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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 corresponding 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.

Page charge

A page charge of €150.00 per printed page 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 06/06/2026 to 13/06/2026

CER19234
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Machine learning-based identification of pyroptosis-related genes as biomarkers and targets in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18814
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Association of NXP2 autoantibodies with a more severe clinical phenotype of juvenile dermatomyositis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19735
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Sequential treatment strategies following methotrexate inadequate response in rheumatoid arthritis: a real-world retrospective cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19007
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The MicroIBioM study: the gut microbiome in inclusion body myositis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19017
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Validation of simplified scoring systems for assessing cutaneous disease activity in dermatomyositis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19636
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for the diagnosis, follow-up and management of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 06/06/2026 to 13/06/2026

CER19568
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TREM2 modulates CXCL9:SPP1 polarity to influence macrophage-chondrocyte crosstalk and promote osteoarthritis progression

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19234
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63 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19541
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Sex-specific risk profiles of drug-associated joint stiffness and deformity: a FAERS-based pharmacovigilance study with Canadian Vigilance Adverse Reaction Database validation

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19423
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Switching from intravenous to subcutaneous infliximab in Behçet’s disease: feasibility, safety and early outcomes

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19115
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Functional characterisation of a novel homozygous p.Y227C ADA2 variant in a child with deficiency of adenosine deaminase type 2

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19481
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Macrophage heterogeneity governs the balance between fibrosis and tissue protection in systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology Abstract