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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 08/11/2026 to 15/11/2026

CER20559
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Reply to: Interstitial lung involvement in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with abatacept

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19835
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A pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of an at-home TheraPutty® hand exercise intervention on strength and function in adults with inclusion body myositis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19705
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Serum ferritin predicts response to tocilizumab in glucocorticoid-resistant adult-onset Still's disease: a prospective real-world cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20045
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Invisible neuropsychiatric burden in Behçet’s disease without central nervous system involvement: a phenotype-based comparison

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19426
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Behçet’s disease and pregnancy: retrospective study and updated review of the literature

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 08/11/2026 to 15/11/2026

CER19705
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Serum ferritin predicts response to tocilizumab in glucocorticoid-resistant adult-onset Still's disease: a prospective real-world cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER20074
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Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis in rare systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials within the European Reference Network on Connective Tissue and Musculoskeletal Diseases

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19426
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Behçet’s disease and pregnancy: retrospective study and updated review of the literature

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19639
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CD163+ macrophage infiltration reflects disease activity and early treatment response in lupus nephritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19442
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Optimising muscle biopsy: ultrasound-guided technique for enhanced accuracy and safety

Rheumatology Abstract