JAMA Dermatology

JAMA Dermatology (commonly abbreviated as JAMA Dermatol.) is a peer-reviewed dermatology journal published by the American Medical Association, issued monthly with the online edition refreshed each Wednesday. It descends from a dermatological title founded in 1882 and is among the longest continuously published and most widely read specialist journals in its field.《JAMA皮肤病学》（JAMA Dermatology，常用缩写为 JAMA Dermatol.）是美国医学会（American Medical Association，简称 AMA）出版的皮肤病学同行评审学术期刊，月刊，在线部分每周三更新。该刊源自 1882 年创刊的一份皮肤科刊物，是皮肤病学界连续出版时间最长、影响最广的专业期刊之一。

Scope

The journal's editorial stance takes advancement of dermatological practice as the measure of fit, requiring that research directly change the understanding of how skin disease is diagnosed, treated or prevented rather than merely observe it from the discipline's periphery. As a member of the American Medical Association's journal family it shares a unified editorial and submission platform with that family's other specialty titles, while its scope stays strictly within skin and its appendages. Its principal subject areas include:本刊的取稿立场是「以推进皮肤科诊疗为尺度」，即要求研究须直接改变对皮肤病的诊断、治疗或预防理解，而非仅在皮肤科外围作相关性观察。作为美国医学会期刊体系的一员，它与该体系下其他临床专科刊物共用统一的编辑与投稿平台，但取稿范围严格限定在皮肤及其附属器。收文覆盖的主要方向包括：

• Cutaneous oncology: early recognition, staging and systemic therapy of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer.皮肤肿瘤学： 黑色素瘤与非黑色素瘤皮肤癌的早期识别、分期与系统治疗。
• Immune-mediated skin disease: mechanisms and treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory conditions including psoriasis, eczema and bullous dermatoses.免疫介导性皮肤病： 银屑病、湿疹、大疱性皮肤病等自身免疫与炎症性疾病的机制与治疗。
• Cutaneous surgery and reconstruction: surgical technique, incision design and post-operative scar management, together with excision and reconstruction of skin lesions.皮肤外科与整形： 皮外科术式、切口设计与术后瘢痕管理，以及皮肤病损的切除重建。
• Paediatric and inherited skin disease: neonatal and childhood dermatoses, and genotype to phenotype relations in hereditary skin disease.儿童与遗传性皮肤病： 新生儿与儿童期皮肤病，以及遗传性皮肤病的基因型—表型关系。
• Diagnostic technique and methodology: validation of skin imaging, dermoscopy and histopathological diagnosis, together with the design and appraisal of dermatological clinical trials.诊疗技术与方法学： 皮肤影像、镜检、病理诊断方法的验证，以及皮肤科临床试验设计与评价。

The American Medical Association levies no author fees, and research articles become free to read online twelve months after publication, with free or near-free institutional access in developing countries through the World Health Organization's HINARI programme. The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and carries a 2025 impact factor of 10.9, among the highest of any dermatology title.美国医学会对本刊不设作者费用，研究论文发表十二个月后自动转为免费在线阅读，同时通过世界卫生组织的 HINARI 计划向发展中国家机构提供免费或接近免费的在线访问。该刊被科学引文索引扩展版收录，2025 年影响因子 10.9，为皮肤病学类期刊中最高者之一。

History

• Founding (1882): the journal descends from the Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases, founded in 1882, and an official editorial accordingly describes more than a century of continuous publication. The year 1920 marks the American Medical Association's takeover and renaming of the title, not its founding.创刊（1882年）： 本刊的源头是 1882 年创刊的《皮肤与性病杂志》（Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases），官方社论据此称其连续出版已逾一个世纪；1920 年才是美国医学会接办并改名的时间，而非创刊年。^[1]
• Title succession (1882–2013): the Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Diseases ran from 1882 to 1886, followed by the Journal of Cutaneous and Genito-Urinary Diseases from 1887 to 1902, The Journal of Cutaneous Diseases, Including Syphilis from 1903 to 1919, and the Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology from 1920 to 1954. The word for syphilology was dropped in 1955, the title became the Archives of Dermatology from 1960 to 2012, and the present name has been used since 2013.刊名沿革（1882–2013）： 1882–1886 年为《皮肤与性病杂志》，1887–1902 年改为《皮肤与泌尿生殖系统疾病杂志》，1903–1919 年为《含梅毒学在内的皮肤病杂志》，1920–1954 年为《皮肤病学与梅毒学文献》，1955 年起去掉梅毒学一词，1960–2012 年为《皮肤病学文献》，2013 年起启用现名。^[2]
• Joining the AMA (1920): the American Medical Association became the journal's publisher in 1920 and renamed it the Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology, a node often mistaken for a founding year. The title carried a society abbreviation prefix from 1955 to 1960 before reverting to the unprefixed name in 1960.加入美国医学会（1920年）： 美国医学会于 1920 年成为该刊出版方，并将其更名为《皮肤病学与梅毒学文献》，这一节点常被误记作创刊年；刊物在 1955 至 1960 年间曾带有学会缩写前缀，1960 年后恢复不带前缀的刊名。^[1]
• Publication format: the journal is monthly, with twelve print and online issues a year and all articles appearing online first. The online edition is refreshed every Wednesday, so a monthly print rhythm runs in parallel with a weekly online one.出版形态： 本刊为月刊，每年十二期印刷与在线并行，文章一律先在线发表；官方同时在线每周三更新，即纸质月刊与每周在线更新两套节奏并存。^[3]
• Official acceptance rate: the publisher states an acceptance rate of 8 per cent, with a median of 3 days to first decision and 34 days to a decision with review. The former includes editorial screening and is pulled down heavily by manuscripts rejected without external review.官方录用率： 出版方官方公布本刊录用率为 8%，投稿至首次决定中位 3 天、经评审后 34 天；前者含编辑部初筛，这一极短数字主要由未经外审即退稿的稿件拉低。^[3]
• Metric trend: the impact factor rose from 8.107 in 2017 to 11.816 in 2021 and has since held between 10.9 and 11.5, standing at 10.9 in 2025, consistent with its rank among dermatology titles.指标走势： 影响因子自 2017 年的 8.107 升至 2021 年的 11.816，其后在 10.9 至 11.5 之间高位波动，2025 年为 10.9，与其在皮肤病学类期刊中的排名相符。^[4]
• Reach: the journal records more than 11.6 million article views and downloads a year, about 63 per cent of submissions coming from outside the United States, and a social media following of over 124,000.传播规模： 该刊年论文浏览与下载量逾一千一百六十万次，在国际作者比例上约六成三投稿来自美国以外，社交媒体关注者逾十二万。^[3]

Editors

The journal operates under a single editor who heads the editorial office within the American Medical Association's journal family, with manuscripts submitted through the society's unified author system. The society publishes no editorial process detail beyond the acceptance rate and decision times, and the composition of the editorial office is taken from the masthead.本刊实行主编负责制，主编在美国医学会期刊体系内主持编辑部，稿件经学会统一的作者系统投递。美国医学会对本刊不公布除录用率与决定时长之外的编辑流程细节，编辑部构成信息以刊头署名为准。

• Kanade Shinkai (current editor): professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco, her name and institution appearing consistently in the editorial information block of the official author page and in the masthead.金甲晃子（现任主编）： 加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校皮肤科教授，其姓名与机构在官方作者页的编者信息栏与刊头中一致。^[3]
• Frequency and editorial structure: the journal runs a monthly print schedule alongside weekly online updates, with the editorial office working inside the society's journal system so that its process and submission platform match the association's other specialty titles.刊期与编辑架构： 月刊编排与每周在线更新并存，编辑部在学会期刊体系内运作，编辑流程与投稿系统与其他美国医学会专科刊物一致。^[3]
• Acceptance and speed: the official 8 per cent acceptance rate and the three-day median to first decision are the principal published evidence for understanding the journal's selection threshold. The two are measured differently, the first being an overall acceptance proportion and the second including editorial screening.录用与时效： 官方公布的 8% 录用率与 3 天首次决定中位数，是理解该刊取稿门槛的主要公开依据；两者口径不同，前者为总体录用比例，后者含编辑部初筛。^[3]
• Standing in the field: among the largest dermatology journals by output and citations, its clinical research is cited directly in dermatological guidelines, and it accounted for close to half of the highest-cited dermatology papers in the 2025 citation tally.学科地位： 该刊是皮肤病学领域论文产出与引用规模最大的期刊之一，其临床研究常被皮肤科指南直接引用，在 2025 年引用统计中占据皮肤病学类最高被引论文的近半数。^[3]
• Historical continuity: more than a century of continuous publication makes the journal the longest-running vehicle in dermatology, and its centenary editorial is itself treated as an important document in the history of the discipline.历史连续性： 逾一个世纪的连续出版使本刊成为皮肤科领域最长效的记录载体，其百年社论本身即被视为学科史的重要文献。^[1]