About the journal
Lupus is the international peer-reviewed journal for systemic lupus erythematosus, the antiphospholipid syndrome (Hughes' syndrome), and the wider family of autoimmune connective-tissue disorders. Founded under Edward Arnold in 1991 with Professor Graham R. V. Hughes (London Lupus Centre) as founding editor, the journal was published by Arnold for fifteen years before transferring to SAGE Publications in 2006 as part of the Hodder Arnold journal-list sale.
Editorial scope covers clinical immunology and rheumatology — lupus pathogenesis and autoantibody biology, antiphospholipid syndrome and pregnancy morbidity, lupus nephritis, neuropsychiatric lupus, the related connective-tissue diseases (Sjögren's syndrome, mixed connective-tissue disease, scleroderma), and outcomes research in lupus cohorts. The journal also publishes the proceedings of the annual International Congress on SLE and the Lupus Foundation of America scientific meetings.
Graham Hughes' editorial direction during the Arnold years established Lupus as the principal venue for antiphospholipid-syndrome research worldwide; the journal continues under SAGE with this clinical-immunology focus and remains the most-cited lupus-specific periodical in current Scopus and Web of Science indexing.
Scope
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- antiphospholipid syndrome
- connective-tissue disease
- autoimmune pregnancy complications
Editorial contributors
- Graham R. V. Hughes
Founding Editor (from 1991)
Indexing & abstracting
- Scopus
- Web of Science (SCI-Expanded)
- MEDLINE
- EMBASE
Indexing coverage reflects the journal’s inclusion in standard bibliographic databases during the Arnold imprint years and (where applicable) under subsequent publishers.
Bibliographic identifiers
- ISO 4 abbreviation
- Lupus
Frequently asked
- What does the Lupus journal publish?
- Lupus publishes peer-reviewed research on systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid (Hughes) syndrome, and related connective-tissue diseases — pathogenesis, autoantibody biology, clinical management, lupus nephritis, neuropsychiatric lupus, and outcomes research in lupus cohorts.
- Who founded the journal?
- Lupus was founded under the Edward Arnold imprint in 1991 with Professor Graham R. V. Hughes (London Lupus Centre) as founding editor, and was carried to SAGE Publications in the 2006 Hodder Arnold journal-list sale.
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