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Top 10 Open Access Dermatology Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading open access Dermatology journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights details authors often need when choosing where to submit.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

#1
B&

OXFORD UNIV PRESS

JIF 9.6
Q1
Open

Burns & Trauma highlights research and expert perspectives across burns and trauma care, with emphasis on wound healing and regeneration, scar biology and management, biomaterials and skin substitutes, autophagy and lysosome biology in injury, sepsis and haemo...

Identifiers

ISSN 2321-3868
eISSN 2321-3876

Publication Cost

$2,800 APC (CC BY or CC BY-NC)

Publishing Timeline

First decision (all manuscripts): 31 days; First decision (reviewed manuscripts only): 40 days; Submission to acceptance: 123 days; Acceptance to publication: 35 days
#2
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Psoriasis-targets And Therapy

Dove Medical Press

JIF 5.7
Q1
Open

Identifiers

eISSN 2230-326X
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#3
JI
JIF 5.2
Q1
Open

JAAD International is one of three open access companion titles to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. It publishes original, peer-reviewed articles for an international audience of researchers, clinicians, and trainees across dermatologic subs...

Identifiers

eISSN 2666-3287

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge (excl. taxes): USD 2732 for Reviews and Original research; USD 1750 for Short communications and Research letters; USD 400 for Pearls. Members of the American Academy of Dermatology who are corresponding authors are eligible for a 25% discount.

Publishing Timeline

15 days submission to first decision; 37 days submission to decision after review; 75 days submission to acceptance
#4
DA

Adis, Springer Healthcare

JIF 4.2
Q1
Open

Dermatology and Therapy is an international, open access, peer-reviewed (single-blind), rapid publication journal focused on high-quality clinical, observational, real-world, and health outcomes research around the discovery, development, and use of dermatolog...

Identifiers

ISSN 2193-8210
eISSN 2190-9172

Publication Cost

Rapid Service Fee: €5950 / $7675 / £5120 upon acceptance; additional fee for podcast articles

Publishing Timeline

2-week peer review; 3-4 weeks from acceptance to online; submission to first decision (median): 4 days
#5
AD

Soc for Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica

JIF 3.7
Q1
Open

Acta Dermato-Venereologica publishes manuscripts in dermatology and venereology covering new observations in basic dermatological and venereological research as well as clinical investigations. Each volume features original articles in special areas and short...

Identifiers

ISSN 0001-5555
eISSN 1651-2057

Publication Cost

APC

Publishing Timeline

rapid publication times
#6
AB
JIF 3.6
Q1
Open

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia is the official scientific publication of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology. It has been published since 1925 and is a bimonthly open access peer-reviewed journal devoted to original and unpublished studies, reviews, and co...

Identifiers

ISSN 0365-0596
eISSN 1806-4841

Publication Cost

The Article Publishing Charge is USD 1700 for full-length articles and USD 900 for shorter articles, excluding taxes; the Brazilian Society of Dermatology currently funds the APC for all accepted articles.

Publishing Timeline

Time to first decision: 13 days.
#7
IJ

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology is an open-access peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality articles in clinical and experimental dermatology, cutaneous biology, dermatological therapeutics, cosmetic dermatology, dermatopatholo...

Identifiers

ISSN 0378-6323
eISSN 0973-3922

Publication Cost

The journal does not charge authors or authors’ institutions for submission, processing, or publication of manuscripts.

Publishing Timeline

Prompt review
#8
Co

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

JIF 3.2
Q1
Open

Cosmetics is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal on the science and technology of cosmetics published bimonthly online by MDPI.

Identifiers

eISSN 2079-9284

Publication Cost

CHF 1800 article processing charge for accepted papers, plus local VAT or Sales Tax if applicable.

Publishing Timeline

Publication-time charts are provided for submission to first decision and acceptance to publication.
#9
IJ

LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

JIF 3.1
Q2
Open

International Journal of Women's Dermatology is a global open-access dermatology journal and the official journal of the Women's Dermatologic Society. It publishes peer-reviewed research on medical, surgical, reproductive, and cosmetic dermatologic topics rele...

Identifiers

ISSN 2352-6475
eISSN 2352-6475

Publication Cost

APCs are $1,950 USD for Tier 1 manuscripts and $975 USD for Tier 2 manuscripts; verified active WDS members receive a 25% discount.

Publishing Timeline

Offers rapid review and publication times.
#10
My

WILEY

JIF 3.1
Q2
Open

Mycoses is a mycology journal providing an international forum for original papers in English focused on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis and epidemiology of fungal infectious diseases in humans as well as on the biology of pathogenic fungi. I...

Identifiers

ISSN 0933-7407
eISSN 1439-0507

Publication Cost

Article publication charge (APC) applies to accepted and published submissions unless a waiver is applied.

Publishing Timeline

6 days submission to first decision (median); average time to first decision: 12 days including all articles and 34 days excluding articles rejected without peer review
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