- Special issues
- ISSN 2471-2175
- Open access · CC BY 4.0
Propose a Special Issue
The Journal of Dermatologic Research and Therapy welcomes proposals for focused collections that address important questions in dermatology. Researchers with relevant expertise are invited to review the proposal requirements and contact the editorial office.
What a proposal includes
- A working title and a summary of the topic and why it matters to dermatology.
- The proposed guest editors, with affiliations, ORCID iDs and relevant publications.
- The kinds of article that would be invited, from the journal's article types.
- A list of potential contributors and a proposed timetable for submission.
- Declarations of any conflicts of interest and sources of funding.
Proposals are sent to the editorial office at info@openaccesspub.org and are assessed by the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board.
How special issues are run
Guest editors
Each special issue has one or more guest editors with relevant expertise, approved by the Editor-in-Chief.
Independent review
Special-issue manuscripts follow the same editorial screening and peer review as regular submissions. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Conflicts of interest
Guest editors do not handle manuscripts by themselves, their close collaborators or their institutions; those are handled by an editor without a conflict of interest.
Editorial independence
Decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal, and are independent of the article processing charge.
Regular submissions
Regular submissions are accepted throughout the year. See the Call for Papers and the Instructions for Authors.