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. 2025 Jan 1;32(1):63-65.
doi: 10.4078/jrd.2024.0088. Epub 2024 Sep 9.

The future of Korean rheumatology

Bon San Koo  1 , Jae-Bum Jun  2
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The future of Korean rheumatology

Bon San Koo et al. J Rheum Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICT OF INTEREST This is the content of the oral presentation given by the president of the Korean College of Rheumatology, Jae-Bum Jun, M.D., Ph.D., during the presidential plenary session at the 44th Korean College of Rheumatology and 18th International Symposium (KCR, 2024), held from May 16 to 18, 2024. Jae-Bum Jun has been an editorial board member since June 2014, but has no role in the decision to publish this article.

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Figure 1
Cumulative growth of rheumatology members and specialists (1980~2024). Cumulative distribution of the number of the (A) Korean College of Rheumatology members and (B) rheumatology specialists.
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Figure 2
Cumulative number of papers by field and impact factor classification (2000~2025). (A) Cumulative number of papers by year and (B) classification by impact factor. Q: quartile, N/A: not available.
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