The Journal of Dermatology

The Journal of Dermatology is the monthly journal of the Japanese Dermatological Association and the Asian Dermatological Association, published by Wiley.《皮肤病学杂志》是日本皮肤科学会与亚洲皮肤科学会的月刊，由 Wiley 出版。

Its 2025 impact factor is 2.3 and the five-year figure is 2.7.2025 年影响因子 2.3，五年影响因子 2.7。

Clarivate places it 48th of 99 in dermatology, which is Q2.科睿唯安把它排在皮肤病学 99 种刊的第 48 位，属 Q2。

Volume 53 appears in 2026, so the count has run from 1974 at one volume a year.2026 年出第 53 卷，卷号从 1974 年起一年一卷排下来。

Authors who stay on the subscription route pay 20,000 yen or 200 dollars for each printed page.走订阅路线的作者按印刷页付费，每页 2 万日元或 200 美元。

Scope

• The journal is the official peer-reviewed publication of two societies, the Japanese Dermatological Association and the Asian Dermatological Association.刊物是两家学会的官方同行评审出版物，即日本皮肤科学会与亚洲皮肤科学会。

• Its stated aim is a forum for new and significant research in dermatology, and the promotion of the discipline in Japan and worldwide.宗旨写得很直白，为新近的重要皮肤科学研究提供交换场所，并在日本与世界范围推动这门学科。

• Papers in all fields of dermatology are considered, so the scope is left open rather than carved into a fixed list.一切皮肤科学领域内的稿子都在考虑范围，宗旨因此是敞开的，不切成固定清单。

• The keyword list leads with clinical medicine, which sets the balance toward patient material rather than bench work.关键词表以临床医学打头，重心因此偏向病人材料，而不是台面实验。

• Contact dermatitis is a named keyword, and it has a long research tradition in Japanese dermatology.接触性皮炎是列名关键词，在日本皮肤科学界有很长的研究传统。

• Dermatopathology is named as well, and much of the diagnostic work published here sits in that field.皮肤病理同样列名，刊里相当一部分诊断工作落在这一行。

• Mycology appears in the keyword list, which keeps fungal skin disease inside the core rather than at the margin.真菌学出现在关键词表里，皮肤真菌病因此在核心位置，不在边缘。

• Pigmentation is a keyword in its own right, a subject where Japanese groups have published heavily for decades.色素问题是独立关键词，日本团队在这一题目上几十年来发表密集。

• Psoriasis is named, and it is the inflammatory disease the journal lists before any other.银屑病被点名，在炎症性疾病里排在第一位。

• Plastic surgery appears among the keywords, which puts the operative end of the specialty inside the scope.整形外科出现在关键词中，专科里的手术一端也就算在宗旨之内。

• Research articles are the base of each issue, and the publisher describes the rest as material that supplements them.研究论文是每期的底子，出版方把其余内容说成对论文的补充。

• Reviews, theoretical articles, special features, commentaries and book reviews are the supplementing forms.综述，理论文章，专题，评论与书评属于补充形式。

• Proceedings of workshops and conferences are accepted too, which is unusual for a clinical journal of this size.研讨会与会议录也收，这种规模的临床刊物里不多见。

• Preliminary and short reports are promised rapid publication, and letters are held to two printed pages or less.初步报告与短报告承诺尽快发表，读者来信限两页印刷页以内。

• The format list is graded by length, with original articles at 6,000 words and a 300 word unstructured abstract.稿件按长度分档，原创论文 6,000 词，摘要 300 词且不作结构式。

• Concise communications take 1,500 words, research notes 750 words, and letters 500 words with no more than ten authors.简报限 1,500 词，研究札记 750 词，来信 500 词且作者不超过十人。

• Images in Dermatology is a 300 word format built around a single figure, which suits a case that is decided by its appearance.皮肤科图像是 300 词的格式，围绕一张图组织，适合靠外观定性的病例。

• Guidelines are commissioned rather than submitted, and the published ones are free to read.指南由编辑部邀约，不接受自由投稿，已刊出的指南免费开放。

History

• The journal was founded in 1974, and the National Library of Medicine records that year as its first.刊物 1974 年创刊，美国国立医学图书馆把这年记为起始。

• Makoto Seiji was the first editor in chief, and his term ran from 1974 to 1982.首任主编是 Makoto Seiji，任期从 1974 年到 1982 年。

• Harukuni Urabe followed for five years, from 1982 to 1987.接着是 Harukuni Urabe，1982 年到 1987 年，做了五年。

• Michihito Niimura held the post from 1988 to 2000, the longest run on the record.Michihito Niimura 从 1988 年做到 2000 年，是记录里最长的一段。

• Shinji Shimada served from 2000 to 2011, and Yoshiki Tokura from 2011 to 2013.Shinji Shimada 任 2000 年至 2011 年，Yoshiki Tokura 任 2011 年至 2013 年。

• Masutaka Furue took the post in 2013 and held it until 2020, when the present editor took over.Masutaka Furue 2013 年接任，做到 2020 年，之后交到现任主编手上。

• The volume count runs one behind the year, so volume 53 belongs to 2026 and volume 1 to 1974.卷号比年份小一，第 53 卷属 2026 年，第 1 卷属 1974 年。

• Twelve issues a year is the pattern, and every volume is a full calendar year.一年十二期是常态，每一卷正好是一个日历年。

• Two ISSNs are in use, 0385-2407 for the printed edition and 1346-8138 for the online one.刊物用两个 ISSN，纸本 0385-2407，网络版 1346-8138。

• The National Library of Medicine has indexed the title since 1974 and its current status reads yes, so it is in MEDLINE.美国国立医学图书馆自 1974 年收录该刊，现状态为是，属于 MEDLINE。

• Wiley-Blackwell publishes it, and the National Library of Medicine records London as the imprint.出版方是 Wiley-Blackwell，美国国立医学图书馆把出版地记为伦敦。

• The impact factor has fallen each year of the record, from 4.005 in 2021 to 3.468, 2.9, 2.7 and 2.3 in 2025.记录里的影响因子逐年下滑，2021 年 4.005，随后 3.468，2.9，2.7，2025 年 2.3。

• The fall is steady rather than jagged, which points to a change in the citation base rather than a single bad year.下滑是平缓的，不是锯齿状的，说明变的是引文基数，不是某一年的失手。

• Total citations are 7,971 for the 2025 measurement year, against 245 articles counted.2025 测量年总被引 7,971 次，计入文章 245 篇。

• Gold open access covers 32.12 percent of the output, so the title is hybrid and the rest sits behind a subscription.金色开放获取覆盖 32.12% 的发文，属于混合模式，其余部分在订阅墙后。

• The Asian Dermatological Association link explains the readership beyond Japan, and the keyword list still centres on Japanese practice.与亚洲皮肤科学会的关联把读者带到日本之外，关键词表却仍以日本的诊疗实践为中心。

Editors

• Takafumi Kadono is the editor in chief, and Tomomitsu Miyagaki is the associate editor.主编是 Takafumi Kadono，副编辑是 Tomomitsu Miyagaki。

• Both are listed with Kawasaki addresses, and the editorial office sits with them rather than with the publisher.两人都挂川崎的地址，编辑部跟着他们走，不设在出版方那边。

• The board runs to about forty editors, among them Riichiro Abe, Masashi Akiyama, Norito Katoh, Hiroo Amano and Yumi Aoyama.编委约四十人，其中有 Riichiro Abe，Masashi Akiyama，Norito Katoh，Hiroo Amano 与 Yumi Aoyama。

• Review is single blind, with two reviewers and the handling editor on each paper.评审为单盲，每篇稿子配两位评审人与一位处理编辑。

• The editor in chief screens first, and only manuscripts that pass that screen go out for review at all.先由主编筛一道，只有过了这一道的稿子才会送审。

• A paper already rejected by the journal is not reconsidered, which closes the resubmission route that some titles leave open.被本刊拒过的稿子不再复议，有些刊物留着的重投通道在这里是关着的。

• The acceptance rate is 24 percent, and the median time to a first decision is five days.录用率 24%，首次决定的中位时间五天。

• Five days is short enough to be explained by the screening step, since many papers never reach a reviewer.五天这个数字短得可以用筛稿环节解释，不少稿子根本没到评审人手上。

• Six former editors in chief are named on the journal site with their dates, which is more than most titles publish.官网上带着任期列出六位前任主编，比多数刊物公布得细。

• A Best Paper Prize and Top Reviewer Awards are given each year, and both are announced on the journal pages.每年颁最佳论文奖与优秀评审人奖，两项都在刊物页面上公布。

• Guidelines are edited by appointment, and the free access page keeps them outside the paywall.指南由编辑部约人编写，免费阅读页把它们放在付费墙之外。

• Page charges are set per printed page, so the cost of a paper depends on how much space the typesetter gives it.版面费按印刷页计，一篇文章花多少钱取决于排版给了多少页。

• Open access is optional, and the three licences offered are CC BY, CC BY-NC and CC BY-NC-ND.开放获取是可选路径，提供 CC BY，CC BY-NC 与 CC BY-NC-ND 三种许可。

• The board is almost entirely Japanese, and the two societies it serves supply both the readership and most of the editors.编委几乎全是日本人，所服务的两家学会既提供读者，也提供大部分编辑。