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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open is 2.9 (Q2 in Rheumatology; fully open access).
- Impact Factor
- 2.9 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Rheumatology
- Quartile
- Q2 in Rheumatology
- Publisher
- Elsevier (OARSI)
- Open access
- fully open access
- IF source
- sciencedirect.com
Position within the field
Ranked 21 of the 33 journals in Rheumatology on this site (bottom 50%).
Rheumatology journals with a similar Impact Factor
- Rheumatology and Therapy IF 3.1
- BMC Rheumatology IF 3.1
- ACR Open Rheumatology IF 2.9
- Rheumatology Advances in Practice IF 2.8
- Advances in Rheumatology IF 2.8
- Clinical Rheumatology IF 2.7
About this value
The Journal Impact Factor of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 2.9. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Rheumatology.