Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Last updated ISSN 0003-4967
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is published by BMJ in medicine. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,870.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
- Bone and Joint Diseases
- Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
Key facts
| Publisher | BMJ |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0003-4967, 1468-2060 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,870 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 73,088 |
| Publishing since | 1939 |
| Journal website | ard.bmj.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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