Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (ARD) is an international peer review journal committed to promoting the highest standards of scientific exchange and education. It covers all aspects of rheumatology, which includes the spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions, arthritic disease, and connective tissue disorders. ARD publishes basic, clinical, and translational scientific research.

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is the flagship of BMJ’s rheumatology portfolio and has two companion journals: RMD Open for original research in rheumatology and musculoskeletal disorders and Lupus Science & Medicine for original research in lupus and related diseases.

Original research – Extended report
Original research – Concise report
Review
Recommendation and criteria
Editorial
Viewpoint
Letter
Correspondence

Editor-in-Chief
Josef Smolen
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
josef.smolen@wienkav.at
Declaration of interests statement
 
 Associate Editors
Francis Berenbaum
Hôpital Saint Antoine
Paris, France
francis.berenbaum@sat.ap-hop-paris.fr
 
Dimitrios Boumpas
University of Crete
Heraklion, Greece
boumpasd@med.uoc.gr
 
Gerd Burmester
Charité University Hospital
Berlin, Germany
gerd.burmester@charite.de
 
Mary Crow
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, USA
crowm@hss.edu
 
Rik Lories
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen
Leuven, Belgium
rik.lories@uz.kuleuven.be
 
Iain McInnes
University Glasgow
Glasgow, UK
i.b.mcinnes@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
 
Thomas Pap
University of Münster
Münster, Germany
thomas.pap@uni-muenster.de
 
David Pisetsky
Medical Research Service
Durham, USA
david.pisetsky@duke.edu
 
Désirée van der Heijde
LUMC
Leiden, The Netherlands
mail@dvanderheijde.nl
 
Kazuhiko Yamamoto
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
yamamoto-tky@umin.ac.jp