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Journal of Rheumatology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.9), WoS SCIE. Published by Journal of Rheumatology.
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ISSN 0315-162XVerify ISSN ↗1499-2752Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Journal of Rheumatology
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatology | 23 / 77 | 70th | Q2 |
| Immunology and Allergy | 113 / 234 | 51st | Q2 |
| Immunology | 127 / 243 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1974–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.9.
Journal of Rheumatology is Q2 in Rheumatology (rank 23 of 77), Q2 in Immunology and Allergy (rank 113 of 234) and Q3 in Immunology (rank 127 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Rheumatology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.025, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 208.
Journal of Rheumatology is published by Journal of Rheumatology. Its print ISSN is 0315-162X and its online ISSN is 1499-2752.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Rheumatology has an h-index of 138 and a 2-year mean of 0.99 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #53 of 74 Scopus journals in Rheumatology.
Journal of Rheumatology published 930 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Canada (56.9%), United States (11.4%) and China (6.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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