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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 correspondent 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 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 11/02/2026 to 18/02/2026

CER19491
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Damage accrual in Sjögren’s disease. Prevalence, risk factors and impact on quality of life: a systematic review

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19372
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Pain in myositis: prevalence, assessment, potential mechanisms and considerations for management

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19017
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45 click

Validation of simplified scoring systems for assessing cutaneous disease activity in dermatomyositis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18720
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Anifrolumab in systemic lupus erythematosus: real-world experience from a single academic tertiary care centre

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18421
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Prevalence, incidence and geographic distribution of familial Mediterranean fever in Turkey: a national cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 11/02/2026 to 18/02/2026

CER19392
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Association between autoantibodies and interstitial lung disease in autoimmune disease patients: a retrospective study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19211
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Potential pitfalls in the differential diagnosis of myositis versus hereditary myopathies

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19471
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Haemorrhage-related adverse events associated with nintedanib: a pharmacovigilance study based on the FAERS database

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19337
81 click

Insight into modulating osteoarthritis progression: lncRNAs and TGF-β/Smad signalling pathway

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18862
67 click

Establishment and validation of a novel risk stratification scale in adult IgA vasculitis nephritis: a cohort study based on a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18930
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67 click

Assessment of myositis specific antibodies in primary chronic arthritis: single centre prospective study

Rheumatology Abstract