Journal profile · DERMATOLOGY
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
ISSN 0365-0596 · eISSN 1806-4841 · Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia · BRAZIL · Bimonthly · Founded 1961
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.41; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 56 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 173 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nail Diseases and Treatments, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies, together about 21.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Breve Histórico Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia é a publicação científica oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia com veiculação ininterrupta desde 1925. É publicação bimestral, peer reviewed, de acesso aberto, impressa no idioma português e on-line no idioma inglês, dedicada a divulgar estudos, evidências e relatos técnico-científicos originais e inéditos, resultantes de pesquisas, revisões e comunicações na área da Dermatologia e especialidades afins. Apresenta como característica principal a ênfase em Dermatologia Tropical, Dermatologia Infecciosa e Parasitária, DST/AIDS e Dermatopatologia. Acesso Aberto Este periódico segue o modelo de Acesso Aberto (Open Acess), permitindo o acesso virtual, sem restrição (incluindo restrições financeiras), a todos os textos científicos publicados pelo periódico. Acesso aberto é a condição em que o detentor dos direitos autorais de um trabalho acadêmico concede direitos de uso a terceiros usando uma licença aberta (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitindo acesso gratuito imediato ao trabalho e autorizando qualquer usuário a ler, baixar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, pesquisar ou vincular os textos completos dos artigos, rastreá-los para indexação, passá-los como dados para software ou usá-los para qualquer outra finalidade legal. Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta O periódico Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (ABD) é de acesso aberto. O movimento Ciência Aberta propõe diretrizes para a prática científica colaborativa, compartilhada e pública. Em consonância com as diretrizes de Ciência Aberta, a ABD adota uma série de práticas, como a política de acesso livre, o código de boas práticas para editores e o uso de redes sociais para divulgação de trabalhos publicados. O periódico ABD solicita de seus autores a indicação precisa do papel desenvolvido de cada um em artigos com múltipla autoria, incentiva o compartilhamento dos conjuntos de dados de análise, instrumentos, scripts de análise estatística, roteiros e materiais adicionais, disponibilizados A ABD incentiva publicação de artigos preprints, recomenda-se as plataformas públicas Preprints, SciELO Preprints e EmeRI para discussão aberta antes da aprovação e publicação no periódico. Ética na Publicação O periódico ABD adota os princípios de ética de publicação incluídos no código de conduta do Committee on Publication Ethics COPE. As alegações de má conduta antes e após a publicação são direcionadas ao periódico e ao editor-chefe e podem gerar: remoção
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): DERMATOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nail Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine7.6%
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin DiseasesMedicine6.9%
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer StudiesMedicine6.6%
- Cancer and Skin LesionsMedicine6.3%
- Genetic and rare skin diseases.Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders researchMedicine5.6%
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementMedicine5.4%
- Psoriasis: Treatment and PathogenesisImmunology and Microbiology4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.41LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,760OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,683 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 181 | 181 | 25 |
| 2025 | 173 | 173 | 305 |
| 2024 | 183 | 183 | 661 |
| 2023 | 197 | 197 | 1,148 |
| 2022 | 196 | 196 | 1,742 |
| 2021 | 199 | 199 | 1,811 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
56 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 45 days – 71 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 119 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (437 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 31 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,700 / EUR 1,590 / GBP 1,360 / JPY 210,850 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1961
- ISSN
- 0365-0596
- Electronic ISSN
- 1806-4841
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
What CAS zone is Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Dermatology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.41; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 56 days (interquartile range 45–71 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia open access, and what is the APC?
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .