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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 03/09/2026 to 10/09/2026

CER20331
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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

 

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

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

 

CER19636
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for the diagnosis, follow-up and management of giant cell arteritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 03/09/2026 to 10/09/2026

CER19213
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500 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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Multiparametric assessment of sarcopenia in systemic sclerosis: prognostic implications and interplay with malnutrition

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19515
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443 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
183 click

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19665
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Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, but not calcium channel blockers, improve peripheral vascular function in systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology Abstract