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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 correspondent 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 02/04/2026 to 09/04/2026

CER18953
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Red wine antioxidant properties implications in rheumatic diseases: exploring clonal variations in resveratrol and other bioactive compounds

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18930
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Assessment of myositis specific antibodies in primary chronic arthritis: single centre prospective study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18763
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Predictors of post-operative cardiovascular complications for Behçet’s disease with pre-operative immunosuppressive therapy

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19019
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The Refractory DermatoMyositis Index (ReDMI): a clinical tool to predict refractory disease in patients with dermatomyositis

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

 

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

From 02/04/2026 to 09/04/2026

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

 

CER19224
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Interstitial lung involvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with abatacept: a prospective observational study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

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