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USRS invites researchers, academicians, industry professionals and students to submit original research papers for the International Conference on Arthritis and Rheumatology (ICAR 2026), scheduled for 23 November 2026 in Vancouver, Canada.

The conference welcomes research contributions across the following session tracks, encouraging knowledge sharing, interdisciplinary collaboration and the exchange of innovative ideas.

ICAR 2026 Call for Papers

Original research papers, abstracts, case studies and review papers in Arthritis and Rheumatology are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Vasculitis
  • Biology of bone, cartilage and connective tissue
  • Case reports
  • Cell receptor-ligand interaction, signalling, activation and apoptosis
  • Cytokines and inflammatory mediators
  • Education
  • Epidemiology
  • Genetics
  • Health services research, economics and outcomes research
  • Imaging
  • Metabolic and crystal arthropathies
  • Miscellaneous rheumatic diseases
  • Muscle Disorders
  • Orthopaedics and rehabilitation
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoarthritis - clinical features
  • Osteoarthritis - treatment
  • Osteoarthritis - pathogenesis and animal models
  • Osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease
  • Paediatric and adolescent rheumatology
  • Primary care
  • Pain
  • Rheumatoid arthritis - pathogenesis and animal models
  • Rheumatoid arthritis - treatment
  • Rheumatoid arthritis: clinical features
  • Rheumatoid arthritis: comorbidities
  • Scleroderma and related disorders
  • Sjögren’s syndrome and other connective tissue disorders
  • SLE and antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Soft tissue and regional musculoskeletal disease, fibromyalgia
  • Spondylarthropathies (including psoriatic arthritis)
  • Connective tissue diseases: SLE, sjögren’s syndrome, scleroderma, polymyositis/dermatomyositis
  • Fibromyalgia, diffuse pain, low back pain and non-articular disorders
  • Spondyloarthropathies
  • Crystal diseases

Papers must be original and not published or under review elsewhere. Author guidelines · Submit your paper

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ICAR 2026 Important Dates

DATES

  • Full paper submission deadline
  • Last date of registration
  • Conference date

The conference schedule mail is sent after the last date of registration. Do not book tickets or hotels before you receive it.

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