• 
• http://www.jidonline.org
• Editor: Paul R. Bergstresser, MD
• Volume 129: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 0022-202X
• EISSN: 1523-1747
• Impact factor : 5.251*
• Impact ranking: 1/43 in Dermatology*
• Date Established: 1938
• Published on behalf of: The Society for Investigative Dermatology and the European Society for Dermatological Research

No. 1 journal in Dermatology

Aims and Scope:
Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID) publishes papers describing original research relevant to all aspects of cutaneous biology and skin disease. The spectrum of interest is determined by the breadth of the field and readers of the journal. Topics include biochemistry, biophysics, carcinogenesis, cellular growth and regulation, clinical research, development, epidemiology and other population-based research, extracellular matrix, genetics, immunology, melanocyte biology, microbiology, molecular and cell biology, pathology, pharmacology, percutaneous absorption, photobiology, physiology and skin structure.

Original Articles, Communications, Mutation Reports, Review Articles, and Letters to the Editor are standard features. Perspectives and Commentaries are commissioned by the Editorial Board.

Readership: Physicians or scientists in the fields of biochemistry, biophysics, carcinogenesis, cellular growth and regulation, clinical research, development, epidemiology and other population-based research, extracellular matrix, genetics, immunology, melanocyte biology, microbiology, molecular and cell biology, pathology, pharmacology and percutaneous absorption, photobiology, physiology and skin structure.

Online features and site license access:

• Online archive available back to 1970.
• A site license provides access to all content published during the supply period. Archive content is freely available after 12 months.
• Indexed in Biological Abstracts, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Current Contents/Life Sciences, SciSearch/SCI Expanded, EMBASE, Medline (PubMed), International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Reference Update, Science Citation Index, Chemical Abstracts Database, CAB Abstracts, Global Health, Derwent Journals Abstracted, Adonis PASCAL, BIOSIS and Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifca (SIIC) Database.

*2008 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2009)