Aims and Scope Rheumatology and Therapyis an international, open access, peer reviewed, rapid publication journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality clinical (all phases), observational, real-world and health outcomes research around the discovery, development, and use of rheumatologic therapies. Studies relating to diagnosis, pharmacoeconomics, public health, quality of life, and patient care, management, and education are also welcomed.
Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, gouty arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, juvenile idiopathic/rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, axial spondyloarthritis, Pompe’s disease, inflammatory joint conditions, musculoskeletal conditions, systemic sclerosis, and fibromyalgia.
The journal is of interest to a broad audience of healthcare professionals and publishes original research, reviews, case reports, trial protocols, communications and letters. The journal is read by a global audience and receives submissions from all over the world.Rheumatology and Therapy will consider all scientifically sound research be it positive, confirmatory or negative data. Submissions are welcomed whether they relate to an international and/or a country-specific audience, something that is crucially important when researchers are trying to target more specific patient populations. This inclusive approach allows the journal to assist in the dissemination of all scientifically and ethically sound research.
Roy Fleischmann, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Editorial Board
Johnathan D. Adachi. McMaster University. Hamilton, ON, Canada Gunnar B. J. Andersson, Rush University Medical Centre, Chicago, IL, USA Anca D. Askanase, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Olivier Bruyere, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil Laura Coates, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Bruce N. Cronstein, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA John M. Davis, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Daniel Furst, UCLA Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, USA Roberta Gualtierotti, University of Milan, Milan, Italy Philip Helliwell, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK Edward C. Keystone, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada Nancy Lane, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA Ennio Lubrano, Università degli Studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy Johanne Martel-Pelletier, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Steve Messier, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Tokyo, Japan Johannes C Nossent, University of Western Australia, Australia Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Hospital de Cruces, Vizcaya, Spain Rene Rizzoli, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Eric M. Ruderman, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Kenneth G. Saag, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA Alain Saraux, CHU Brest and Université Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France Andreas Schwarting, University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany Tsutomu Takeuchi, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Yoshiya Tanaka, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan Jiri Vencovsky, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic Anita Wluka, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
