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Top 10 Dermatology Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading Dermatology journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights key details authors often need when choosing where to submit, including publisher, impact factor, open access status, identifiers, and available submission profile information.

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

#1
JO

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology is the official scientific publication of the American Academy of Dermatology and aims to satisfy the educational needs of the dermatology community.

Identifiers

ISSN 0190-9622
eISSN 1097-6787

Publication Cost

There is no publication fee for subscription articles. An open access publication fee is payable by authors or their research funder.

Publishing Timeline

Median 5 days from submission to first decision and 6 days from acceptance to online publication.
#2
JD

American Medical Association

JIF 11
Q1
Hybrid

JAMA Dermatology is a specialty journal in the JAMA Network that publishes dermatology research, opinion, and clinical review and education content, including Original Investigations, Brief Reports, Editorials, Viewpoints, Consensus Statements, and Clinicopath...

Identifiers

ISSN 2168-6068
eISSN 2168-6084

Publication Cost

No author fees for standard publication; authors of research articles may elect to pay for immediate open access on the day of publication.

Publishing Timeline

Median time to first decision is 3 days without external peer review and 36 days with review; all articles are published Online First.
#3
BJ

Oxford University Press

JIF 9.6
Q1
Hybrid

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 i...

Identifiers

ISSN 0007-0963
eISSN 1365-2133

Publication Cost

Authors may be able to publish their paper Open Access using funds available through their institution’s agreement with OUP.

Publishing Timeline

Time to publish your paper
#4
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
#5
AJ
JIF 8.8
Q1
Hybrid

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology promotes evidence-based therapy and effective patient management within dermatology by publishing critical and comprehensive review articles and clinically focused original research articles covering all aspects of the...

Identifiers

ISSN 1175-0561
eISSN 1179-1888

Publication Cost

No charge for traditional subscription-based publishing; optional open access publishing is available.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 8 days
#6
JO

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology is the official journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. It publishes research and clinical practice content in dermatology and venereology, including European guidelines, cl...

Identifiers

ISSN 0926-9959
eISSN 1468-3083

Publication Cost

Open access publication is available and fees may be covered.

Publishing Timeline

5 days submission to first decision (median)
#7
JO
JIF 5.7
Q1
Hybrid

The Journal of Investigative Dermatology requires author information including ORCiDs for first and corresponding authors, CRediT contribution statements, conflict of interest statements, data availability statements, ethics and consent disclosures for human a...

Identifiers

ISSN 0022-202X
eISSN 1523-1747

Publication Cost

$50 submission fee is charged for all unsolicited submissions.

Publishing Timeline

Submissions that will not be fully peer reviewed generally receive a decision within 5 days; fully peer-reviewed submissions most receive a decision within an average of 30 days; accepted Original Articles and Letters to the Editor are published online 2–4 business days following export of the accepted article to the publisher.
#8
PA
Psoriasis-targets And Therapy

Dove Medical Press

JIF 5.7
Q1
Open

Identifiers

eISSN 2230-326X
Profile coming soon
#9
AI

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

JIF 5.6
Q1
Hybrid

Advances in Wound Care rapidly shares research from bench to bedside, with wound care applications for burns, major trauma, blast injuries, surgery, and diabetic ulcers. It provides a peer-reviewed forum for the field of tissue injury and repair, with an empha...

Identifiers

ISSN 2162-1918
eISSN 2162-1934

Publication Cost

Mandatory page charges are $90 per page upon acceptance; optional open access publishing is available for a fee via Sage Choice.

Publishing Timeline

Prompt publishing
#10
JI
Jaad International

ELSEVIER

JIF 5.2
Q1

Identifiers

eISSN 2666-3287
Profile coming soon
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