The Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 medical journal

Medical journal

A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...

. It is co-owned by the BMJ Group and the European League Against Rheumatism

European League Against Rheumatism

The is an international organisation in the field of rheumatology. The society publishes a medical journal, the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, and organises an annual scientific meeting, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology....

 and covers all aspects of rheumatology

Rheumatology

Rheumatology is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. Clinicians who specialize in rheumatology are called rheumatologists...

, which includes musculoskeletal conditions, arthritis

Arthritis

Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints....

, and connective tissue disease

Connective tissue disease

A connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology. Connective tissue is any type of biological tissue with an extensive extracellular matrix that supports, binds together, and protects organs...

s. The journal publishes basic, clinical

Illness

Illness is a state of poor health. Illness is sometimes considered another word for disease. Others maintain that fine distinctions exist...

, and translational scientific research. The journal was established in 1993. It is available online by subscription and archived editions of the journal (older than one year) are available free of charge. The editor in chief

Editor in chief

An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 is Tore K. Kvien.

Abstracting and indexing

The Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is indexed by Science Citation Index

Science Citation Index

The Science Citation Index is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and created by Eugene Garfield in 1960, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters. The larger version covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals, across 150 disciplines, from ...

, Index Medicus

MEDLINE

MEDLINE is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care...

, Excerpta Medica

EMBASE

Embase is an online information source of published literature designed to supportinformation managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatoryrequirements of a licensed drug. Through its unique and comprehensive content coverage,...

, BIOSIS Previews

BIOSIS Previews

BIOSIS Previews is an English-language, bibliographic database service, with abstracts and citation indexing. It is part of Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge suite. Content that was originally integrated from the BIOSIS company before the merger in 2004 is now part of the Web of Knowledge...

, and Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifica. According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Healthcare & Science division of Thomson Reuters. It has been integrated with the Web of Knowledge, by Thomson Reuters, and is accessed from the Web of Science to JCR Web. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and...

, it's 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

 is 8.11 ranking it first out of 22 journals in the category "Rheumatology".

The Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases has been cited most often by: Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the natural history, pathophysiology, treatment, and outcome of the rheumatic diseases. It is an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology...

, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatology

Rheumatology (journal)

Rheumatology is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by Oxford University Press. It covers all aspects of rheumatology and is the official journal of The British Society for Rheumatology...

, Journal of Rheumatology, and Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. The journals that have been cited most by Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases are Arthritis & Rheumatism, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Journal of Rheumatology, Rheumatology, and Journal of Immunology

Journal of Immunology

The Journal of Immunology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes basic and clinical studies in all aspects of immunology. It was founded by Arthur Fernandez Coca in 1915 . It is the official journal of The American Association of Immunologists and published by The American Association...

.