Journal profile · Medicine-Dermatology

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine

ISSN 2090-6463 · eISSN 2090-6471 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine: fully open access; APC about USD 870; median 221 days to acceptance (80 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 35% (journal website); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ3Dermatology · rank 101/152 · 33rd percentile
Review time221 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 80 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 870Fully open access
Acceptance35%From the journal's website
Articles per year362025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cancer and Skin Lesions, Genetic and rare skin diseases. and Skin Diseases and Diabetes, together about 23.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Dermatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine is an open access journal that publishes case reports and case series covering prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the skin, hair, and nails.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Dermatology

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Cancer and Skin LesionsMedicine8.3%
  2. Genetic and rare skin diseases.Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8%
  3. Skin Diseases and DiabetesMedicine7.6%
  4. Dermatology and Skin DiseasesMedicine7%
  5. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer StudiesMedicine6.5%
  6. Medicine and Dermatology Studies HistoryMedicine6.1%
  7. Drug-Induced Adverse ReactionsMedicine5.1%
  8. Autoimmune and Inflammatory DisordersMedicine4.4%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
DermatologyQ3101/15233rd

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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

CiteScore 2026-06
1.2LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
1.2Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.26LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.92LetPub ·
h-index
22OpenAlex ·
i10-index
101OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.9OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 490 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20265858127
20253636331
20242323350
20232222349
20222828338
20212020300

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 Crossref · to

221 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 136 days – 343 days

Acceptance to online
median 20 days (80 articles)
Submission to online
median 241 days
Sample
80 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 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)
about 15 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
35%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
76 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
Peer review
Single 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

Fully open accessDOAJ

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 870 / GBP 580 / EUR 750YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 790 / EUR 680 / GBP 580——
LetPubUSD 725Yes—

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Submission

Article types and submission policies (journal website)

What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Reference style
Chicago
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted1
  1. case reportCase ReportLength not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Concurrent submission limit of three manuscripts Model summary

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Copyright retained by authors, CC BY license Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access

Open access journal with APCs Model summary

The journal is open access. Article processing charges (APCs) allow the publisher to make articles immediately available online to anyone to read and reuse upon publication.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model for applicable article types Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint policy Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

Source ↗Publisher website ·

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
2090-6463
Electronic ISSN
2090-6471
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine

How long does peer review take at Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine?

Based on the dates recorded on 80 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 221 days (interquartile range 136–343 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35%. 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.

What are the manuscript requirements of Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine?

According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.

Which databases index Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine open access, and what is the APC?

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 870.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .