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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 14/04/2026 to 21/04/2026

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

 

CER19107
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Clinical practice guidelines for reporting nail fold videocapillaroscopy: a Delphi consensus on behalf of the Italian Society of Rheumatology study group on capillaroscopy

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19374
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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

 

CER19185
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Targeting fibroblast-like synoviocytes with CDK4/6 inhibitors as a novel, non-immunosuppressive treatment strategy for rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 14/04/2026 to 21/04/2026

CER19538
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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

 

CER19636
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for the diagnosis, follow-up and management of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18916
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Three-year follow-up from a randomised controlled trial of a single intra-articular polyacrylamide hydrogel injection in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatology Abstract