Journal profile

Current opinion in rheumatology

Publisher: Lippincott Williams And Wilkins
ISSN1040-8711 | 1531-6963 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.70
Citation rate 4.34 580 total citations
h5-index 36 h5 depth signal
Cited share 77.5% 107 of 138
Total citations 580 Citation footprint
Metric signal 4.22 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.4% 8 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 405
United Kingdom 81
Italy 56
Canada 36
Turkey 34

Citing Fields of Research

Musculoskeletal Disorders 505
Auto-Inflammatory Disorders 265
Immunology 142
Osteopathies 51
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections 31

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 3,795 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 138 107 cited publications
Last 12 months 63 5.3 publications/month
Open access share 17.5% 11 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 405 citing publications
Leading citing field Musculoskeletal Disorders 505 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 20 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1,Jun. 1989-
PubMed
v1n1,Jun. 1989-
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Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Musculoskeletal Disorders Auto-Inflammatory Disorders

Broad Categories

Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Disorders

MeSH Descriptors

Arthritis Rheumatic Diseases

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Cristiana Sieiro Santos, Yannick Allanore, Marco Matucci-Cerinic
Purpose of review: To summarize recent advances in systemic sclerosis (SSc) highlighted at the 2026 World Scleroderma Congress, focusing on early disease, immunovascular mechanisms, and emerging therapeutic strategies. Recent findings: R...
02
DOI 10.1097/bor.0000000000001208

Genetics of vasculitis

Open DOI
Gökhan Keser, Mehmet Soy, Kenan Aksu
Purpose of review: Systemic vasculitis arises on a background of genetic predisposition shaped by HLA and non-HLA variations, triggered by environmental factors. This review summarizes recent genomic information translating molecular dis...
04
DOI 10.1097/bor.0000000000001191

The eye in systemic vasculitis

Open DOI
Hilal Eser-Ozturk, Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun
Purpose of review: This review summarizes the spectrum of ocular manifestations in systemic vasculitis, emphasizing recent advances in clinical recognition, multimodal imaging, biomarkers, and targeted treatment. Recent findings: Ocular ...
05
Carlos Rosa-Baez, Carlos Rangel-Peláez, Laura Martínez-Gutiérrez et al.
Purpose of review: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a clinically heterogeneous chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease with the highest mortality rate among all rheumatic diseases. Although current SSc clinical and serological classifica...
06
Satoshi Hara, Ichiro Mizushima, Yasunori Iwata
Purpose of review: Recent advances in single-cell, spatial, and multiomic technologies have provided new insights into the immunopathogenesis and clinical heterogeneity of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). At the same time, several mechani...
09
Andrea Aguilar-Vazquez, Angeles S. Galindo-Feria
Purpose of review: Myositis-specific autoantibodies have long been used to classify patients into clinically meaningful subsets; however, recent studies show that the field is moving beyond the simple question of which autoantibody is pr...
10
Will T. Mitchell, Austin M. Wheeler
Purpose of review: Gout is an inflammatory arthritis mediated by monosodium urate deposition in synovial tissue. Colchicine is a common treatment for acute gout flares and prophylaxis, with well established efficacy but an incompletely u...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Place of publication varies.

Also issued online.

Vol. 1, no. 1 (JUN 1989)19900912 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper