Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders
Beginning January 2026, Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders (JSO) will not be published by Sage. Further updates on the new publisher of the journal will follow shortly.
The Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, the official independent journal of the World Scleroderma Foundation and EUSTAR, is an international, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed publication targeted to scientists and clinicians interested in systemic sclerosis, scleroderma, and other related autoimmune and fibrotic diseases.
The journal publishes high quality, original research articles on the epidemiology, natural history, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of these diseases as well as reviews and thought-provoking editorials and commentaries, with the aim of becoming the leading worldwide reference journal in the field of scleroderma and related diseases. The journals also welcomes manuscripts on clinical trial design.
Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jsrd
Beginning January 2026, Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders (JSO) will not be published by Sage. Further updates on the new publisher of the journal will follow shortly.
The Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, the official independent journal of the World Scleroderma Foundation and EUSTAR, is an international, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed publication targeted to scientists and clinicians interested in systemic sclerosis, scleroderma, and other related autoimmune and fibrotic diseases.
The journal publishes high quality, original research articles on the epidemiology, natural history, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of these diseases as well as reviews and thought-provoking editorials and commentaries, with the aim of becoming the leading worldwide reference journal in the field of scleroderma and related diseases. The journals also welcomes manuscripts on clinical trial design.
| Professor Marco Matucci-Cerinic | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy |
| Professor Masataka Kuwana | Nippon Medical School, Japan |
| Professor Yannick Allanore | Hopital Cochin, France |
| Professor Christopher Denton | University College London Medical School, UK |
| Professor Jörg Distler | Universitatsklinikum Düsseldorf |
| Doctor Oliver Distler | University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
| Doctor Sindhu Johnson | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Professor Dinesh Khanna | University of Michigan, USA |
| Doctor Maureen Mayes | University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA |
| Professor Maria Trojanowska | Boston University School of Medicine, USA |
| Professor Daniel Furst | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Professor Bashar Kahaleh | University of Toledo, USA |
| Professor Thomas Krieg | University of Cologne, Germany |
| Dr James Seibold | Sceroderma Research Consutants LLC, USA |
| Dame Carol Black | University of Bristol, UK |
| Doctor Philip Clements | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Doctor Thomas Medsger | University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Professor Alan Tyndall | Felix Platter Spital, Switzerland |
| Professor Frank Wollheim | Lunds Universitet, Sweden |
| Dr Zareen Ahmad | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Dr Cosimo Bruni | University of Florence, Italy |
| Dr Rucsandra Dobrota | University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland |
| Dr Krista Krol-Buch | Boston University School of Medicine, USA |
| Dr Gemma Lepri | University of Florence, Italy |
| Voon Ong | University College London, UK |
| Dr Andreas Ramming | Universitatsklinikum Erlangen, Germany |
| Dr Gloria Salazar | University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA |
| Dr Yuichiro Shirai | Nippon Medical School, Japan |
| Dr Amber Young | University of Michigan, USA |
| Professor David Abraham | University College London Medical School, UK |
| Professor Nezam Altorok | University of Toledo, USA |
| Doctor Marina Anderson | University of Liverpool, UK |
| Professor Martin Aringer | Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Germany |
| Doctor Shervin Assassi | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Cancer Therapy at Houston, USA |
| Professor Jérôme Avouac | Hopital Cochin, France |
| Professor Murray Baron | Jewish General Hospital, Canada |
| Dr. Francesco Boin | University of California San Francisco Medical Center, USA |
| Professor Eun Bong Lee | Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| Doctor Carlo Chizzolini | Universite de Geneve, Switzerland |
