The journal is an international scientific journal covering clinical and experimental aspects of rheumatic diseases. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology is essential reading for rheumatologists and also for general practitioners, orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists, pharmacologists, pathologists and health professionals with an interest in patients with rheumatic diseases. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology is published for the Scandinavian Rheumatology Research Foundation and is the official journal of the Scandinavian Society for Rheumatology. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology publishes original papers within the various fields of clinical and experimental rheumatology, such as: clinical aspects of rheumatic disorders including pharmacotherapy, prophylaxis, surgical and other treatments; laboratory investigations, including mainly biochemistry, immunology, immunopathology, microbiology, histopathology, pathophysiology and pharmacology; radiological, magnetic, and other forms of imaging; and epidemiologicial, genetic, and social aspects. Editorials, short papers and review articles are also published. Brief letters to the Editor will be accepted. Reviews of new books are included. The scientific standard is the only criterion for accepting an article for publication. "Scandinavian" does not imply a journal restricted to Scandinavian research. The journal welcomes international papers and invites both Scandinavian and other investigators to submit their manuscripts for publication in the journal. All papers are published in English.

該雜志是一份涵蓋風濕病臨床和實驗方面的國際科學雜志。《斯堪的納維亞風濕病學雜志》是風濕病學家、全科醫生、骨科醫生、放射科醫生、藥理學家、病理學家和對風濕病患者感興趣的衛生專業人士的必讀刊物。《斯堪的納維亞風濕病學雜志》為斯堪的納維亞風濕病研究基金會出版，是斯堪的納維亞風濕病學會的官方雜志。《斯堪的納維亞風濕病雜志》發表臨床和實驗風濕病各領域的原始論文，如：風濕病的臨床方面包括藥物治療、預防、外科和其他治療；實驗室調查，主要包括生物化學、免疫學、免疫病理學、微生物學、組織病理學、病理生理學和藥理學；放射、磁和其他成像形式、流行病、遺傳和社會方面。還發表社論、短文和評論文章。我們將接受給編輯的簡短信函。新書的評論也包括在內。科學的標準是接受文章發表的唯一標準。“斯堪的納維亞語”并不意味著一本僅限于斯堪的納維亞研究的期刊。該雜志歡迎國際論文，并邀請斯堪的納維亞和其他研究人員提交他們的手稿在該雜志上發表。所有的論文都是用英文發表的。