Archives of Dermatology
Archives of Dermatology
The Archives of Dermatology has been in continuous publication since October 1882. It began publication by the American Medicical Association in 1920 as Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology; in 1955, it continued publication as Archives of Dermatology. It is an international peer-reviewed journal published 12 times a year. There is a Czech/Slovak edition published quarterly. The journal publishes material that helps in the development and testing of the effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment in medical and surgical dermatology, pediatric and geriatric dermatology, and oncologic and aesthetic dermatologic surgery. Occasionally the journal publishes theme issues on topics such as dermatologic surgery, biotechnology, rejuvenating the aging face, and pediatric dermatology. The acceptance rate is 35%. The average time from submission to acceptance is 114 days; from acceptance to publication, 5.5 months. Its impact factor is 2.85 (the impact factor is a measure of citation rate per article, and is calculated by dividing 1 year's worth of citations to a journal's articles published in the previous 2 years by the number of major articles [eg, research papers, reviews] published by that journal in those 2 years). The editor is June K. Robinson, MD, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (see the Archives Editorial Board).
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