Journal profile · Medicine-Dermatology
International Journal of Women's Dermatology
ISSN 2352-6475 · Elsevier · United States
International Journal of Women's Dermatology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,600; median 218 days to acceptance (35 articles, last 24 months); 51 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Women's Dermatology is published by Elsevier and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diversity and Career in Medicine, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases and Hair Growth and Disorders, together about 21.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Dermatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Women's Dermatology (IJWD) is a global, open-access dermatologic journal publishing international articles pertinent to medical, surgical, reproductive, and cosmetic dermatologic topics relevant to female patients and their families, as well as career issues affecting female dermatologists.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Dermatology
Editor-in-chief Nanette B. SilverbergPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences8.1%
- Autoimmune Bullous Skin DiseasesMedicine6.8%
- Hair Growth and DisordersMedicine6.2%
- Acne and Rosacea Treatments and EffectsMedicine5.9%
- Dermatology and Skin DiseasesMedicine5.7%
- Skin Protection and AgingMedicine5.4%
- Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchMedicine5.3%
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa and TreatmentsMedicine4.7%
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)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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · DERMATOLOGY · rank 32/99
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 291OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 974 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 2 |
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | 33 |
| 2024 | 64 | 64 | 186 |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | 232 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 454 |
| 2021 | 144 | 144 | 1,791 |
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
218 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 141 days – 312 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 110 days (35 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 324 days
- Sample
- 35 articles with submission and acceptance dates (113 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,600 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 / EUR 1,310 / GBP 1,180 / JPY 161,200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,600 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,950 / USD 975 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- A paper that has been formally rejected
Article types accepted2
- editorialThe Editorial Office is pleased to answer any questions you may have about preparing your manuscript in accordance with our guidelines.Length not stated
- review***Please note-The journal has changed to a double-blind peer review. Therefore, author identifying information MUST be limited to the Title Page only, which no…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP
IJWD expects that each person listed as an author has participated sufficiently in the intellectual content, the analysis of data, and/or the writing of the manuscript to take public responsibility for it. Each author must have reviewed the manuscript, believes it represents valid work, and approves it for submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Financial Support and Competing Interests
A financial disclosure section is part of the submission process and must be completed by each author at first revision. This information is for review by the Editors but will be published if relevant to the content of the accepted manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations and Informed Consent
Member of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Model summary
The IJWD adheres to the ethical principles outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) available at: http://publicationethics.org/.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Authors retain copyright
Authors retain copyright; license to publish granted to WK. Model summary
Authors retain their copyright for all articles. Authors grant WK a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Creative Commons 4.0 licenses. Model summary
IJWD provides authors the choice of applying any of the Creative Commons 4.0 licenses defined below, to be determined after acceptance.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
All articles published in International Journal of Women’s Dermatology are subject to critical double-blind peer review by our editors and by external experts in women’s dermatology. We adhere to the principles of peer review as recommended by ICMJE (http://www.icmje.org), which is fundamental to the scientific publication process. Authors submitting manuscripts to IJWD may propose suitable review…
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2352-6475
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Women's Dermatology
What CAS zone is International Journal of Women's Dermatology in?
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 International Journal of Women's Dermatology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Women's Dermatology?
Based on the dates recorded on 35 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 218 days (interquartile range 141–312 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks. 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 JCR quartile is International Journal of Women's Dermatology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, DERMATOLOGY Q2 (32/99). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Women's Dermatology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 International Journal of Women's Dermatology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Women's Dermatology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Women's Dermatology open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Women's Dermatology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,600.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .