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British Journal of Dermatology is a dermatology journal published by Oxford University Press for the British Association of Dermatologists. It publishes dermatology scholarship and offers both subscription access and open access publishing options, including institutional read and publish agreements. The journal lists a 2024 Impact Factor of 10.6, a 2024 5-Year Impact Factor of 9.9, and online ISSN 1365-2133 with print ISSN 0007-0963.
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Subject
Dermatology
Impact Factor
9.6
Quartile
Q1
Open Access Type
Hybrid
ISSN
0007-0963
eISSN
1365-2133
Invitation Only
No
Cost Range
Authors may be able to publish their paper Open Access using funds available through their institution’s agreement with OUP.
Submission Instructions
British Journal of Dermatology accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.
Review Articles
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
An unstructured abstract is required for Review Articles. The abstract must not exceed 350 words. The abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript
The body text must not exceed 3000 words. The manuscript must include a Plain Language Summary, and any AI assistance with writing must be disclosed in an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement with details in the Materials and Methods section.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and the reference list must be ordered numerically.
Figures & Tables
Review Articles must include illustrations and figures, and figures should have a maximum of six panels. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables must be placed at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure legends and required alt text must be included at the end of the manuscript, and each table must include a brief legend.
Original Article
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract is required for Original Articles. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Manuscript
Body text must be no more than 3000 words. Manuscript must include a Materials and methods section and a Plain Language Summary of around 250 words beginning with a plain language title and written in the first person. Manuscript must include bulleted statements answering 'What is already known about this topic?' and 'What does this study add?', a contributor statement, and an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement if AI writing tools were used.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures should have a maximum of six panels. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, tables must be included at the end of the manuscript on separate pages, and figure legends with alt text must appear at the end of the manuscript. Each table and figure must be numbered consecutively as cited in the text, and each table must include a brief legend.
Systematic Reviews
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A structured abstract is required for Systematic Reviews. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured.
Manuscript
Body text must not exceed 3000 words. Systematic Reviews must follow the Original Article format. Manuscript must include bulleted statements of no more than 70 words per question answering 'What's already known about this topic?' and 'What does this study add?'.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures must be uploaded as separate files, and tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure legends must be included at the end of the manuscript and each table must include a brief legend.
Clinical Trials
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A structured abstract is required for Clinical Trials. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions, with the trial registration number included at the end of the abstract.
Manuscript
Body text must be no more than 3000 words. Manuscript must follow the format of an Original Article. Manuscript must include bulleted statements answering 'What is already known about this topic?' and 'What does this study add?', a contributor statement, a Plain Language Summary, and an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement if AI tools were used to assist with writing.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures should have a maximum of six panels. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, and tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure legends must be included at the end of the manuscript, each table must include a brief legend, and alt text for each image must be placed in the manuscript directly under the relevant figure legend preceded by 'Alt text:'.
Clinical Reports
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
An Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement must be included if AI tools were used to assist with writing, with details also provided in the Materials and Methods section.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables must be placed at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Each table must include a brief legend, and all figure legends plus required alt text must be included in the main manuscript file at the end of the manuscript.
Correspondence
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract is not required for correspondence-type items.
Manuscript
Bulleted statements answering 'What is already known about this topic?' and 'What does this study add?' are not applicable, and Supporting Information is not permitted.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures must be uploaded as separate files, and tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Tables should be no more than 1 page long in Word.
Scoping Reviews
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A structured abstract is required for Scoping Reviews. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured.
Manuscript
Body text must be up to 3000 words. The review question should be based on a population-context-concept (PCC) framework.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures must be uploaded as separate files, and tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. All figure legends must be included at the end of the manuscript.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
Clinical Practice Guidelines should be as succinct as possible and ideally have no more than 3000 words. Manuscript must fully report conflicts of interest and funding sources and include an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement with tool, version, use, and exact prompts in the Materials and Methods section if AI-assisted writing was used.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. All figure legends and their alt text descriptions must be included at the end of the manuscript, with each alt text placed directly under the relevant legend and preceded by 'Alt text:'.
Epidemiology
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract headings must be Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Manuscript
Body text must be up to 3000 words. Manuscript must include Materials and methods and a Plain Language Summary. Manuscript must include bulleted statements answering 'What is already known about this topic?' and 'What does this study add?', a contributor statement, and an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement if AI tools were used to assist with writing.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures should have a maximum of six panels. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, and tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure legends and alt text must be included in the manuscript at the end under the relevant legend, and each table must include a brief legend.
Translational Research
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
A structured abstract is required for Translational Research articles. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract headings must be Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Manuscript
Body text must be no more than 3000 words. Manuscript should be written for a clinical audience and include a Plain Language Summary and a contributor statement. Manuscript must include bulleted statements answering 'What is already known about this topic?', 'What does this study add?', and 'What is the translational message?', each of no more than 70 words, and any AI writing assistance must be disclosed in an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement with details in the Materials and Methods section.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures should have a maximum of six panels. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure legends and alt text must appear in the main manuscript file at the end under the relevant legend, and each table must include a brief legend.
Outcomes And Qualitative Research
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
Body text may include up to 4000 words. Manuscript must include a Plain Language Summary and bulleted statements answering 'What is already known about this topic?' and 'What does this study add?', with qualitative or mixed-method studies also including 'What are the clinical implications of this work?'. Manuscript must include a contributor statement, and if AI tools were used to assist with writing, an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement with details in the Materials and Methods section is required.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Figures should have a maximum of six panels. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure legends must be placed at the end of the manuscript, and each table must include a brief legend.
Research Letter
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract is not required because Research Letters must have no abstract.
Manuscript
Manuscript text must not exceed 750 words. Research Letters must have no abstract, no subheadings, and no bulleted statements. No supplementary material is allowed, and any AI assistance with writing must be disclosed in an Artificial Intelligence disclosure statement with details in the Materials and Methods section.
References
References must not exceed 8. References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers in the text and references must be listed numerically at the end of the article.
Figures & Tables
Research Letters may include either one small figure with no more than four small panels or one small table equivalent to one landscape page in Word. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables must be included at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure panels must not contain a table, and all figure legends and required alt text must be included in the main manuscript file at the end of the manuscript.
Image Correspondence
Cover Letter
Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract
Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
The first page must include the title, word, table and figure counts, all authors and affiliations, the corresponding author’s email address, acknowledgements, funding information, conflict disclosures, a data availability statement, and an ethics statement, and any AI-assisted writing must be disclosed in an Artificial Intelligence statement with details in the Materials and Methods section.
References
References must be in Vancouver format. Citations must appear in the text as consecutive unbracketed superscript numbers and the reference list must be numbered in citation order.
Figures & Tables
Figures may contain a maximum of four panels unless the Editor grants an exception. Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables must be placed at the end of the manuscript with each table on a separate page. Figure legends and required alt text must appear at the end of the manuscript, and figure panels must not contain a table.
Recent Publications
Transient Abdominal Telangiectasia of the Newborn
Mirain Phillips, Jenny Hughes
10.1093/bjd/ljag437
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Under the Mask: Growing Up with Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Jacob Mashiah
10.1093/bjd/ljag443
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Impact of immunocompromised status on real-world outcomes with avelumab treatment in advanced Merkel cell carcinoma: findings from the prospective MCC-TRIM registry
Jürgen C Becker, Seyed Hamidreza Mahmoudpour, Dirk Schadendorf, Ulrike Leiter, Friedegund Meier, Rudolf Herbst, Stephan Grabbe, Christoffer Gebhardt, Fabian Ziller, Claudia Pföhler, Peter Mohr, Lisa Zimmer, Emmanuelle Boutmy, Dina Oksen, Mairead Kearney, Katia Ruth, Sebastian Hoff, Margarita Shlaen, Selma Ugurel
10.1093/bjd/ljag445
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Towards Personalised Therapeutics for Epidermal Differentiation Disorders: Integrating Host Genetics, Immuno-Endotypes and the Skin Microbiome
Thomas Sharkey, Mark Eisner, John Common, Neil Rajan
10.1093/bjd/ljag447
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HPV8-associated actinic keratosis identifies immunosuppressed patients at high risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma
William Tuckwell, Huw J Morgan, Boris Y Shorning, Su-Yi Liew, Marcelle McDonald-Leslie, Nitya Malladi, W John Watkins, Majid Rashid, Girish K Patel
10.1093/bjd/ljag439
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to publish?
Time to publish your paper.
Reformat to British Journal of Dermatology using Livewrite PremiumIs a cover letter required?
A cover letter is not required generally. Authors submitting to the Global Health and Equity section should indicate this in the cover letter.
Reformat to British Journal of Dermatology using Livewrite PremiumWhat are the publication costs?
Authors may be able to publish their paper Open Access using funds available through their institution’s agreement with OUP.
Reformat to British Journal of Dermatology using Livewrite PremiumResearch Topics
Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
Dermatology and Skin Diseases
Medicine and Dermatology Studies History
Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
Nail Diseases and Treatments
Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
Urticaria and Related Conditions
Skin and Cellular Biology Research
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
Skin Protection and Aging
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
Genetic and rare skin diseases.
melanin and skin pigmentation
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
Cancer and Skin Lesions
Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects
Dermatologic Treatments and Research
Hair Growth and Disorders
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema