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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases	78
2	Nature Reviews Rheumatology	58
3	Arthritis & Rheumatology	46
4	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	42
-	Lancet Rheumatology	42
6	Rheumatology	36
7	RMD Open	34
8	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	33
9	Arthritis Care & Research	30
10	Clinical Rheumatology	28
-	Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism	28
12	Joint Bone Spine	26
13	Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology	24
14	Journal of Rheumatology	22
15	Current Opinion in Rheumatology	20
-	Lupus Science & Medicine	20
17	Current Rheumatology Reports	19
18	Rheumatology and Therapy	18
-	International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases	18
20	Modern Rheumatology	17
-	Pediatric Rheumatology	17
22	Lupus	15
-	Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease	15
-	Advances in Rheumatology	15
25	Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America	14
26	JCR-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology	13
27	Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	10
28	Zeitschrift fuer Rheumatologie	9
29	Aktuelle Rheumatologie	3