Journal metric profile

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 20.600 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 18.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank Feb-58 Recorded category rank

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 20.600, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The database records the JCR category rank as “Feb-58”. Because some imported rank values may require manual verification, readers should confirm the category rank with the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 53,850 total citations, 139 total articles, 153 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 18.600, which is 2.000 points below the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 19.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 5.090.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES is identified in this record by print ISSN 0003-4967 and electronic ISSN 1468-2060. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Abbreviated journalANN RHEUM DIS
PublisherELSEVIER
Metric year2025
Overall rank154
ISSN0003-4967
eISSN1468-2060
Total cites53,850
Total articles139
Citable items153
Cited half-life8.6 years
Citing half-life6.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor20.600
5-Year Impact Factor18.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites19.900
Journal Citation Indicator5.090
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rankFeb-58
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES is 20.600 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES?

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES?

ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES is listed as being published by ELSEVIER.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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