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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 14/05/2026 to 21/05/2026

CER18814
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Association of NXP2 autoantibodies with a more severe clinical phenotype of juvenile dermatomyositis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19732
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Mitochondrial abnormalities in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19185
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Targeting fibroblast-like synoviocytes with CDK4/6 inhibitors as a novel, non-immunosuppressive treatment strategy for rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19234
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Machine learning-based identification of pyroptosis-related genes as biomarkers and targets in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18916
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Three-year follow-up from a randomised controlled trial of a single intra-articular polyacrylamide hydrogel injection in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 14/05/2026 to 21/05/2026

CER18886
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421 click

High sensitivity measurement of circulating interferon proteins in systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19658
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Clinical characteristics, predictors and prognosis of systemic sclerosis with scleroderma renal crisis and pulmonary arterial hypertension

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19121
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173 click

Carotid vasa vasorum detected by super-resolution ultrasound microvascular imaging in Takayasu’s arteritis: a potential biomarker of disease activity and early treatment outcome

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18835
118 click

Psoriatic arthritis spectrum in children: a multicentre observational study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18916
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93 click

Three-year follow-up from a randomised controlled trial of a single intra-articular polyacrylamide hydrogel injection in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatology Abstract