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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.

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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 19/04/2026 to 26/04/2026

CER19213
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BLyS/APRIL dual inhibition for systemic sclerosis: a single-centre, single-arm, open-label clinical trial of telitacicept

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19732
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Mitochondrial abnormalities in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19429
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Treatment and follow-up of patients with Sjögren's disease associated interstitial lung disease: a case series

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19635
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Vascular imaging as an endpoint in clinical trials of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19092
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Successful use of upadacitinib in a 14-year-old patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis and hidradenitis suppurativa

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 19/04/2026 to 26/04/2026

CER18886
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High sensitivity measurement of circulating interferon proteins in systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18722
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Gut microbiota dysbiosis exacerbates microscopic polyangiitis via toll-like receptor 7

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19635
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Vascular imaging as an endpoint in clinical trials of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19683
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First profiling of the national Swiss Clinical Quality Management giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica registry

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19213
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BLyS/APRIL dual inhibition for systemic sclerosis: a single-centre, single-arm, open-label clinical trial of telitacicept

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19481
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Macrophage heterogeneity governs the balance between fibrosis and tissue protection in systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19871
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Novel PET/CT tracers for large-vessel vasculitis: molecular imaging of immune cell recruitment, myeloid activation and vascular remodelling in giant cell arteritis and Takayasu's arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract