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Editor |
Tore K Kvien
Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Oslo, Norway
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Editorial Office |
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
BMJ Journals, BMJPG Ltd
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 9JR
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 6250
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7383 6668
Email: ard{at}bmjgroup.com |
| Frequency |
12 times a year plus supplements |
| Launch date |
1939 |
| ISSN ARD |
0003-4967 |
| ISSN ARD Online |
1468-2044 |
| Readership |
Clinicians (including trainees) and researchers involved with all areas of
rheumatology as well as affiliated healthcare workers such as physiotherapists |
| Print circulation |
9500 (12% UK; 66% Europe (including EULAR delegates); 11% USA & Canada;
3% Far East & Australasia; 9% Rest of World) Not including online only or consortia customers |
| Indexed by |
Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase)
Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica (SIIC) |
| Impact factor |
The impact 2007 factor is 6.411 |
| Submitting to ARD |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press,
our online submission and review system.
ARD welcomes:
Original papers (clinical and basic science; extended and concise reports)
Editorials (usually commissioned)
Review articles (usually commissioned)
Hypothesis articles
Letters to the Editor
ARD will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest
In February 2004 ARD launched a "Publish ahead of print" programme for selected articles, which are published online within a few days of acceptance
Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on ARD Online
Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial
Office |
| Lead times |
Time from submission to first decision: mean 5 weeks
About 22% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to print publication: approximately 6 months (original papers)
This journal also features Online First |
| Acceptance rate |
29% |
| Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe
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| Supplements |
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