Get your Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 3 August, 2026
Submitting to Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Clin Exp Rheumatol requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract (250 words or less) divided into Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion for Original Articles, Brief Papers, and Rapid Papers. Reviews require a brief abstract (word limit not explicitly stated). Case Reports require a short abstract (word limit not explicitly stated). Letters to the Editor do not require an abstract |
| Main text | Original articles: max 3500 words; Rapid Papers: max 1500 words (structured abstract, max 15 references); Brief papers: max 1500 words (max 15 references); Reviews: max 4000 words; Case reports: max 1000 words (max 6 authors, 15 references, 3 tables/figures); Letters to the Editor: max 600 words (max 6 authors, 10 references, 1 table/figure) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3 to 10 indexing terms drawn from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list of Index Medicus |
| References | PubMed/Index Medicus format (US National Library of Medicine's Index Medicus style). References numbered sequentially in order of citation in text. List all authors when 6 or less; when 7 or more list only the first three followed by et al. EndNote style file available at https://endnote.com/downloads/styles/clinical-and-experimental-rheumatology/ |
| Peer review | All submitted articles are read by the Editors and sent to two or more members of the Editorial Board or outside consultants for formal review. The referees' comments are forwarded to the Authors. The specific peer review model (single-blind, double-blind, or open) is NOT_FOUND in the official guidelines. |
| Submission | www.clinexprheumatol.org/manuscript-submission.asp |
Read the Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Clin Exp Rheumatol papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.