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Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1973

ISSN1615-7109

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.867

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.426

Total Worksi

3,836

Total Citationsi

35,709

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Dermatology; Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,836

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1615-7109

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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

122

1.6k

2019

193

1.5k

2020

137

1.1k

2021

117

617

2022

171

899

2023

311

633

2024

312

188

2025

252

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.

DermatologyQ1

SurgeryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Dermatology

Scopus Categories

SurgeryDermatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psoriasis: Treatment and PathogenesisDermatology and Skin DiseasesNonmelanoma Skin Cancer StudiesCutaneous Melanoma Detection and ManagementAcne and Rosacea Treatments and EffectsAutoimmune Bullous Skin DiseasesNail Diseases and TreatmentsSkin Protection and AgingCancer and Skin LesionsCutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Is Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery?

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery 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 0.73.

Is Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery?