Journal profile · Dermatology
Dermatitis
ISSN 1710-3568 · eISSN 2162-5220 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 2004
Dermatitis: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.34; hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 225 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dermatitis is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Contact Dermatitis and Allergies, Dermatology and Skin Diseases and Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, together about 53.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Dermatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Dermatitis is owned by the American Contact Dermatitis Society and is the home journal of 4 other organizations, namely Societa Italiana di Dermatologica Allergologica Professionale e Ambientale, Experimental Contact Dermatitis Research Group, International Contact Dermatitis Research Group, and North American Contact Dermatitis Group. Dermatitis focuses on contact, atopic, occupational, and drug dermatitis, and welcomes manuscript submissions in these fields, with emphasis on reviews, studies, reports, and letters. Annual sections include Contact Allergen of the Year and Contact Allergen Alternatives, for which papers are chosen or invited by the respective section editor. Other sections unique to the journal are Pearls & Zebras, Product Allergen Watch, and news, features, or meeting abstracts from participating organizations.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Dermatology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Contact Dermatitis and AllergiesMedicine31.9%
- Dermatology and Skin DiseasesMedicine14.4%
- Allergic Rhinitis and SensitizationMedicine7.4%
- Occupational exposure and asthmaMedicine5.6%
- Skin Protection and AgingMedicine5.5%
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Advancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.4%
- Nail Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 2 |
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 3.34LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 807OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 102LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,794 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 150 | 1 | 19 |
| 2025 | 225 | 43 | 331 |
| 2024 | 181 | 30 | 449 |
| 2023 | 203 | 14 | 1,019 |
| 2022 | 135 | 16 | 868 |
| 2021 | 138 | 9 | 1,075 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1710-3568
- Electronic ISSN
- 2162-5220
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dermatitis
What CAS zone is Dermatitis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Dermatitis is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 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 Dermatitis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.34; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at Dermatitis?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 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 Dermatitis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dermatitis is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Dermatitis open access, and what is the APC?
Dermatitis is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .