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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	80
2	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	58
3	Arthritis & Rheumatology	49
4	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	44
5	Lancet Rheumatology	40
6	Rheumatology	39
7	RMD Open	35
8	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	34
9	Arthritis Care & Research	32
10	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	28
11	Clinical Rheumatology	27
12	Joint Bone Spine	24
13	Journal of Rheumatology	23
14	Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease	22
-	Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology	22
16	Lupus Science & Medicine	21
17	Current Opinion in Rheumatology	19
-	Current Rheumatology Reports	19
-	Rheumatology and Therapy	19
20	International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases	18
21	Pediatric Rheumatology	17
-	Modern Rheumatology	17
23	Lupus	16
24	Advances in Rheumatology	14
-	Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America	14
26	JCR-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology	13
27	Rheumatology International	11
-	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	11
-	Zeitschrift fuer Rheumatologie	11
30	Aktuelle Rheumatologie	3