Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Subfield ranking · 2004
Dermatology journal rankings 2004
49 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Dermatology has 49 ranked journals in 2004. The median journal has an OJR of 0.57, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2003; Q1 starts at OJR 0.97. The top three are American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
- Dermatology49
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
49 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2004. | Compare |
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1American Journal of Clinical DermatologyAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 2.15Q1 | 3.67 0.68 up from 2003 | 170 | 0% | $5,590 | ||
2Journal of the American Academy of DermatologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.66Q1 | 3.13 0.28 down from 2003 | 1,432 | 31% | $4,200 | ||
3Lasers in Surgery and MedicineWiley · United States | 1.59Q1 | 2.92 0.23 up from 2003 | 341 | 15% | $4,620 | ||
4Archives of DermatologyAmerican Medical Association · United States | 1.58Q1 | 3.53 0.84 up from 2003 | 715 | 4% | — | ||
5Journal of Investigative DermatologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.51Q1 | 4.16 0.60 up from 2003 | 1,238 | 96% | $3,800 | ||
6Food and Chemical ToxicologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 2.41 0.22 up from 2003 | 578 | 7% | $4,670 | ||
7British Journal of DermatologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.20Q1 | 2.65 0.43 up from 2003 | 1,640 | 4% | $4,920 | ||
8Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and SurgeryFrontline Medical Communications · United States | 1.20Q1 | 1.18 2.18 down from 2003 | 97 | 5% | — | ||
9Dermatologic ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.14Q1 | 2.19 0.15 down from 2003 | 191 | 0% | $3,400 | ||
10Skin Pharmacology and PhysiologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.14Q1 | 1.64 0.45 down from 2003 | 178 | 11% | — | ||
11Skin Research and TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.02Q1 | 1.45 0.11 up from 2003 | 108 | 6% | $2,910 | ||
12Experimental DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.00Q1 | 2.07 0.21 down from 2003 | 268 | 10% | $4,880 | ||
13Journal of Cosmetic and Laser TherapyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.97Q1 | 1.40 2.33 down from 2003 | 50 | 0% | — | ||
14Clinical and Experimental DermatologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.86Q2 | 1.57 0.18 up from 2003 | 604 | 1% | $3,354 | ||
15DermatologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.85Q2 | 1.86 0.47 up from 2003 | 612 | 11% | — | ||
16American Journal of DermatopathologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.83Q2 | 1.54 0.27 up from 2003 | 318 | 2% | — | ||
17Journal of Dermatological ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.83Q2 | 1.81 0.14 down from 2003 | 272 | 5% | $3,980 | ||
18Contact DermatitisWiley · United Kingdom | 0.80Q2 | 1.37 0.09 up from 2003 | 819 | 5% | $5,060 | ||
19Journal of Dermatological TreatmentOAInforma · United Kingdom | 0.79Q2 | 1.63 0.68 up from 2003 | 139 | 4% | — | ||
20Archives of Dermatological ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.72Q2 | 1.38 0.07 up from 2003 | 219 | 3% | $4,790 | ||
21International Journal of DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.65Q2 | 1.33 0.44 up from 2003 | 724 | 7% | $4,150 | ||
22Australasian Journal of DermatologyWiley · Australia | 0.64Q2 | 1.28 0.32 up from 2003 | 192 | 7% | $4,160 | ||
23Photodermatology Photoimmunology & PhotomedicineWiley · United Kingdom | 0.64Q2 | 1.14 0.18 down from 2003 | 107 | 8% | $4,550 | ||
24Clinics in DermatologyElsevier BV · United States | 0.62Q2 | 1.12 0.12 up from 2003 | 249 | 0% | $3,760 | ||
25Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.57Q2 | 1.04 0.27 up from 2003 | 686 | 4% | $5,450 | ||
26Acta Dermato VenereologicaOASoc for Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica · Sweden | 0.56Q3 | 1.00 0.12 up from 2003 | 381 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
