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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 08/09/2026 to 15/09/2026

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19767
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The impact of Sjögren's disease on ovarian reserve: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19991
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Association of circulating miR-29b with microvascular dysfunction and digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis: a single-centre pilot study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20307
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Outcome measures for cutaneous and musculoskeletal involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review

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 08/09/2026 to 15/09/2026

CER19665
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Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, but not calcium channel blockers, improve peripheral vascular function in systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19213
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BLyS/APRIL dual inhibition for systemic sclerosis: a single-centre, single-arm, open-label clinical trial of telitacicept

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18839
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Synovial resident macrophage-derived PU.1 alleviates rheumatoid arthritis by promoting efferocytosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19298
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Overcoming methotrexate intolerance in a paediatric cohort of patients with rheumatic diseases: successful application of a large interval oral split-dose regimen

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19735
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71 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract