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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	76
2	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	57
3	Arthritis & Rheumatology	50
4	Lancet Rheumatology	43
5	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	40
6	Rheumatology	36
7	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	35
8	RMD Open	32
9	Arthritis Care & Research	30
10	Clinical Rheumatology	28
-	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	28
12	Joint Bone Spine	25
13	Rheumatology International	23
14	Current Rheumatology Reports	22
-	Journal of Rheumatology	22
16	Current Opinion in Rheumatology	21
17	International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases	20
-	Lupus Science & Medicine	20
19	Pediatric Rheumatology	19
-	Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology	19
-	Rheumatology and Therapy	19
22	Lupus	18
23	Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease	17
-	Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America	17
25	Modern Rheumatology	15
26	JCR-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology	14
27	Advances in Rheumatology	13
28	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	11
-	Zeitschrift fuer Rheumatologie	11
30	Archives of Rheumatology	7
31	Aktuelle Rheumatologie	3