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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 28/08/2026 to 04/09/2026

CER20331
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120 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20307
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Outcome measures for cutaneous and musculoskeletal involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review

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

 

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

 

CER19735
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Sequential treatment strategies following methotrexate inadequate response in rheumatoid arthritis: a real-world retrospective cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 28/08/2026 to 04/09/2026

CER19213
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326 click

BLyS/APRIL dual inhibition for systemic sclerosis: a single-centre, single-arm, open-label clinical trial of telitacicept

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19316
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325 click

Multiparametric assessment of sarcopenia in systemic sclerosis: prognostic implications and interplay with malnutrition

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19515
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283 click

Evaluation of particle-based multi-analyte technology for autoantibody detection in systemic sclerosis: concordance with conventional methods and clinical associations

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20331
Free to view
184 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20307
Free to view
129 click

Outcome measures for cutaneous and musculoskeletal involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a scoping literature review

Rheumatology Abstract