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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 14/03/2026 to 21/03/2026

CER19358
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Effect of vitamin D treatment in ANCA-associated vasculitis: results from an exploratory perspective, pragmatic, non-randomised study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18696
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Non-inflammatory mimickers of myositis: a guide for rheumatologists

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19414
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Sustained symptom relief and safety over five years following a single intra-articular injection of 2.5[%] polyacrylamide hydrogel in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19374
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Shaping the landscape of interstitial lung disease in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: state of the art, evidence gaps and a need for clinical trials

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18745
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Clinical phenotypes and long-term outcomes of anti-SRP versus anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotising myopathy: a 13-year single-centre 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 14/03/2026 to 21/03/2026

CER19867
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The 8th International Congress on Controversies in Fibromyalgia

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19563
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Central memory T cells: stem-like biology, pathogenic roles in autoimmunity, and therapeutic applications

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19373
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142 click

Shared governance of international myositis networks

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18745
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114 click

Clinical phenotypes and long-term outcomes of anti-SRP versus anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotising myopathy: a 13-year single-centre study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19362
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Candidate pharmacogenetic signals at CCL2 and ITPA associated with JAK inhibitor response in Taiwanese rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology Abstract