20
18	Modern Rheumatology	19
-	Pediatric Rheumatology	19
20	International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases	18
21	Rheumatology and Therapy	17
22	Lupus	16
-	Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease	16
24	Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America	15
25	Advances in Rheumatology	14
26	JCR-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology	13
27	Zeitschrift fuer Rheumatologie	10
28	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	9
29	Aktuelle Rheumatologie	4