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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 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 17/04/2026 to 24/04/2026

CER19732
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Mitochondrial abnormalities in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18462
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Clinical phenotypes and therapeutic outcomes in enteropathic arthritis: a multivariate analysis from a retrospective cohort

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19414
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Sustained symptom relief and safety over five years following a single intra-articular injection of 2.5[%] polyacrylamide hydrogel in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19635
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Vascular imaging as an endpoint in clinical trials of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19429
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Treatment and follow-up of patients with Sjögren's disease associated interstitial lung disease: a case series

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 17/04/2026 to 24/04/2026

CER19538
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232 click

Risk factors for severe infections during induction therapy of patients with microscopic polyangiitis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18886
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High sensitivity measurement of circulating interferon proteins in systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19616
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The roles of macrophages in ankylosing spondylitis: from pathogenesis to therapeutic intervention target

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19524
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Cost-effectiveness of avacopan for ANCA-associated vasculitis in China

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19683
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First profiling of the national Swiss Clinical Quality Management giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica registry

Rheumatology Abstract