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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 20/08/2026 to 27/08/2026

CER20081
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Colchicine in coronary heart disease: from inflammatory biology to secondary prevention

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

 

CER19867
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57 click

The 8th International Congress on Controversies in Fibromyalgia

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

 

CER19628
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Prevention and management of gastrointestinal side effects in patients with systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease receiving anti-fibrotic therapy: a modified Delphi consensus study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20305
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Outcome measures used to assess gastrointestinal tract involvement in adults and children with systemic sclerosis: a scoping review

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 20/08/2026 to 27/08/2026

CER20331
Free to view
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Juvenile- and adult-onset systemic sclerosis: similarities and differences in early disease patterns: a scoping review

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19414
Free to view
82 click

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

 

CER19636
Free to view
67 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20036
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51 click

Biochemical, radiological and histological effects of ixekizumab on skin tissue in a bleomycin-induced systemic sclerosis mouse model

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19552
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Long-term comorbidity patterns in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Rheumatology Abstract