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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 01/12/2025 to 08/12/2025

CER18586
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Seasonal shifts and population characteristics of uric acid in eastern coastal China: a big data analysis from Hangzhou

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19080
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Modification of 2022 ACR/EULAR ANCA-associated vasculitis classification criteria in a Japanese cohort (J-CANVAS)

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18794
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Turkish Society for Rheumatology (Turkish Takayasu Arteritis Study Group) recommendations for the diagnosis, follow-up and the treatment of Takayasu's arteritis

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CER18817
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The need to address the risk of osteosarcopenia induced by tirzepatide therapy

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18428
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Temporal trends in overall infection incidence in patients with inflammatory arthritides treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: a nationwide cohort study

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18538
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Medical cannabis for chronic pain management: questions and answers between clinical and medico-legal issues

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CER18861
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Estimating the reliability of salivary gland ultrasound scoring in Sjögren’s disease: the outcome of an international training workshop

Rheumatology Abstract

 

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

From 01/12/2025 to 08/12/2025

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

 

CER19097
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Identification of clinical phenotypes in Behçet’s syndrome using latent class analysis: a step toward precision medicine

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER19029
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Belimumab modulates type I interferon signalling in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18875
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Is there place for TNF-alpha inhibitors in the treatment of connective tissue diseases?

Rheumatology Abstract

 

CER18987
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Uncovering CD248, MMP28, and SLC16A10 in primary Sjögren’s disease: a machine learning-driven SHAP approach for CD4+ T cell-associated biomarker discovery

Rheumatology Abstract