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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	77
2	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	60
3	Arthritis & Rheumatology	50
4	Lancet Rheumatology	42
5	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	41
6	Rheumatology	36
7	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	35
8	RMD Open	32
9	Arthritis Care & Research	31
10	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	28
11	Clinical Rheumatology	26
12	Joint Bone Spine	25
13	Current Opinion in Rheumatology	22
-	Journal of Rheumatology	22
15	International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases	21
-	Lupus Science & Medicine	21
-	Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology	21
18	Rheumatology International	20
-	Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease	20
-	Current Rheumatology Reports	20
-	Rheumatology and Therapy	20
22	Pediatric Rheumatology	18
23	Lupus	17
-	Modern Rheumatology	17
-	Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America	17
26	JCR-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology	15
27	Advances in Rheumatology	13
28	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	12
-	Zeitschrift fuer Rheumatologie	12
30	Archives of Rheumatology	9
31	Aktuelle Rheumatologie	3