Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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Academic journal

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Discipline| Rheumatology
Language| English
Edited by| Josef Smolen
Publication details
History| 1939–present
Publisher|

BMJ Group on behalf of the European League Against Rheumatism

Frequency| Monthly

Open access

| Delayed, after 12 months

Impact factor

| 20.3 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Ann. Rheum. Dis.
Indexing
CODEN (alt * alt2) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus
CODEN| ARDIAO
ISSN| 0003-4967 (print)
1468-2060 (web)

OCLC no.| 746945890
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online access
* Online archive

The Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal. It is published by the BMJ Group on behalf of the European League Against Rheumatism and covers all aspects of rheumatology, including musculoskeletal conditions, arthritis, and connective tissue diseases. The journal publishes basic, clinical, and translational research, as well as abstracts from conferences.[1] The journal was established in 1939.[1] Each issue, the editor-in-chief selects a paper to be published open access as an "Editors Choice". The editor-in-chief is Josef Smolen.[1]

## Lay summaries

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The journal publishes lay summaries for patients and non-clinicians that explain the findings and treatment implications arising from key research papers published in the journal. Written by BMJ's Best Health team, they are also checked for accuracy by the journal's editors.

## Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Index Medicus, Excerpta Medica, and BIOSIS Previews.[1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2023 impact factor is 20.3.[2]

The journal has been cited most often by: Arthritis & Rheumatism, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatology, Journal of Rheumatology, and Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. The journals it has cited most are Arthritis & Rheumatism, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Journal of Rheumatology, Rheumatology, and Journal of Immunology.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Journal homepage
2. ^ "Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases". 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024.

## External links

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* Official website