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Best Rheumatology journals

75 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Rheumatology. The top 75 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 19 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Reviews Rheumatology 39.2 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 34.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
3 The Lancet Rheumatology 28.5 96th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Arthritis and Rheumatology 19.9 95th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 16.2 94th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology 9.9 92th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Arthritis Research and Therapy 8.7 91th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Current Opinion in Rheumatology 8.7 90th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Rheumatology 8.3 88th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Arthritis Care and Research 8.2 87th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Current Rheumatology Reports 8.1 86th Q1 SCIE – No
12 RMD Open 8.1 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease 7.8 83th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Medicine in Microecology 7.5 82th Q1 – – Yes
15 Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 6.6 81th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Rheumatology and Therapy 5.9 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 5.8 78th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Rheumatology International 5.6 77th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 5.5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Lupus Science and Medicine 5.3 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
21 Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews 5.1 73th Q2 ESCI – Yes
22 Clinical Rheumatology 5.1 72th Q2 SCIE – No
23 Journal of Rheumatology 4.9 70th Q2 SCIE – No
24 Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America 4.9 69th Q2 SCIE – No
25 Modern Rheumatology 4.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
26 Joint Bone Spine 4.7 66th Q2 SCIE – No
27 Connective Tissue Research 4.6 65th Q2 SCIE – No
28 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 4.5 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
29 Biologics: Targets and Therapy 4.5 62th Q2 ESCI – Yes
30 Gout, Urate, and Crystal Deposition Disease 4.2 61th Q2 ESCI – No
31 ACR Open Rheumatology 4.1 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
32 Pediatric Rheumatology 4 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
33 Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology 4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
34 Rheumatology and Immunology Research 4 56th Q2 ESCI – No
35 Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 3.6 55th Q2 SCIE – No
36 BMC Rheumatology 3.6 53th Q2 ESCI – Yes
37 Advances in Rheumatology 3.6 52th Q2 SCIE – Yes
38 Lupus 3.6 51th Q2 SCIE – No
39 International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 3.5 50th Q2 SCIE – No
40 Reumatologia 3.2 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
41 Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 3.2 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
42 Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders 3.2 46th Q3 ESCI – No
43 Rheumatology Advances in Practice 2.9 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
44 Journal of Cartilage and Joint Preservation 2.7 43th Q3 – – Yes
45 Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis 2.7 42th Q3 – – No
46 Current Rheumatology Reviews 2.6 39th Q3 ESCI – No
47 Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders 2.6 38th Q3 ESCI – No
48 Egyptian Rheumatologist 2.5 37th Q3 ESCI – No
49 Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology 2.4 35th Q3 ESCI – No
50 Reumatologia Clinica 2.3 34th Q3 ESCI – No
51 Archives of Rheumatology 2.3 33th Q3 SCIE – No
52 Rheumatology and Autoimmunity 2.3 31th Q3 ESCI – Yes
53 Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie 2.1 30th Q3 SCIE – No
54 ARP Rheumatology 2.1 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
55 Global Pediatrics 2.1 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
56 Modern Rheumatology Case Reports 1.8 26th Q3 ESCI – No
57 Nauchno-Prakticheskaya Revmatologiya 1.6 25th Q3 – – Yes
58 Balneo and PRM Research Journal 1.6 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
59 Reumatismo 1.5 22th Q4 ESCI – Yes
60 Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 1.4 21th Q4 ESCI – Yes
61 Indian Journal of Rheumatology 1.1 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
62 Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases 1 17th Q4 ESCI – No
63 Open Rheumatology Journal 1 16th Q4 – – No
64 Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia 0.9 14th Q4 ESCI – No
65 Sovremennaya Revmatologiya 0.8 13th Q4 – – Yes
66 Pain, Joints, Spine 0.8 12th Q4 – – Yes
67 Klinicist 0.5 11th Q4 – – Yes
68 Rheumatology (Bulgaria) 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
69 Aktuelle Rheumatologie 0.3 8th Q4 SCIE – No
70 Geriatric Care 0.3 7th Q4 – – Yes
71 Romanian Journal of Rheumatology 0.2 5th Q4 – – Yes
72 Journal of Turkish Society For Rheumatology 0.2 4th Q4 – – Yes
73 Revista Argentina de Reumatologia 0.2 3th Q4 – – Yes
74 Rare Diseases of the Immune System 0.1 1th Q4 – – No
75 Revue du Rhumatisme (Edition Francaise) 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Rheumatology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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