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RMD Open

is an open access, peer-reviewed rheumatology journal from BMJ and EULAR, publishing original research on rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders and connective tissue diseases

Impact Factor: 5.117
Citescore: 6.1
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RMD Open publishes high quality peer-reviewed original research covering the full spectrum of musculoskeletal disorders, rheumatism and connective tissue diseases, including osteoporosis, spine and rehabilitation. Clinical and epidemiological research, basic and translational medicine, interesting clinical cases, and smaller studies that add to the literature are all considered.

It is an online only open access journal that aims to provide rapid publication of research through a continuous publication model. All submitted content is subject to peer review prior to publication. Published work is free to read.

RMD Open is an official journal of EULAR.

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Editor-in-Chief: Professor Bernard Combe, CHU Lapeyronie, France
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Current Issue

RMD Open achieves first Journal Impact Factor

We are delighted to announce that RMD Open has just achieved its first Journal Impact Factor™ of 5.117. RMD Open has a CiteScore of 6.1 and is also indexed by MEDLINE.

Thank you to our authors, reviewers and editorial team members for their continued support in publishing high quality and high impact articles in the journal since its launch in 2015. You can access the top cited articles from 2019 and 2020.

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Latest Articles

Treatments:

Burosumab treatment in adults with X-linked hypophosphataemia: 96-week patient-reported outcomes and ambulatory function from a randomised phase 3 trial and open-label extension

Imaging:

Hyperechogenic intimal lesions and wall thickness of the temporal and facial arteries in elderly patients with arterial occlusions of the eye

Paediatric rheumatology:

Efficacy and safety of belimumab in paediatric and adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: an across-study comparison

Spondyloarthritis:

Clinical characteristics of non-radiographic versus radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in Asia and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in other regions: results of the cross-sectional ASAS-COMOSPA study

Rheumatoid arthritis:

A core set of risk factors in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic literature review informing the EULAR points to consider for conducting clinical trials and observational studies in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis

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Most Read Articles

Autoimmunity:

Point of view on the vaccination against COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Infections:

Beneficial effects of colchicine for moderate to severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Miscellaneous:

Evidences for a protective role of vitamin D in COVID-19

Infections:

Fibromyalgia: a new facet of the post-COVID-19 syndrome spectrum? Results from a web-based survey

Psoriatic arthritis:

Secukinumab provides sustained improvement in signs and symptoms and low radiographic progression in patients with psoriatic arthritis: 2-year (end-of-study) results from the FUTURE 5 study

FREE: COVID-19 Content

INFECTIONS:

Early experience of COVID-19 vaccination in adults with systemic rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Vaccine Survey

INFECTIONS:

Fibromyalgia: a new facet of the post-COVID-19 syndrome spectrum? Results from a web-based survey

PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY:

Clinical manifestations and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infections in children and adolescents with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases: data from the National Paediatric Rheumatology Database in Germany

INFECTIONS:

Antiphospholipid antibodies in COVID-19: a meta-analysis and systematic review

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Anxiety and concerns related to the work situation during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in >5000 patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease followed in the DANBIO registry