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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 06/09/2026 to 13/09/2026

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

 

CER19647
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68 click

Lung cancer risk in systemic sclerosis: data from an inception cohort and meta-analysis of published studies

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

 

CER20084
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Obinutuzumab in a patient with overlap syndrome of systemic sclerosis and myositis with perimyocarditis and renal crisis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 06/09/2026 to 13/09/2026

CER19665
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101 click

Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, but not calcium channel blockers, improve peripheral vascular function in systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19213
Free to view
87 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20084
Free to view
82 click

Obinutuzumab in a patient with overlap syndrome of systemic sclerosis and myositis with perimyocarditis and renal crisis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20331
Free to view
69 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20298
Free to view
62 click

Evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in juvenile systemic sclerosis: the paediatric gastroenterologist perspective

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20469
Free to view
62 click

Fifteenth International Congress on Spondyloarthritides

Rheumatology Abstract