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Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Scientific Scholar · India

ISSN0378-6323eISSN0973-3922

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2021-04-01). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.418

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.993

Total Worksi

5,647

Total Citationsi

52,536

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Dermatology; Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications5,647

Publisher OrgMedknow

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Scientific Scholar

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0378-6323 / 0973-3922

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

195

1.4k

2019

164

691

2020

358

2.4k

2021

218

942

2022

225

611

2023

329

456

2024

297

173

2025

103

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

DermatologyQ3

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Dermatology

Scopus Categories

DermatologyInfectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autoimmune Bullous Skin DiseasesNail Diseases and TreatmentsCancer and Skin LesionsGenetic and rare skin diseases.Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Is Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology a predatory journal?

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2021-04-01). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology?

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.66.

Is Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology?