ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Aims and scope of journal

Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID) publishes papers describing original research on all aspects of cutaneous biology and skin disease. Topics include biochemistry, biophysics, carcinogenesis, cell regulation, development, skin structure, extracellular matrix, genetics, immunology, melanocyte biology, microbiology, molecular and cell biology, pathology, physiology, pharmacology, photobiology, percutaneous absorption, clinical research, epidemiology and other population-based research. Original Articles, Communications, Review Articles, and Letters to the Editor are standard features. Perspectives and Commentaries are invited by the Editorial Board.

Impact Factor

Impact Factor: 5.251*

Rank:
1/43 Dermatology

*2008 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2009)

Abstracted/indexed in

Biological Abstracts
Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
Current Contents/Life Sciences
SciSearch/SCI Expanded
EMBASE/Excerpta Medica
Index Medicus/MEDLINE
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Reference Update
Science Citation Index
Chemical Abstracts Databases
CAB Abstracts
Global Health
Derwent Journals Abstracted
EBSCO
Adonis
PASCAL
BIOSIS
Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica (SIIC) Data Bases.

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Journal of Investigative Dermatology is 0022-202X and the electronic standard serial number (eISSN) is 1523-1747.

Editors

Editor

Paul R. Bergstresser, Dallas, TX

Advisory Board

David Norris, Denver, CO
Georg Stingl, Vienna, Austria
Kunihiko Tamaki, Tokyo, Japan

Deputy Editors

Angela Christiano, New York, NY
John McGrath, London, UK
Kim B. Yancey, Dallas, TX

Section Editors

Masayuki Amagai, Tokyo, Japan
Stefan Beissert, Münster, Germany
Richard Clark, Stony Brook, NY
Meenhard Herlyn, Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Krieg, Cologne, Germany
Frank Nestle, London, UK
Ralf Paus, Lübeck, Germany
Thomas Schwarz, Kiel, Germany
Robert Swerlick, Atlanta, GA
Jouni Uitto, Philadelphia, PA
Martin Weinstock, Providence, RI
Hywel Williams, Nottingham, UK
Stuart Yuspa, Bethesda, MD

Statistical Editor

Beverley Adams-Huet, Dallas, TX

Editors Emeriti

Marion B. Sulzberger, 1938-1949
Naomi M Kanof, 1949-1967
Richard B Stoughton, 1967-1972
Irwin M Freedberg, 1972-1977
Ruth K Freinkel, 1977-1982
Howard P Baden, 1982-1987
David A Norris, 1987-1992
Edward J O'Keefe, 1992-1997
Conrad Hauser, 1997-2002
Lowell A. Goldsmith, 2002-2007

Medical Writer

Heather Yarnall Schultz (Clinical Snippets & Editors' Picks)

Managing Editor

Elizabeth Nelson Blalock, Chapel Hill, NC

Editorial Assistant

Mary Annonio, Chapel Hill, NC

Associate Editors

Rhoda M. Alani, Baltimore, MD
Jack L. Arbiser, Atlanta, GA
Boris C. Bastian, San Francisco, CA
Lisa A. Beck, Rochester, NY
Jürgen Becker, Würzburg, Germany
Mark Berneburg, Tübingen, Germany
Andrew Blauvelt, Portland, OR
Luca Borradori, Berne, Switzerland
Vladimir A. Botchkarev, Bradford, UK
Joke Bouwstra, Leiden, The Netherlands
Paul E. Bowden, Cardiff, UK
Jan Buer, Essen, Germany
Suephy Chen, Atlanta, GA
Cheng-Ming Chuong, Los Angeles, CA
George Cotsarelis, Philadelphia, PA
Jeffrey Davidson, Nashville, TN
Robert Dellavalle, Denver, CO
Andrej A. Dlugosz, Ann Arbor, MI
Richard L. Eckert, Baltimore, MD
James Elder, Ann Arbor, MI
Vincent Falanga, Boston, MA
Kenneth Feingold, San Francisco, CA
David E. Fisher, Boston, MA
Gary Fisher, Ann Arbor, MI
Lars E. French, Geneva, Switzlerand
Robert Fuhlbrigge, Boston, MA
Anthony A. Gaspari, Baltimore, MD
Neil K. Gibbs, Manchester, UK
Jens Gille, Frankfurt, Germany
Michel F. Gilliet, Houston, TX
Michael Girardi, New Haven, CT
Adam Glick, University Park, PA
Kathleen Green, Chicago, IL
Christopher E.M. Griffiths, Salford, UK
Gary M. Halliday, Sydney, Australia
Michael Hertl, Marburg, Germany
Sam Hwang, Bethesda, MD
Rivkah Isseroff, Davis, CA
Kenji Kabashima, Fukuoku, Japan
Veli-Matti Kähäri, Turku, Finland
Sarolta K. Karpati, Budapest, Hungary
Kenneth Katz, San Francisco, CA
David P. Kelsell, London, UK
Reinhard Kirnbauer, Vienna, Austria
Robert S. Kirsner, Miami, FL
Martin S. Kluger, New Haven, CT
Andrew P. Kowalczyk, Atlanta, GA
Kenneth H. Kraemer, Bethesda, MD
Jerry Krueger, Salt Lake City, UT
Robert M. Lavker, Chicago
Phil LeBoit, San Francisco, CA
Mỹ G. Mahoney, Philadelphia, PA
David Margolis, Philadelphia, PA
Alain Mauviel, Paris, France
Estela Medrano, Houston, TX
Maria I Morasso, Bethesda, MD
Luigi Naldi, Bergamo, Italy
Julia A. Newton-Bishop, Leeds, UK
Brian J. Nickoloff, Chicago, IL
Tamar Nijsten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Amy Paller, Chicago, IL
Ehrhardt Proksch, Kiel, Germany
Jonathan L. Rees, Edinburgh, UK
Gabriele Richard, Gaithersburg, MD
Martin Röcken, Tübingen, Germany
Axel Roers, Dresden, Germany
Thomas Runger, Boston, MA
Lynn Y. Sakai, Portland, OR
Stefan W. Schneider, Mannheim, Germany
Glynis Scott, Rochester, NY
Julia A. Segre, Bethesda, MD
Hiroshi Shimizu, Sapporo, Japan
Braham Shroot, Princeton, NJ
Eli Sprecher, Haifa, Israel
Martin Steinhoff, Münster, Germany
Robert S. Stern, Boston, MA
John P. Sundberg, Bar Harbor, ME
Akira Takashima, Toledo, OH
Erwin Tschachler, Vienna, Austria
Wendy Weinberg, Bethesda, MD
Giovanna Zambruno, Rome, Italy
Xuejun Zhang, Heifei, China