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Dermatology journal rankings 2025

89 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine

Dermatology has 89 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.55, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 0.94. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is American Journal of Clinical Dermatology: its likely rank is within the top 3.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

89
2% of Medicine
Median OJR

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.

0.55+0.03 vs 2024
This subfieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

45%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$3,222
Median positive listed APC: $3,222 among 56 journals. 33 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Medicine (42)

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89 ranked journals

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

They are computed within the list on screen, so a journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 in the global ranking.

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Dermatology ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #1 of 89American Journal of Clinical DermatologyAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland
3.61Q111.95 1.81 up from 202423263%$5,590Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #4 of 89JAMA DermatologyAmerican Medical Association · United States
1.96Q14.89 0.14 down from 202485954%—
Rank 3; likely between #3 and #6 of 89CosmeticsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
1.57Q14.86 0.43 up from 2024530100%$2,172
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #7 of 89Dermatologic ClinicsElsevier BV · United States
1.55Q13.88 1.01 up from 20241664%$3,400
Rank 5; likely between #3 and #7 of 89Dermatology and TherapyOAAdis, Springer Healthcare · Germany
1.41Q15.18 0.32 up from 2024611100%$7,400Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 6; likely between #6 and #15 of 89British Journal of DermatologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom
1.21Q13.52 0.34 up from 20241,35671%$4,920
Rank 7; likely between #6 and #14 of 89Food and Chemical ToxicologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.19Q13.22 0.64 down from 20242,06430%$4,670Falling vs field, 2022–25
Rank 8; likely between #6 and #16 of 89Journal of Cosmetic DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom
1.16Q13.42 0.86 up from 20241,86098%$3,020Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 9; likely between #4 and #25 of 89JID InnovationsOAElsevier BV · United States
1.14Q12.81 1.14 down from 2024185100%$2,000
Rank 10; likely between #7 and #18 of 89Journal of Investigative DermatologyElsevier BV · United States
1.14Q13.69 0.36 up from 20241,09377%$3,800
Rank 11; likely between #5 and #25 of 89Clinics in DermatologyElsevier BV · United States
1.10Q12.78 0.90 up from 202434813%$3,760
Rank 12; likely between #8 and #20 of 89Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyWiley · United Kingdom
1.10Q13.43 0.31 up from 20242,32456%$5,450
Rank 13; likely between #8 and #21 of 89Experimental DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom
1.08Q13.33 0.26 up from 202465264%$4,880
Rank 14; likely between #8 and #22 of 89Journal of Dermatological TreatmentOAInforma · United Kingdom
1.08Q13.91 0.53 up from 2024427100%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 15; likely between #6 and #30 of 89Dermatology Research and PracticeOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom
1.06Q12.32 0.14 down from 202453100%$1,000
Rank 16; likely between #7 and #24 of 89DermatologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland
1.06Q13.46 0.49 up from 202424256%—
Rank 17; likely between #7 and #24 of 89International Journal of Cosmetic ScienceWiley · United Kingdom
1.06Q12.91 0.15 down from 202424268%$3,570
Rank 18; likely between #2 and #55 of 89Skin Pharmacology and PhysiologyKarger Publishers · Switzerland
1.06Q14.24 1.35 up from 20245243%—
Rank 19; likely between #10 and #22 of 89Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational DermatologyOADove Medical Press · New Zealand
1.05Q12.85 0.20 up from 20241,027100%$2,836
Rank 20; likely between #11 and #23 of 89Journal of the American Academy of DermatologyElsevier BV · United States
1.03Q12.89 0.16 up from 20242,27012%$4,200
Rank 21; likely between #7 and #26 of 89Journal of Dermatological ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.03Q13.40 0.62 up from 202425730%$3,980
Rank 22; likely between #12 and #23 of 89Skin Research and TechnologyWiley · United Kingdom
1.01Q12.88 0.01 down from 202479894%$2,910Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 23; likely between #3 and #51 of 89Scars Burns & HealingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
0.94Q11.90 1.32 down from 202442100%$1,918
Rank 24; likely between #21 and #30 of 89Lasers in Surgery and MedicineWiley · United States
0.85Q22.37 0.21 up from 202427757%$4,620
Rank 25; likely between #22 and #30 of 89Acta Dermato VenereologicaOASoc for Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica · Sweden
0.84Q22.33 0.03 down from 2024651100%$1,725
Rank 26; likely between #17 and #36 of 89Photodermatology Photoimmunology & PhotomedicineWiley · United Kingdom
0.82Q22.57 0.87 up from 202422960%$4,550Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 27; likely between #23 and #32 of 89Contact DermatitisWiley · United Kingdom
0.80Q22.04 0.32 down from 202464267%$5,060Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 28; likely between #7 and #51 of 89Current Dermatology ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
0.80Q21.83 0.32 down from 202410229%$4,490
Rank 29; likely between #22 and #40 of 89JMIR DermatologyOACanada
0.76Q22.70 1.11 up from 2024230100%—
Rank 30; likely between #22 and #41 of 89DermatopathologyOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
0.75Q22.23 0.47 up from 2024120100%$1,810
Rank 31; likely between #22 and #40 of 89International Journal of Women’s DermatologyOALippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States
0.75Q21.61 0.02 up from 2024179100%$1,500
Rank 32; likely between #24 and #39 of 89JAAD InternationalOAElsevier BV · United States
0.73Q22.41 0.43 up from 2024528100%$2,575
Rank 33; likely between #25 and #42 of 89Anais Brasileiros de DermatologiaOAElsevier BV · Brazil
0.70Q21.84 0.10 down from 2024570100%$1,700
Rank 34; likely between #28 and #40 of 89Journal of Drugs in DermatologySanovaWorks · United States
0.68Q21.76 0.24 up from 20245732%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 35; likely between #30 and #41 of 89Archives of Dermatological ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
0.66Q21.69 0.58 down from 20241,30512%$4,790
Rank 36; likely between #29 and #43 of 89Dermatologic TherapyOAWiley · United States
0.65Q21.12 1.14 down from 2024802100%$2,700
Rank 37; likely between #24 and #58 of 89Journal of Cosmetic and Laser TherapyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom
0.64Q21.23 0.36 down from 20246023%—
Rank 38; likely between #29 and #52 of 89Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and SurgerySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
0.61Q22.02 0.10 down from 202436830%$4,150
Rank 39; likely between #28 and #53 of 89DermatitisLippincott Williams & Wilkins · Canada
0.60Q21.44 0.29 down from 202448919%—
Rank 40; likely between #22 and #67 of 89The Open Dermatology JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands
0.60Q22.00 1.41 up from 202436100%—
Rank 41; likely between #31 and #55 of 89Dermatological ReviewsWiley · United States
0.59Q21.66 0.87 up from 202411744%$3,460
Rank 42; likely between #34 and #52 of 89Skin Health and DiseaseOAWiley · United Kingdom
0.58Q21.59 0.07 down from 2024364100%$2,597
Rank 43; likely between #32 and #56 of 89Annals of DermatologyOAKorean Dermatological Association · South Korea
0.56Q21.64 0.50 up from 2024286100%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 44; likely between #34 and #54 of 89Veterinary DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom
0.56Q21.72 0.01 up from 202422963%$3,570
Rank 45; likely between #39 and #50 of 89The Journal of DermatologyWiley · Australia
0.55Q21.70 0.02 down from 20241,21044%$3,630
Rank 46; likely between #26 and #65 of 89DermatoOASwitzerland
0.55Q31.86 0.61 up from 202449100%$1,207
Rank 47; likely between #37 and #53 of 89Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States
0.55Q31.52 0.04 down from 20245787%—
Rank 48; likely between #38 and #56 of 89Advances in Dermatology and AllergologyOATermedia Publishing House · Poland
0.53Q31.54 0.18 down from 2024347100%$472
Rank 49; likely between #41 and #53 of 89International Journal of DermatologyWiley · United Kingdom
0.52Q31.62 0.29 up from 20241,52347%$4,150
Rank 50; likely between #40 and #59 of 89International Journal of ToxicologySAGE Publishing · United States
0.51Q31.40 0.22 up from 202420335%$4,150

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

15 additional Dermatology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
89
Window papers (baseline)
48,610 +18.4% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.55 +6.4% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
12

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals4246474749495152505156606473747478838996939997979289
Window papers (baseline)10,62211,34012,10912,78013,22313,97315,01216,25117,44318,86621,70822,67023,35122,27023,19823,97925,31326,84028,80430,30732,28736,31041,05144,52545,99348,610
Median OJR0.510.470.5440.5910.570.6470.6540.670.720.890.880.800.770.6640.750.740.710.690.630.6600.5900.560.5190.5390.5240.55

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.