Journal profile · Medicine-Dermatology
Skin Health and Disease
ISSN 2690-442X · Wiley · United Kingdom
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Skin Health and Disease: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 136 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Skin Health and Disease is published by Wiley. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Dermatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Skin Health and Disease is the British Association of Dermatologists’ first fully open access interdisciplinary Journal. We cover the fully breadth of dermatology from case reports to basic science and from patient perspectives to translational research. We particularly encourage interdisciplinary research to improve patient outcomes and research focussing on the maintenance of skin health across the lifespan. We publish research articles, reviews, case reports, patient perspectives, method papers, protocols, negative studies and pilot studies that demonstrate robust methodology, scientific validity and reliability. Our Images in Dermatology section publishes exemplar clinical photographs and novel scientific images, seeking to redress the lack of representative images of skin of colour in the existing literature. All papers undergo rigorous and fast peer review, as well as rapid publication. Indexing Information CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Global Health (CABI) PubMed (NLM) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Skin Health and Disease deposits all articles in PMC (PubMed Central). Journal metrics Citation metrics Scopus 2025 CiteScore 2.9 Dermatology (Rank by CiteScore) 62/152 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.819 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Skin Health and Disease are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, British Association of Dermatologists, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, British Association of Dermatologists, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Dermatology
Editor-in-chief Ewan Langan MBCHBPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United Kingdom 37, United States 9, Germany 5, Spain 5, India 3 (87 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dermatology and Skin DiseasesMedicine19%
- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementMedicine7%
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer StudiesMedicine7%
- Psoriasis: Treatment and PathogenesisImmunology and Microbiology6.6%
- Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchMedicine3.9%
- melanin and skin pigmentationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
- Skin Diseases and DiabetesMedicine3.7%
- Skin Protection and AgingMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dermatology | Q2 | 62/152 | 59th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPubMedCASPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.59OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 774 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 152 | 152 | 866 |
| 2025 | 136 | 136 | 863 |
| 2024 | 159 | 159 | 677 |
| 2023 | 135 | 135 | 458 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | 247 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | 57 |
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)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | GBP 1,880 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,969 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,200 / GBP 1,700 / EUR 1,900 | Yes | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access, international, PubMed-indexed journal of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD). Model summary
SHD, the open-access, international, PubMed-indexed journal of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD)
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Skin Health and Disease
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Author guidelines ↗
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesGBP 1,880 (DOAJ), waivers availableFee details
- 5Expected review timeabout 10 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2690-442X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Skin Health and Disease
How long does peer review take at Skin Health and Disease?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Skin Health and Disease based?
Of the 87 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (37), United States (9) and Germany (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Skin Health and Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Skin Health and Disease is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC, PubMed and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Skin Health and Disease open access, and what is the APC?
Skin Health and Disease is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .