Rheumatology strives to support research and discovery by publishing the highest quality original scientific papers with a focus on basic, clinical and translational research. The journal’s subject areas cover a wide range of paediatric and adult rheumatological conditions from an international perspective. It is an official journal of the British Society for Rheumatology, published by Oxford University Press.
Rheumatology publishes original articles, reviews, editorials, guidelines, concise reports, meta-analyses, original case reports, clinical vignettes, letters and matters arising from published material. The journal takes pride in serving the global rheumatology community, with a focus on high societal impact in the form of podcasts, videos and extended social media presence, and utilizing metrics such as Altmetric. Keep up to date by following the journal on Twitter @RheumJnl.
We encourage our authors and reviewers to add their ORCID IDs to their ScholarOne Manuscripts profile, and track their research impact with Publons.
Submitted manuscripts are peer reviewed in a two-stage process while aiming for rapid publication of all papers both online and in print. We also offer Open Access publishing options and support Author Self-Archiving to facilitate the wider dissemination of research.