RMD Open | Publishes peer-reviewed original research on the full spectrum of musculoskeletal disorders, rheumatism and connective tissue diseases.

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RMD Open publishes high quality peer-reviewed original research covering the full spectrum of musculoskeletal disorders, rheumatism and connective tissue diseases, including osteoporosis, spine and rehabilitation. Clinical and epidemiological research, basic and translational medicine, interesting clinical cases, and smaller studies that add to the literature are all considered.

It is an online only open access journal that aims to provide rapid publication of research through a continuous publication model. All submitted content is subject to peer review prior to publication. Published work is free to read.

RMD Open is an official journal of EULAR. You can keep up with the latest news via Twitter and Facebook.

Scopus CiteScore: 3.47 (2017)

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Bernard Combe, CHU Lapeyronie, France
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RMD Open considers submissions of a variety of article types, including original articles, short reports and clinical cases.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

This is an open access journal that levies an Article Publishing Charge (APC). Discounts and waivers are available; details are provided in the Author Information section.

All manuscripts should be submitted online.

Published articles are discoverable via PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar.

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Latest Articles

Osteoarthritis:

Patient-reported outcome measures in osteoarthritis: a systematic search and review of their use and psychometric properties

Rheumatoid arthritis:

Performance of the Expanded Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Score for Rheumatoid Arthritis in a geographically distant National Register-based cohort: an external validation

Epidemiology:

Workforce requirements in rheumatology: a systematic literature review informing the development of a workforce prediction risk of bias tool and the EULAR points to consider

Epidemiology:

EULAR ‘points to consider’ for the conduction of workforce requirement studies in rheumatology

Rheumatoid arthritis:

Validity of the rheumatoid arthritis MRI score applied to the forefeet using the OMERACT filter: a systematic literature review

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Psoriatic arthritis:

Distinguishing rheumatoid arthritis from psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis:

Long-term persistence of TNF-inhibitor treatment in patients with psoriatic arthritis. Data from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register

Imaging:

Imaging in diagnosis, outcome prediction and monitoring of large vessel vasculitis: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR recommendations

Connective tissue diseases:

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes: state of the art on clinical practice guidelines

Rheumatoid arthritis:

Don’t neglect nutrition in rheumatoid arthritis!

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