Rheumatology and Immunology Research

Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted via the journal’s submission system at www.editorialmanager.com/rir/. RIR invites submissions that fall under the following categories:

• The topics covered by RIR include rheumatological and immunological aspects of clinical practice, basic science and translational science of biomedicine.

• The types of articles include: Original research, Concise reporting of Original research, Reviews, Editorials, Cases, Images, Letters and Correspondence, Commentary, Recommendations and Criteria.

If you have any other questions, please contact the Editorial Office at editorialoffice@rir-journal.com.

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• Please format your manuscript according to the Information for Authors and the Quick Checklist
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• The journal operates a double-blind peer review process
• The reviewing process takes on average two months. Submissions are sent to 2–3 reviewers. You will be informed by e-mail if your manuscript has been accepted or rejected or if it requires further attention. Every effort is made to respond to authors in a timely manner

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• Rheumatology and Immunology Research follows Tier 3 of our Data Sharing Policy. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement.
  Please refer to the Data Sharing Policy for guidance on how to write a data availability statement.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Xiaofeng Zeng, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Director, National Clinical Research Center for National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases
Pre-President, China Rheumatology Association
President, Rheumatology and Immunology Physician Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Beijing, China

CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Antonio La Cava, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, FOCIS Center of Excellence at UCLA
Director, UCLA Lupus Research Laboratory
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), LA, USA

Robert J. Moots, MD, PhD
Hon Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Health, Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, UK
Department of Rheumatology, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool, UK
Clinical Sciences Centre, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK

EXECUTIVE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Xinping Tian, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
General Secretary, Rheumatology and Immunology Physician Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association
Associate General Secretary, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases
China Rheumatology Association, Beijing, China

ASSOCIATE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Marco Matucci Cerinic, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence
Editor-in-chief of Journal of Scleroderma & Related Diseases, Associated editor-in-chief of Arthritis Research & Therapy and Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology, Florence, Italy

Mengtao Li, MD
Professor of Medicine
Vice Director, Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
General Secretary, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases
General Secretary, China Rheumatology Association
President, Beijing Rheumatology Association, Beijing, China

Yan Zhao, MD
Professor of Medicine
President, China Rheumatology Association
Pre-President, Beijing Rheumatology Association
Pre-Vice Director, Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Vice Director, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases
Vice President, Rheumatology and Immunology Physician Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Beijing, China

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS (Listed in alphabetic order by surname)
Low Hsiu Ling Andrea
Head of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore

Esteban Ballestar
Group leader, Epigenetics and Immune Disease
Josep Carreras Research Institute (IJC)
Barcelona, Spain

Xin Chen
Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
University of Macau
Macau SAR, China

Zhu Chen
Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology,
The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei, China 230001

Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH
Head, Inflammatory Myositis Center, Department of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA

Cong-Qiu Chu
Professor of Medicine
Internal Medicine/Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

Debashish Danda, MD, DM, FRCP, FACR, FAMS
Founder & Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Christian Medical College
President, Indian Rheumatology Association
President Elect, APLAR, Vellore, India

Ciccia Francesco
Professor of Immunology
University degli Studi della Campania L. Vanvitelli,
Naples, Italy. Head Section of Rheumatology, AOU Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy

Qiong Fu, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Rheumatology
Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
145 Shan Dong Middle Road, Shanghai 200001, China

Ghita Harifi, MD
Specialist Rheumatologist
Dr Humeira Badsha Medical Center – Emirates Hospital Group
Dubai, UAE

Cheng Yew Kuang
Consultant
Allergist & Rheumatologist. Allergy, Arthritis & Rheumatism Clinic. Farrer Park Medical Centre, Singapore

Kong-Peng Lam
Professor
Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN)
Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Chak Sing Lau, MD
Clinical Professor
Chair of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Daniel C K Yu Professorship in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Professor, Chair of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Head, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Yi Liu
Professor of Medicine, Director of Dept of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Liwei Lu
Professor of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Chi Chiu Mok, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Wan Fai Ng
Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Director, NIHR Newcastle Clinical Research Facility
Newcastle, UK

Michelle Petri, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Department of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA

Babur Salim
Associate Professor
Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Linyun Sun
Vice President, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Director, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Drum Tower Hospital and professor of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Tsutomu Takeuchi, MD
Professor of Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Lai-Shan Tam, MD
Professor of Medicine
Head, Division of Rheumatology
Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Wen-Chan Tsai, MD
Professor of Medicine
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
President of Taiwan Rheumatology Association, Taiwan, China

Li Wang, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Vice President, Young Generation Rheumatologist Committee, Beijing Rheumatology Association, Beijing, China

Qian Wang, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Associate General Secretary, Rheumatology and Immunology Physician Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association
General Secretary, Beijing Rheumatology Association, Beijing, China

Yanhong Wang, MS
Associate Researcher, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Yukai Wang,
Professor, Rheumatology and Immunology Department, Shantou Central Hospital
No. 114 Waima Road, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China

James Cheng-Chung Wei, MD, PhD
Professor, Institute of Medicine
Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Director, Chinese Medicine Clinical Trial Center
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, China

Priscilla Ching Han WONG
Associate Consultant
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
J Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Huji Xu
Professor of Medicine, Director, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Qingping Yao, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Zhang Family Chair in Rheumatology
Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Director, Center of Autoinflammatory Diseases
Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Renaissance School of Medicine, NY, USA

Xiaoming Zhang, PhD
Professor of Immunology
Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Deputy director, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai, China

Jiuliang Zhao
Associate Professor of Medicine, Director Assistant, Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital,
Vice-President, Chinese Rheumatology Association Youth Committee
Vice-President, Chinese Association of Rheumatology & Immunology Physician (CARIP) Youth Committee, Beijing, China

Wenxuan Zhong
Professor, Statistics Department, PI of Big-data analytics research Lab, University of Georgia, GA, USA

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