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Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology is a monthly international peer-reviewed journal which has been covering all clinical, experimental and translational aspects of musculoskeletal, arthritic and connective tissue diseases since 1983. The journal includes annual monothematic issues on the following topics:

The monothematic issue on Myositis is also the official organ of the International Myositis Society (iMyoS, https://imyos.org).

Articles submitted on these topics, once accepted are published ahead-of-print online, and subsequently included in the correspondent monothematic issue.

Editor-in-Chief
Stefano Bombardieri, MD

Environmental Rheumatology

LER & CER: Letter to the Editor Rheumatology

Letter to Editor Rheumatology: Commentaries and Controversies (LER) has been an online forum for a stronger voice and a wider audience for critical and dissenting views in rheumatology and related disciplines. It has joined forces with Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology to achieve the deserved wider audience.

Letters can be submitted solely to: https://www.clinexprheumatol.org, please read Authors’ Guidelines.

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A page charge of €150.00 will be assessed for all articles published. Letters to the Editor will be charged €300.00. Instructions for payment will be sent to authors along with the proofs. There is no charge for solicited articles.

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The 5 most viewed PDFs in the last 7 days
in press from 6 months ago (One year in review excluded)

From 08/01/2026 to 15/01/2026

CER19323
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Immunological signatures in patients with Sjögren's disease: association with systemic disease activity at diagnosis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19080
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Modification of 2022 ACR/EULAR ANCA-associated vasculitis classification criteria in a Japanese cohort (J-CANVAS)

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19257
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Research evidence and patient perspective on the impact of lifestyle factors in patients with Sjögren’s disease

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18415
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Avacopan with combined cyclophosphamide and rituximab for induction therapy in severe ANCA-associated vasculitis: retrospective observational study of 30 patients in two German referral centres

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19334
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Impact of concomitant methotrexate on JAK inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: a retrospective single-centre study from the KEIO-RA cohort

Rheumatology Abstract

 

The 5 most viewed Abstracts in the last 7 days
in press from 6 months ago (One year in review excluded)

From 08/01/2026 to 15/01/2026

CER19138
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Intercepting the psoriasis-psoriatic arthritis continuum: a precision-medicine framework for at-risk, subclinical, and early psoriatic arthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19234
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98 click

Machine learning-based identification of pyroptosis-related genes as biomarkers and targets in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19334
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92 click

Impact of concomitant methotrexate on JAK inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: a retrospective single-centre study from the KEIO-RA cohort

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19325
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Sex disparities in the phenotype at diagnosis of Sjögren's disease: artificial intelligence-driven characterisation in 17,416 patients

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19491
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Damage accrual in Sjögren’s disease. Prevalence, risk factors and impact on quality of life: a systematic review

Rheumatology Abstract