The Literature of Rheumatism

Abstract

In 1961 Dr. R. M. Stecher published a useful bringing up to date the information concerning the "World list of periodical literature in arthritis and items he recorded and adding the titles of journals rheumatism" (Arthr. and Rheum., 1961, 4, 378-88). that began publication after his list was published. After listing all known journals on the subject, he Some reviews of the literature on rheumatism, the discussed their development and commented upon chief abstracting journals, and a few important their importance. textbooks are also recorded, together with the dates The present list supplements Dr. Stecher's paper, of recent international congresses.

An Evaluation of the Rheumatology Periodical Literature used in Britain and the USA

“…It is interesting to compare these lists of the most cited periodicals in rheumatology with the lists of specialist rheumatology periodicals produced by STECHE;R [6) and MORTON and BYWATERS [5). Of the 32 current periodicals, of world-wide origin, listed by MORTON and BYWATERS only 5 appear in Tables 1 and 2.…”