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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 02/07/2026 to 09/07/2026

CER19867
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The 8th International Congress on Controversies in Fibromyalgia

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19378
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Association between reproductive factors and fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional analysis of female health profiles

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

 

CER18696
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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 02/07/2026 to 09/07/2026

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19213
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290 click

BLyS/APRIL dual inhibition for systemic sclerosis: a single-centre, single-arm, open-label clinical trial of telitacicept

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19460
272 click

Magnetic resonance imaging-based radiomics for early detection of primary Sjögren’s disease using ZOOMit-DWI: a non-invasive diagnostic approach

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20044
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The microbiota-gut-brain axis in fibromyalgia: a scoping review

Rheumatology Abstract