Modern Rheumatology publishes original papers in English on research pertinent to rheumatology and associated areas such as pathology, physiology, clinical immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, experimental animal models, pharmacology, and orthopedic surgery.

Occasional reviews of topics which may be of wide interest to the readership will be accepted. In addition, concise papers of special scientific importance that represent definitive and original studies will be considered.

Modern Rheumatology is currently indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, EMBASE, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Google Scholar, EBSCO, CSA, Academic OneFile, Current Abstracts, Elsevier Biobase, Gale, Health Reference Center Academic, OCLC, SCImago, Summon by Serial Solutions

《Modern Rheumatology》是一本由TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD出版商出版的专业医学期刊，该刊创刊于1997年，刊期Bimonthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：医学 4区，小类学科：风湿病学 4区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q4。该刊发文范围涵盖风湿病学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外风湿病学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为2.862，平均审稿速度平均1.5月。