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Explore our journals in rheumatology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acceptance rate: 31%

Time to first decision:                  36 days

Citescore: 7.7

Journal Impact Factor:          6.2

JIF Rank (Rheumatology):  6/34

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Acceptance rate: 33%

Time to first decision:                  35 days

Citescore: 5

Journal Impact Factor:          3.9

JIF Rank (Rheumatology): 17/34 

Acceptance rate: 14%

Time to first decision:                  33 days

Citescore: 32.8

Journal Impact Factor:          27.4

JIF Rank (Rheumatology): 2/34 

Acceptance rate: 36%

Time to first decision*:          4 days

Citescore: 4.4

Journal Impact Factor:             2.9

JIF Rank (Medical, General & Internal): 77/167 

 

Acceptance rate: 15%

Time to first decision*:              3 days

Acceptance rate: 10%

Time to first decision:     56 days

Citescore: 15.3

Journal Impact Factor: 107.7

JIF Rank (Medical, General & Internal): 4/169

Reasons to publish your rheumatology research with us

Our open access content received on average 7 times more views than other content

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Safety profile of upadacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis: integrated analysis from the SELECT phase III clinical programme

 

Changes in ankylosing spondylitis incidence, prevalence and time to diagnosis over two decades

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