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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.

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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 17/02/2026 to 24/02/2026

CER19372
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Pain in myositis: prevalence, assessment, potential mechanisms and considerations for management

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19357
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Resolution of refractory systemic lupus erythematosus-associated alopecia with anifrolumab: a case report

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19104
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Efficacy of rituximab treatment in a post-COVID-19 vaccine myositis overlapping to systemic sclerosis: a histological follow-up

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18414
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Lupus or not? Idiopathic full house glomerulonephritis: a rare nephropathy with unexpectedly severe outcome

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18421
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56 click

Prevalence, incidence and geographic distribution of familial Mediterranean fever in Turkey: a national cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18720
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56 click

Anifrolumab in systemic lupus erythematosus: real-world experience from a single academic tertiary care centre

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 17/02/2026 to 24/02/2026

CER19337
71 click

Insight into modulating osteoarthritis progression: lncRNAs and TGF-β/Smad signalling pathway

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19211
Free to view
70 click

Potential pitfalls in the differential diagnosis of myositis versus hereditary myopathies

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19392
67 click

Association between autoantibodies and interstitial lung disease in autoimmune disease patients: a retrospective study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19045
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56 click

Systemic lupus erythematosus and associated organ damage in real-world settings: estimating damage scores using administrative claims data

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19121
55 click

Carotid vasa vasorum detected by super-resolution ultrasound microvascular imaging in Takayasu’s arteritis: a potential biomarker of disease activity and early treatment outcome

Rheumatology Abstract