The International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (formerly APLAR Journal of Rheumatology) is the official journal of the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology. The Journal accepts original articles on clinical or experimental research pertinent to the rheumatic diseases, work on connective tissue diseases and other immune and allergic disorders. The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership.  Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the Editor.

Editor-in-Chief
Kevin Pile, Sydney, Australia
Senior Editors
Chi-Chiu Mok, Hong Kong, China
Debashish Danda, Vellore, India
Fereydoun Davatchi, Tehran, Iran
Lars Klareskog, Stockholm, Sweden
Ramnath Misra, Lucknow, India
Zhanguo Li, Beijing, China
Associate Editors
Alberta Hoi, Melbourne, Australia
Aman Sharma, Chandigarh, India
Anand Kumthekar, New York, USA
Andrea Low, Singapore
Andrew Harrison, Wellington, New Zealand
Anselm Mak, Singapore
Atsushi Kawakami, Nagasaki, Japan
Benny Samual Eathakkattu Antony, Hobart, Australia
Catherine Hill, Adelaide, Australia
Chandra Mohan, Dallas, USA
Chi-Chen Chang, Taiwan
Chin Teck Ng, Singapore
Christina Boros, Adelaide, Australia
Cho Mar Lwin, Myanmar
Dae Hyun Yoo, Seoul, Korea
David S. Pisetsky, Durham, USA
Dawn Aitken, Hobart, Australia
Enrico Tombetti, London, UK
Evange Romas, Melbourne, Australia
George D. Kitas, Birmingham, UK
Gerard Espinosa, Barcelona, Spain
Graeme Jones, Tasmania, Australia
Haider Mannan, Sydney, Australia
Haner Direskeneli, Istanbul, Turkey
Ho Ying Chung, Hong Kong, China
Ing Soo Lau, Malaysia
Ingrid Lundberg, Stockholm, Sweden
James Cheng Chung Wei, Taichung, Taiwan
Johannes J. Rasker, Enschede, Netherlands
Julian Thumboo, Singapore
Karina Torralba, Los Angeles, USA
Katy Ying Ying Leung, Singapore
Keith Lim, Melbourne, Australia
Kok Yong Fong, Singapore
Lai Shan Tam, Hong Kong, China
Latika Gupta, Lucknow, India
Lingyun Sun, Nanjing, China
Liwei Lu, Hong Kong, China
Marie Feletar, Melbourne, Australia
Majda Khoury, Syria
Manjari Lahiri, Singapore
Marwan Adwan,
Maureen Rischmueller, Adelaide, Australia
Meiying Wang, China
Muhammad Asim Khan, Cleveland, USA
Nan Shen, Shanghai, China
Nazrul Islam, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nigil Haroon, Toronto, Canada
Nina Kello, New York, USA
Padmanabha Shenoy, India
Paul Bird, New South Wales, Australia
Paul Kubler, Brisbane, Australia
Paul Wordsworth, Oxford, UK
Peter Wong, Sydney, Australia
Philip Robinson, Brisbane, Australia
Prasanta Padhan, India
R Hal Scofield, Oklahoma, USA
Ram Pyare Singh, Los Angeles, USA
Ram Raj Singh, Los Angeles, USA
Robert Lahita, New Jersey, USA
Ronald Yip, Hong Kong, China
Sam Whittle, Adelaide, Australia
Sami Salman, Baghdad, Iraq
Sang Heon Lee, Seoul, Korea
Sargunan Sockalingam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Seong-Kyu Kim, Korea
Shin-Seok Lee, Korea
Sumaira Farman Raja, Pakistan
Surjit Singh, Chandigarh, India
Syed Atiqul Haq, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tamer Gheita, Cairo, Egypt
Tatsuya Atsumi, Sapporo, Japan
Temy Mok, Hong Kong, China
Tsang Tommy Cheung, Hong Kong, China
Tsutomu Takeuchi, Tokyo, Japan
Vaidehi Chowdhary, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Vinod Scaria, New Delhi, India
VS Negi, Pondicherry, India
Wang-Dong Xu, Luzhou, China
Wen-Chan Tsai, Taiwan
Worawith Louthrenoo, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Yehuda Shoenfeld, Tel Aviv, Israel
Yoshiya Tanaka, Kitakyushu, Japan
Yudo Kadono, Japan
Past Editors-in-Chief
D Danda, Vellore, India (International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2013-2018)
CS Lau, Hong Kong, China (APLAR Journal of Rheumatology/International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2004-2012)
PH Feng, Singapore, (APLAR Journal of Rheumatology, 1998-2004)
KD Muirden, Australia (APLAR Bulletin)