27Dermatologic SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.55Q3 | 1.14 0.14 up from 2003 | 1,574 | 2% | — | ||
28Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.55Q3 | 0.96 0.15 up from 2003 | 271 | 0% | — | ||
29Pediatric DermatologyWiley · United States | 0.54Q3 | 1.13 0.22 up from 2003 | 449 | 3% | $3,920 | ||
30International Journal of ToxicologySAGE Publishing · United States | 0.53Q3 | 0.84 0.05 up from 2003 | 275 | 27% | $4,150 | ||
31Veterinary DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.47Q3 | 1.19 0.14 up from 2003 | 120 | 40% | $3,570 | ||
32International Journal of Cosmetic ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 0.47Q3 | 0.68 0.22 up from 2003 | 112 | 10% | $3,570 | ||
33Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and SurgerySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.46Q3 | 0.84 0.09 up from 2003 | 290 | 1% | $4,150 | ||
34The Journal of DermatologyWiley · Australia | 0.39Q3 | 0.81 0.11 up from 2003 | 484 | 3% | $3,630 | ||
35JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen GesellschaftWiley · United Kingdom | 0.36Q3 | 0.72no 2003 value | 50 | 4% | $4,480 | — | |
36Dermatologic TherapyOAWiley · United States | 0.34Q3 | 0.65 0.35 up from 2003 | 132 | 57% | $2,700 | ||
37Der HautarztSpringer Nature · Germany | 0.32Q3 | 0.67 0.10 down from 2003 | 336 | 0% | $3,090 | ||
38Exogenous DermatologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.28Q4 | 0.57 0.05 down from 2003 | 82 | 10% | — | ||
39Dermatology Online JournalOAUniversity of California, Davis · United States | 0.26Q4 | 0.52 0.11 up from 2003 | 289 | 67% | $300 | ||
40Journal of Toxicology Cutaneous and Ocular ToxicologyInforma · United States | 0.19Q4 | 0.30 0.03 up from 2003 | 68 | 4% | — | ||
41SKINmed Dermatology for the ClinicianWiley · United States | 0.18Q4 | 0.33 0.25 up from 2003 | 101 | 0% | — | ||
42Dermatology and Psychosomatics / Dermatologie und PsychosomatikKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.17Q4 | 0.38 0.08 down from 2003 | 89 | 52% | — | ||
43Current Problems in DermatologyKarger Publishers · United States | 0.11Q4 | 0.22 0.02 down from 2003 | 55 | — | — | ||
44Journal of Cosmetic DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.10Q4 | 0.26 0.02 up from 2003 | 84 | 5% | $3,020 | ||
45Actas Dermo-SifiliográficasOAElsevier BV · Spain | 0.05Q4 | 0.16 0.02 down from 2003 | 328 | 0% | $2,080 | ||
46European Journal of DermatologyJohn Libbey Eurotext · France | 0.03Q4 | 0.22 0.15 up from 2003 | 31 | — | — | ||
47Anais Brasileiros de DermatologiaOAElsevier BV · Brazil | 0.02Q4 | 0.08 0.03 up from 2003 | 90 | 100% | $1,700 | ||
48Drugs & Therapy PerspectivesAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 0.01Q4 | 0.01 0.02 down from 2003 | 260 | 0% | $3,490 | ||
49Annals of DermatologyOAKorean Dermatological Association · South Korea | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 162 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Dermatology highlighted.
- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Dermatology49
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Dermatology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2001–2003, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 49
- Window papers (baseline)
- 13,223 +16.6% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 0.57 +21.6% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 12
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 42 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 83 | 89 | 96 | 93 | 99 | 97 | 97 | 92 | 89 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,622 | 11,340 | 12,109 | 12,780 | 13,223 | 13,973 | 15,012 | 16,251 | 17,443 | 18,866 | 21,708 | 22,670 | 23,351 | 22,270 | 23,198 | 23,979 | 25,313 | 26,840 | 28,804 | 30,307 | 32,287 | 36,310 | 41,051 | 44,525 | 45,993 | 48,610 | |
| Median OJR | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.544 | 0.591 | 0.57 | 0.647 | 0.654 | 0.67 | 0.72 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.77 | 0.664 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.660 | 0.590 | 0.56 | 0.519 | 0.539 | 0.524 | 0.55 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.