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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 01/10/2026 to 08/10/2026

CER19670
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for topical and systemic treatments in Sjögren's disease

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20044
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The microbiota-gut-brain axis in fibromyalgia: a scoping review

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

 

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

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20331
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Juvenile- and adult-onset systemic sclerosis: similarities and differences in early disease patterns: a scoping review

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 01/10/2026 to 08/10/2026

CER19670
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology recommendations for topical and systemic treatments in Sjögren's disease

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20079
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Efficacy of calcineurin inhibitors in interstitial lung disease of patients with antisynthetase syndrome: a systematic literature review and single-arm prevalence meta-analysis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19647
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Lung cancer risk in systemic sclerosis: data from an inception cohort and meta-analysis of published studies

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20044
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83 click

The microbiota-gut-brain axis in fibromyalgia: a scoping review

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20080
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Airway computed tomography features and surgical outcomes in ANCA-associated vasculitis and relapsing polychondritis: a retrospective comparative study

Rheumatology Abstract