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Impact factor: 10.531    Circulation: Figure not disclosed.   Aims of the journal: Nature Reviews Rheumatology aims to include in-depth reviews, present authoritative, up-to-date information on a topic, placing it in the context of a field's history and development. Topical discussion and opinions are proffered in Perspectives and News & Views articles, and in the Research Highlights section they filter primary research from a range of specialty and general medical journals. Finally, Case Studies enable authors to present novel and interesting cases and discuss the most useful features to bear in mind for treating future cases.   Content: Subjects covered: Rheumatoid arthritis Osteoarthritis Metabolic bone disease (including osteoporosis, osteonecrosis, Paget disease of bone) Connective tissue diseases (including systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma [systemic sclerosis], antiphospholipid antibody disease, Sögren disease, Raynaud phenomenon, Cogan keratitis syndrome, relapsing polychondritis) Spondyloarthropathies (including ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, arthritis of inflammatory bowel disease) Acute inflammatory arthritis (including monoarthritis, oligoarthritis, polyarthritis, infectious/septic arthritis, crystal deposition diseases, Lyme disease) The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (including polymyositis, dermatomyositis, juvenile dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis) Fibromyalgia Polymyalgia Rheumatica Vasculitis syndromes (including systemic vasculitides, large, medium and small vessel vasculitides, vasculitis of small vessels) Periarticular rheumatic disease (including bursitis, tendonitis) Pediatric rheumatic disease Miscellaneous rheumatic diseases Therapy (including pharmacotherapy, physical therapy [exercise and rest], surgery, splinting, complementary and alternative treatments) Pain management Rehabilitation Epidemiology Genetics Immunology Inflammation Health services, economics and outcomes research Readership: It is targeted towards readers in the medical sciences, from postgraduate level upwards. It is aimed at Practicing doctors, researchers and academics within a specialty but also readers working in any medical discipline. Manuscript submissions: Author instructions can be found here. The journal welcomes suggestions and ideas for articles, but discourage the submission of non-commissioned articles. Proposals for articles should be submitted online through their manuscript submission and tracking system here. Other information: Nature Reviews Rheumatology was previously published as Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology.