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Pediatric Rheumatology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 84 / 351 | 76th | Q1 |
| Rheumatology | 32 / 77 | 59th | Q2 |
| Immunology and Allergy | 138 / 234 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.
Pediatric Rheumatology is Q1 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 84 of 351), Q2 in Rheumatology (rank 32 of 77) and Q3 in Immunology and Allergy (rank 138 of 234), by CiteScore 2025.
Pediatric 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, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.817, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 63.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,090 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Pediatric Rheumatology is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1546-0096.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Pediatric Rheumatology has an h-index of 76 and a 2-year mean of 2.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #47 of 344 Scopus journals in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.
Pediatric Rheumatology published 133 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 173. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (17.9%), China (16.7%) and Italy (8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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