Rheumatology (journal)

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Rheumatology  
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DisciplineRheumatology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMarwan Bukhari
Publication details
Former name(s)
British Journal of Rheumatology, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Rheumatology and Physical Medicine, Annals of Physical Medicine
History1952-present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
5.245 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Rheumatology (Oxford)
Indexing
CODENRUMAFK
ISSN1462-0324 (print)
1462-0332 (web)
OCLC no.40922029
Links

Rheumatology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Oxford University Press. It is one of two official journals of the British Society for Rheumatology, the other being Rheumatology Advances in Practice. The journal covers all aspects of paediatric and adult rheumatological conditions. The editor-in-chief is Marwan Bukhari (Royal Lancaster Infirmary).

Article types[edit | edit source]

The journal publishes the following article types:

  • Original articles
  • Reviews
  • Editorials
  • Guidelines
  • Concise reports
  • Meta-analyses
  • Original case reports
  • Clinical vignettes
  • Letters
  • Matters arising from published material

Editors-in-chief[edit | edit source]

The following persons have been editors-in-chief:

  • Jaap van Laar (2014-2018)
  • Robert J. Moots (2009-2013)
  • Richard Watts (2003-2008)
  • David Scott (1997-2002)
  • H. A. Bird (1991-1997)
  • Terry Gibson (1986-1991)
  • Rodney Grahame (1982-1986)
  • Douglas Woolf (1968-1982)
  • P. Hume Kendall (1963-1968)
  • A. C. Boyle (1956-1963)
  • Hugh Burt (1952-1956)

Abstracting and indexing[edit | edit source]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, ProQuest, MEDLINE/PubMed, and Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 5.245, ranking it 5th out of 32 journals in the category "Rheumatology".

External links[edit | edit source]

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