Indian Journal of Rheumatology
Published in Association with Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA)
Other Titles in:
Rheumatology
Rheumatology
eISSN:
09733701 | ISSN:
09733698 | Current volume: 21 | Current issue: 1
Frequency: Quarterly
Journal Highlights
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- Rigorous peer review
- Timely publishing
- No Article Processing Charges
Indian Journal of Rheumatology is an open access, peer reviewed journal which publishes high-quality empirical original research and review articles pertaining to all domains of Rheumatology. Articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.
It started in 2006 as the official publication of Indian Rheumatology Association and is a quarterly journal. In addition to rheumatology, the journal is also relevant to researchers and professionals from other inter-disciplinary fields such as Nephrology, Pulmonary Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Histopathology.
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The Indian Journal of Rheumatology (formerly, Journal of Indian Rheumatology Association) is the official, double-anonymized peer-reviewed publication of the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA). The Journal is published quarterly (March, June, September, December i.e., 4 issues), Invited supplements focussed on specific topics are published periodically. The Indian Journal of Rheumatology is indexed in Scopus, Embase, ESCI and DOAJ. The journal is circulated amongst bonafide members of IRA along with those who have subscribed the journal. The journal is also available open access on the journal website.
The Journal accepts “original articles” or “brief reports” on clinical, laboratory and basic science research in the field of Rheumatology and “reviews” and “topical reviews” on topics of current interest. Case reports of exceptional educational value and relevance can be submitted as letter to the editor.
The journal has a focus on topics and issues related to South Asia including the Indian subcontinent such as tropical rheumatology and peculiar scenarios prevalent and needs of these regions. Contributions in these or any other topics related to rheumatology are however welcome from anywhere in the world.
Editor-in-Chief
| Durga Prasanna Misra | Additional Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India |
Emeritus Editor
| Aman Sharma | Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology wing, Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India |
Executive Editor
| Prasanta Padhan | Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KIMS, Bhubaneshwar, India |
Associate Editors
| Suma Balan | Professor, Paediatrics, Immunology and Rheumatology, AIMS, Kochi, India |
| Kunal Chandwar | Consultant Rheumatologist, Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad, India |
| Chengappa KG | Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India |
| Raj Kiran Dudam | CARE Hospital, Hyderabad, India |
| Parashar Ghosh | Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India |
| Mohit Goyal | CARE Hospital, Udaipur, India |
| Rajendra Varaprasad Irlapati | Consultant Rheumatologist, Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, India |
| Avinash Jain | Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SMS Hospital and Medical College, Jaipur, India |
| Amit Kansal | Kansal Arthritis & Rheumatology Centre of Excellence (CARE), 88-D, Kitchlu Nagar, Ludhiana, India |
| Sathish Kumar | Professor of Pediatrics, CMC Vellore, India |
| Mahabaleshwar M | Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| Pradyot Sinha Mahapatra | Associate Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, PGIMER, Kolkata, India |
| John Mathew | Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India |
| GSRSNK Naidu | Associate Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Wing, Department of Internal Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India |
| Ghanshyam Pangtey | Director Professor, Head of Unit and Incharge Rheumatology, Dept. of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India |
| Pradeepta Sekhar Patro | Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneshwar, India |
| Benzeeta Pinto | Consultant Rheumatologist, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India |
| Upendra Rathore | Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India |
| Sham Santhanam | Consultant Rheumatologist, Kauvery Hospital (Alwarpet), Chennai, India |
| Padhmadabha Shenoy | Medical Director, Centre for Arthritis and Rheumatism Excellence (CARE), Cochin, Kerala, India |
| Yogesh Preet Singh | Assistant Professor, HIMS, Dehradun, India |
| Vivek Vasudev | Professor, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Army Hospital, Research and Referral, New Delhi, India |
International Editorial Board
| Vikas Agarwal | Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India |
| Rohit Aggarwal | Medical Director, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Center, Professor of Medicine, Co-director, UPMC Myositis Center, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| Fatma Alibaz-Oner | Professor, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye |
