Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology is the monthly official scientific journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, published by Elsevier, founded in 1979 and covering the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of skin, hair and nail disorders, indexed in Medline, the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 12.3Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 是美国皮肤病学会的官方科学月刊，由 Elsevier 出版，1979 年创刊，涵盖皮肤、毛发与指（趾）甲疾病的预防、诊断与治疗，被 Medline、科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子为 12.3。

Scope

• Clinical, experimental and population-based research in dermatology皮肤病的临床、实验与人群研究。
• Health services research and the quality of dermatological care医疗服务研究以及皮肤病诊疗质量研究。
• High-quality, cost-effective and innovative treatments高质量、具成本效益与创新性的治疗。
• New diagnostic techniques新的诊断技术。
• The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of skin, hair and nail disorders, and the official venue for the clinical guidelines of the American Academy of Dermatology皮肤、毛发与指（趾）甲疾病的预防、诊断与治疗，并作为美国皮肤病学会临床指南的官方发表平台。

History

• The journal was founded in 1979 as the official scientific publication of the American Academy of Dermatology, with J. Graham Smith of the Medical College of Georgia as its founding editor-in-chief该刊 1979 年创刊，是美国皮肤病学会的官方科学出版物，创始主编为佐治亚医学院的 J. Graham Smith。
• It was established to meet the continuing medical education needs of practising dermatologists, and each issue still carries CME articles该刊创办旨在满足执业皮肤科医师的继续医学教育需求，至今每期仍刊载继续教育文章。
• It was published for many years under the Mosby imprint, now part of Elsevier, and remains published by Elsevier on behalf of the academy该刊长期由现属 Elsevier 旗下的 Mosby 品牌出版，如今仍由 Elsevier 代表学会出版。
• It appears monthly and has three open access sister journals, namely JAAD Case Reports, JAAD International and JAAD Reviews该刊为月刊，另有三本开放获取姊妹刊，即 JAAD Case Reports、JAAD International 与 JAAD Reviews。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Dirk M. Elston of the Medical University of South Carolina, whose specialty is dermatopathology现任主编为南卡罗来纳医科大学的 Dirk M. Elston，专长为皮肤病理学。
• The associate editor is Jane M. Grant-Kels of the University of Connecticut, and past editors include Bruce H. Thiers and Richard L. Dobson alongside the founding editor J. Graham Smith副编辑为康涅狄格大学的 Jane M. Grant-Kels，历任主编包括 Bruce H. Thiers、Richard L. Dobson 以及创始主编 J. Graham Smith。
• It maintains a large editorial board drawn mainly from the United States and states that it follows the policies of ICMJE, COPE, CSE and WAME该刊编委会规模庞大，成员主要来自美国，并声明遵循 ICMJE、COPE、CSE 与 WAME 的政策。
• Certain article types, including CME, Clinical Review, Controversies and From the Academy, require a pre-submission proposal, and clinical reviews are handled as a distinct article type部分文章类型（如 CME、Clinical Review、Controversies 与 From the Academy）须先提交选题提案，临床综述按独立文章类型处理。