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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.

Page charge

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 10/02/2026 to 17/02/2026

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

 

CER19372
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Pain in myositis: prevalence, assessment, potential mechanisms and considerations for management

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18720
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Anifrolumab in systemic lupus erythematosus: real-world experience from a single academic tertiary care centre

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

 

CER18696
Free to view
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Non-inflammatory mimickers of myositis: a guide for rheumatologists

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 10/02/2026 to 17/02/2026

CER19392
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Association between autoantibodies and interstitial lung disease in autoimmune disease patients: a retrospective study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19211
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Potential pitfalls in the differential diagnosis of myositis versus hereditary myopathies

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18696
Free to view
69 click

Non-inflammatory mimickers of myositis: a guide for rheumatologists

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

 

CER19337
66 click

Insight into modulating osteoarthritis progression: lncRNAs and TGF-β/Smad signalling pathway

Rheumatology Abstract