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RMD Open is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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ISSN 2056-5933Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatology | 12 / 77 | 85th | Q1 |
| Immunology and Allergy | 51 / 234 | 78th | Q1 |
| Immunology | 56 / 243 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.1.
RMD Open is Q1 in Rheumatology (rank 12 of 77), Q1 in Immunology and Allergy (rank 51 of 234) and Q1 in Immunology (rank 56 of 243), by CiteScore 2025.
RMD Open 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 8.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.798, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 74.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,391 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.
RMD Open is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 2056-5933.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
RMD Open has an h-index of 86 and a 2-year mean of 5.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 74 Scopus journals in Rheumatology.
RMD Open published 250 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 310. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from France (13.9%), Germany (9.4%) and Italy (9.1%).
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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