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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	79
2	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	59
3	Arthritis & Rheumatology	49
4	Lancet Rheumatology	42
5	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	41
6	Rheumatology	38
7	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	33
-	RMD Open	33
9	Arthritis Care & Research	31
10	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	28
-	Clinical Rheumatology	28
12	Joint Bone Spine	26
13	Journal of Rheumatology	22
14	Lupus Science & Medicine	21
-	Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease	21
-	Current Opinion in Rheumatology	21
-	Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology	21
18	International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases	20
-	Rheumatology and Therapy	20
-	Current Rheumatology Reports	20
21	Pediatric Rheumatology	17
-	Lupus	17
-	Modern Rheumatology	17
24	Rheumatology International	16
-	Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America	16
26	JCR-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology	15
27	Advances in Rheumatology	14
28	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	12
29	Zeitschrift fuer Rheumatologie	11
30	Archives of Rheumatology	9
31	Aktuelle Rheumatologie	3