| Professor Lorinda Chung | Stanford University School of Medicine, USA |
| Dr John Gerry Coghlan | Royal Free Hospital, UK |
| Professor Maurizio Cutolo | University of Genoa, Italy |
| Professor Laszlo Czirjak | University of Pecs, Hungary |
| Professor Dimitrios Daoussis | University of Patras School of Medicine, Greece |
| Doctor Francesco Del Galdo | University of Leeds, UK |
| Doctor Robyn Domsic | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA |
| Professor Carol Feghali-Bostwick | Medical University of South Carolina, USA |
| Dr Ivan Foeldvari | Hamburg Center for Pediatric Rheumatology, Germany |
| Doctor Tracy Frech | University of Utah Hospital, USA |
| Professor Armando Gabrielli | Université Politecnica delle Marche, Italy |
| Doctor Luna Gargani | National Research Council, Italy |
| Doctor Serena Guiducci | University of Florence, Italy |
| Professor Eric Hachulla | Universite de Lille, France |
| Doctor Sergio Alfonso Harari | Ospedale San Giuseppe, Italy |
| Professor Ariane Herrick | University of Manchester, UK |
| Professor Monique Hinchcliff | Northwestern University, USA |
| Doctor Marie Hudson | Jewish General Hospital, Canada |
| Dr Michael Hughes | Royal Hallamshire Hospital, UK |
| Professor Marc Humbert | Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (Paris), France |
| Dr Laura Hummers | Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, USA |
| Professor Nicolas Hunzelmann | Universitat zu Koln, Germany |
| Professor Murat Inanc | Istanbul Universitesi, Turkey |
| Doctor Yasushi Kawaguchi | Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan |
| Doctor Cristiane Kayser | Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Doctor Otylia Kowal-Bielecka | Medical University of Bialystok, Poland |
| Doctor Robert Lafyatis | Boston University School of Medicine, USA |
| Doctor David Launay | Hopital Claude Huriez, France |
| Mengtao Li | Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China |
| Doctor Mirko Manetti | University of Florence, Italy |
| Doctor Britta Maurer | University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Professor Christophe Meune | Hopital Cochin, France |
| Doctor Gianluca Moroncini | Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy |
| Professor Luc Mouthon | Institut Cochin, France |
| Professor Ulf Mueller-Ladner | Justus Liebig Universitat Giessen, Germany |
| Doctor Charles Murray | Royal Free Hospital, UK |
| Doctor Mandana Nikpour | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Doctor John Pauling | Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, UK |
| Doctor Janet Pope | St. Joseph's Health Center, Canada |
| Doctor Susanna Proudman | Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia |
| Professor Luca Richeldi | University of Southampton, UK |
| Doctor Rajan Saggar | University of California Los Angeles, USA |
| Professor Lazaros Sakkas | University of Thessaly, Greece |
| Doctor Percival Sampaio-Barros | Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Doctor Shinichi Sato | The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Professor Petros Sfikakis | University of Athens, Medical School, Greece |
| Doctor Ami Shah | Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center, USA |
| Doctor Richard Silver | Medical University of South Carolina, USA |
| Doctor Robert Simms | Boston University School of Medicine, USA |
| Professor Vanessa Smith | Ghent University Hospital, Belgium |
| Professor Virginia Steen | Georgetown University School of Medicine, USA |
| Doctor Alberto Sulli | University of Genova, Italy |
| Professor Cord Sunderkotter | University of Münster, Germany |
| Doctor Gabriella Szucs | University of Debrecen, Hungary |
| Doctor Kazuhiko Takehara | Kanazawa University, Japan |
| Dr Brett Thombs | McGill University, Canada |
| Doctor Kathryn Torok | Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Doctor Alessandra Vacca | University of Cagliari, Italy |
| Professor Jean-Luc Vachiery | Hopital Erasme, Belgium |
| Doctor Frank Van Den Hoogen | Sint Maartenskliniek, Netherlands |
| Professor Jaap Van Laar | UMC Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Professor John Varga | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA |
| Doctor Madelon Vonk | Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands |
| Doctor Ulrich Walker | Universitat Basel, Switzerland |
| Professor Jiucun Wang | Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
| Professor Xiaofeng Zeng | Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China |
| Professor Francesco Zulian | University of Padua, Italy |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.