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Use when targeting Arthritis & Rheumatology or deciding whether a rheumatology/autoimmune-disease study fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, the clinical-trial/observational and basic-translational evidence bar, reporting-guideline and registration requirements, ACR/Wiley house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics. Venue-fit aid only, not clinical advice.

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# Arthritis & Rheumatology (arthritis-and-rheumatology)

## Journal positioning

Arthritis & Rheumatology (A&R) is the flagship journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), publishing clinical trials, observational and outcomes research, and basic/translational science across rheumatic and autoimmune/musculoskeletal disease — rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, systemic sclerosis, Sjögren's disease, spondyloarthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, and the underlying immunology and joint/connective-tissue biology. It serves rheumatologists and autoimmune-disease scientists, and expects work that advances disease mechanism or changes how rheumatic disease is classified, treated, or monitored; underpowered single-center series and bench studies with no autoimmune/musculoskeletal-disease anchor are a weak fit. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** aid; it is not clinical or regulatory advice and does not replace the journal's current instructions for authors. Before submitting, re-check the live Arthritis & Rheumatology author instructions.

## When to trigger

- The author names Arthritis & Rheumatology for a rheumatology clinical, observational, or basic/translational study and wants a fit/framing check.
- A study must be re-framed around an autoimmune/musculoskeletal-disease mechanism or a practice-relevant rheumatology question.
- The author is choosing between A&R, a general-medicine or immunology journal, and another rheumatology specialty venue.
- The author needs the journal's reporting-guideline, registration, classification-criteria, and desk-reject expectations.

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