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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	75
2	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	59
3	Arthritis & Rheumatology	50
4	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	42
5	Lancet Rheumatology	41
6	Rheumatology	38
7	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	34
8	RMD Open	33
9	Arthritis Care & Research	31
10	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	28
11	Clinical Rheumatology	27
12	Joint Bone Spine	25
13	Journal of Rheumatology	23
14	Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology	22
15	Lupus Science & Medicine	21
-	Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease	21
17	Rheumatology and Therapy	20
-	Current Rheumatology Reports	20
-	Current Opinion in Rheumatology	20
-	International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases	20
21	Modern Rheumatology	18
-	Pediatric Rheumatology	18
23	Lupus	17
24	Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America	16
25	JCR-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology	15
26	Rheumatology International	13
-	Advances in Rheumatology	13
28	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	12
29	Zeitschrift fuer Rheumatologie	10
30	Aktuelle Rheumatologie	4