Journal profile
Pigment International
ISSN 2349-5782 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Pigment International: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 61 days to acceptance (13 articles, last 24 months); 32 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pigment International is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are melanin and skin pigmentation, Medicine and Dermatology Studies History and Dermatologic Treatments and Research, together about 54% of its articles. Its main subfields are Dermatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief Anupam DasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- melanin and skin pigmentationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29.2%
- Medicine and Dermatology Studies HistoryMedicine13.1%
- Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchMedicine11.8%
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementMedicine10.4%
- Genetic and rare skin diseases.Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
- Hair Growth and DisordersMedicine4.1%
- Oral Health Pathology and TreatmentDentistry2.8%
- Cancer and Skin LesionsMedicine2%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 442 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 119 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 138 |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 | 139 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 160 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 141 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 171 |
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
61 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 162 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 111 days (13 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 258 days
- Sample
- 13 articles with submission and acceptance dates (20 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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| 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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2349-5782
- Print ISSN
- 2349-5847
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (April 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pigment International
How long does peer review take at Pigment International?
Based on the dates recorded on 13 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 61 days (interquartile range 50–162 days); authors report an average review time of about 27 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.
Which databases index Pigment International?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pigment International is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Pigment International open access, and what is the APC?
Pigment International 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; 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: .