| Anurag Bharadwaj | Consultant Rheumatologist, Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital, United Kingdom |
| Dimitrios Bogdanos | Director and Professor, University of Thessaly Faculty of Medicine: Larissa, Thessaly, Greece |
| Corrado Campochiaro | Consultant, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy |
| James CC Wei | Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan |
| Vinod Chandran | Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto & Director, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada |
| Kaushik Chaudhuri | Consultant Rheumatologist, University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire, United Kingdom |
| Vaidehi R Chowdhary | Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology); Clinical Chief, Rheumatology, Allergy, & Immunology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
| Ernest Choy | Director at Welsh Arthritis Research Network, Cardiff University, UK |
| Christian Dejaco | Consultant, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, Padua, Italy |
| Haner Direskeneli | Professor, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye |
| Loïc Guillevin | Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France |
| Masayoshi Harigai | Director, Sanno Medical Center; Professor, Department of Rheumatology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan |
| Nigil Haroon | Head, Division of Rheumatology, UHN and Sinai Health, Toronto |
| George Karpouzas | Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Ozgur Kasapcopur | Head of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Turkey |
| Tanaz Kermani | Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Dinesh Khanna | Professor of Medicine, University of Medicine, University of Michigan, USA |
| George Kitas | Consultant Rheumatologist, University of Birmingham, UK and Hygeia Hosiptal Athens, Greece |
| Piet LC Van Riel | Professor, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
| Ajesh Maharaj | Department of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Science, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa |
| Ashutosh Mangalam | Associate Professor, Department of Patholohy, University of IOWA Health Care, Iowa City, USA |
| Ellen Margrethe-Hauge | Professor, Dept of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark |
| Ashish Jacob Mathews | Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India |
| Robert John Moots | Department of Rheumatology, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK |
| Chetan Mukhtyar | Consultant and Service Director for Rheumatology – Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
| Elena Nikiphorou | Reader in Rheumatology & Medical Education, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London ,Consultant Rheumatologist, King's College Hospital, UK |
| Roberto Padoan | Consultant, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, Padua, Italy |
| James T Rosenbaum | Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, OHSU, Portland, USA |
| Amr H Sawalha | Professor, of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Immunology, Vincent Londino Endowed Chair, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Carlo F Selmi | Director of the Residency, School of Emergency Medicine, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy |
| John H. Stone | University at Buffalo, USA |
| Mohammad Tikly | Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Alessandro Tomelleri | Consultant, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy |
| Deepak Tripathi | University of Texas, Health Science Center, USA |
| Murray Urowitz | Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Director of the Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases and the University of Toronto and the Lupus Clinic at the Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto |
| S Venkatachalam | Consultant Rheumatologist, Cannock Chase Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, United Kingdom |
| Alexandre Wagner Silva da Souza | Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil |
| Ajay Wanchu | Rheumatologist, Adventist Medical Center-Portland, USA |
| Richard A Watts | Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK |
| Anthony Woolf | University of Exeter Medical School, and Plymouth Peninsula Medical and Dental College, and NHS National Institute of Health Research Clinical Research Network Southwest Peninsula, UK |
National Editorial Board
| Adarsh MB | Assistant Professor, Medicine, GMC, Kozhikode, India |
| Amita Aggarwal | Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGI, Lucknow, India |
| Sakir Ahmed | Associate Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KIMS, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, India |
| Sajal Ajmani | Consultant Rheumatologist, Arthritis and Rheumatology Clinic, New Delhi, India |
| C Balakrishna | Section Head - Rheumatology, Consultant - Rheumatology, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India |
| Pooja Belani | Consultant Rheumatologist, Sterling Hospital, Gandhidham, Kutch, Gujarat, India |
| D S Bhakuni | Director, Rheumatology, Max Hospital, Noida, India |
| Remesh Bhasi | Senior Consultant & Head, Department of Rheumatology, Director of Medical Education & Academics, Director – DNB Programme, Aster MIMS Calicut, India |
| Kunal Chandwar | Consultant Rheumatologist, Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad, India |
| Arghya Chattopadhyay | Assistant Professor, NBMC, Siliguri, India |
| Ved Chaturvedi | |
| G D Choudhury | Professor of Medicine. Unit Chief, Rheumatology, Command Hospital, Chandimandir, Haryana, India |
| Abhra Chandra Chowdhury | Consultant Rheumatologist, CK Birla Hospital, Kolkata, India |
| Damodaram P | Consultant Rheumatologist, Shubodaya Rheumatology Center, Tirupati, India |
| Debashish Danda | Director, Institute of Rheumatology, NH Mazumdar Shah Medical Center, Bengaluru, India |
| Mushtaq Ahmad Dangroo | Head, Rheumatology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, India |
| MP Das | Professor and Head, Medicine, Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati, India |
| Prateek Deo | Consultant Rheumatologist and Immunologist, Bansal Hospital, Bhopal, India |
| BG Dharmanand | Consultant Rheumatologist, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India |
| Aadhaar Dhooria | Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, MGM College and Hospital, Jaipur, India |
| Sunil Dogra | Professor, Dermatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India |
| Lalit Duggal | Senior Consultant & Chairman, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India |
| Sukesh E | Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, India |
| Gayatri Ekbote | Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India |
| Alakandu Ghosh | Consultant Rheumatologist, Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, India |
| Shounak Ghosh | Consultant Rheumatologist, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, India |
| Yojana Gokhale | Dr. Gokhale Clinic and Arthritis Center, Mumbai, India |
| Aishwarya Gopal | Department of Clinical Immunology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India |
| Rajiva Gupta | Consultant Rheumatologist, Medanta The Medicity, Gurugram, India |
| Rohini Handa | Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Apollo Indraprastha Hospitals, New Delhi, India |
| Binoy J Paul | Professor of Medicine and Chief of Rheumatology, KMCT Medical College, Calicut, India |
| Avinash Jain | Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SMS Hospital and Medical College, Jaipur, India |
| Neeraj Jain | Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India |
| Siddharth Jain | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India |
| Ramesh Jois | Consultant Rheumatologist, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India |
| Vaijayanti L Joshi | Consultant Rheumatologist, CRD, Pune, India |
| VR Joshi | PD Hinduja Hospital Mumbai, India |
| Shanmuganandan K | Professor, Department of Medicine and Rheumatology, Chrompet, Chennai, India |
| Sanjeeb Kakati | Dean, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, India |
| Aijaz Karim Khan | Clinical Director, A and R Center, Prime Clinics, Srinagar, India |
| Rajat Kharbanda | Assistant Professor, Clincial Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGI, Lucknow, India |
| Mahendranath KM | Samarpan Health Center, Bengaluru, India |
| Kavita Krishna | Professor and Head, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Ashok Kumar | Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Uma Kumar | Professor & Founder Head, Department of Rheumatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India |
| Phani Kumar D | Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad,Telangana, India |
| Vikram Londay | Associate Professor of Medicine and Incharge Rheumatology HBT Medical College and Dr. RN Cooper Hospital, Mumbai & Consultant Rheumatologist, Criticare Asia Multispeciality Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India |
| Kavitha M | Consultant Rheumatologist, Kauvery Hospitals, Chennai, India |
| Mahabaleshwar M | Assistant Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| H R Madhuri | Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Star hospitals , Hyderabad, India |
| Anill Mahajan | Senior Consultant, Madaan Hospital and Research Center, Jammu, India |
| AN Malaviya | Consultant Rheumatologist, 'A &R' Clinic and Visiting Senior Consultant, ISIC Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India |
| Saurabh Malaviya | Director. OJAS Center for Arthritis and Auto Immune Diseases, Indore, India |
| Sonal Mehra | Consultant - Centre for Rheumatology, Arthritis and Spine, Noida & Consultant - Apollo Hospital, Delhi and Noida, India |
| Pankti Mehta | Clinical Fellow, Immunology & Rheumatology, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada |
| Ramnath Misra | Dean, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, KIMS, Bhubaneshwar, India |
| Sakshi Mittal | Consultatant Rheumatologist, Venkateshwara Hospital, New Delhi, India |
| Jayachandran N | Professor, Department of Medicine, Calicut Medical College, Calicut, India |
| Milind Nadkar | Professor and Head, Medicine, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India |
| Subramanian Nallasivan | Assistant Professor in Medicine and Rheumatology, Consultant Rheumatologist, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute Madurai and Rosemary Mission Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India |
| G Narsimulu | Senior Consultant, Rheumatologist, GVN Medical Centre, Hyderabad, India |
| VS Negi | Director, AIIMS, Bilaspur, India |
| Jyotsna Oak | Consultant and Chief, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, India |
| Vignesh P | Associate Professor, Allergy and Immunology Unit, Advanved Pediatrics Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India |
| Arnab Pal | Professor of Biochemistry, PGIMER, India |
| V P Pandey | Professor and Head, Medicine, Medical College, Indore, India |
| Sapan Pandya | Associate Professor, Rheumatology, Smt NHL Medical College, Ahmedabad, India |
| Jyoti Ranjan Parida | Consultant Rheumatologist, Odisha Arthritis & Rheumatology Care, Bhubaneshwar, India |
| Vijaya Prasanna Parimi | Superspecialist, ESIC Medical College and Superspeciality Hospital, Hyderabad,Telangana, India |
| Sanat Phatak | Rheumatologist, KEM Hospital and Research Center, Pune, India |
| Arul Rajamurugan | Associate Professor and Head, Institute of Rheumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India |
| Liza Rajasekhar | Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, NIMS, Hyderabad, India |
| Raja Ramachandran | Associate Professor, Nephrology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India |
| Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo | Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, IMS and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
| PD Rath | Senior Director and Head, Rheumatology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India |
| Manish Rathi | Professor, Department of Nephrology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India |
| Upendra Rathore | Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India |
| R Ravichandran | Consultant Rheumatologist, SIMS Hospital Vadapalani, Chennai, India |
| Vishnu Vardhan Reddy | Consultant Rheumatologist, Vizag Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Vishakhapatnam, India |
| Rasmi Roongta | Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheuamtology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Debaditya Roy | DM Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Resident, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Rajeshwari S | Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SRMC and Hospital, Chennai, India |
| Renu Saigal | Consultant, Rheumatology Clinic, Jaipur, India |
| Rohini Samant | Consulting Rheumatologist, Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai and Hinduja Healthcare Surgical Khar, Mumbai, India |
| Abir Saraswat | Consultant Dermatologist, Indushree Skin Clinic, Lucknow, India |
| Pradip Sarma | Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Apollo Excel Care Hospital, Guwahati, India |
| Arti Sharma | Nanisha Rheumatology Clinic, New Delhi, India |
| Banwari Sharma | Rheumatologist and Immunologist, Niramaya Health Care, Jaipur, India |
| Vikas Sharma | Assistant Professor, Rheumatology Superspecilaity Cell, Department of Medicine, IGMC, Shimla, India |
| Vishal Sharma | Additional Professor of Gastroenterology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India |
| Vineeta Shobha | Professor and Head, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, St John's, Bengaluru, India |
| Puja Shrivastava | Rheumatologist & Immunologist, STAR Clinics, Ahmedabad, India |
| Aradhana Singh | HOD, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SMS Medical College and Attached Group of Hospitals, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Harpreet Singh | University of Texas at Dallas, USA |
| Surjit Singh | Professor and Head, Paediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India |
| Sumeet Singla | Professor, Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India |
| Debanjali Sinha | Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, India |
| Geetabali Sirkar | Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India |
| Fayaz Sofi | Professor and Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Founder Head, Division of Rheumatology, SKIMS Srinagar, UT of J& K, India |
| R Subramanian | Consultant Rheumatologist, JSS Hospital, Mysore, India |
| Keerthi Talari | Consultant Rheumatologist, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, India |
| Saumya Ranjan Tripathy | Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha, India |
| Vishad Viswanath | Medical Director and Consultant Rheumatologist, IRIS, Trivandrum, India |
| Anupam Wakhlu | Chief Consultant, Immunology and Rheumatology, Apollomedics Superspeciality Hospital, Lucknow, India |
| Abhishek Zanwar | Consultant Rheumatologist, Poona Superspeciality Clinic, Pune, India |