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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 14/08/2026 to 21/08/2026

CER19745
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Characteristics and clinical significance of aortic ulcer signs on computed tomography angiography in patients with Takayasu's arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19867
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The 8th International Congress on Controversies in Fibromyalgia

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19732
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Mitochondrial abnormalities in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

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

 

CER19374
Free to view
70 click

Shaping the landscape of interstitial lung disease in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: state of the art, evidence gaps and a need for clinical trials

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 14/08/2026 to 21/08/2026

CER19156
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Dynamics of interleukin-23/interleukin-17 axis and type 1 regulatory T cells across disease stages in axial spondyloarthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20062
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Outcome and risk factors for progression in IgG4-related disease under watchful waiting

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19552
86 click

Long-term comorbidity patterns in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19636
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74 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20025
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Hydroxychloroquine and the cardiovascular system: lights and shadows

Rheumatology Abstract