Lupus (journal)

Not to be confused with Lupus: Open Access, published by the OMICS Publishing Group.

Lupus

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Discipline	Clinical medicine
Language	English
Edited by	Graham R. V. Hughes
Publisher	SAGE Publishing
History	1991–present
Frequency	Monthly
Open access
License
Impact factor	2.600 (2010)
ISSN	0961-2033

Lupus is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of rheumatology. The journal's editor is Graham R. V. Hughes (King's College London). It has been in publication since 1991 and is currently published by SAGE Publishing.

Scope

Lupus is devoted exclusively to Lupus and related disease research. The journal includes new, clinical and laboratory-based studies from specialists in lupus-related disciplines such as rheumatology, dermatology and immunology.

Abstracting and indexing

Lupus is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2010 impact factor is 2.600, ranking it 14 out of 29 journals in the category ‘Rheumatology’.<ref name=WoS>,

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External links

• Official website

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