Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses). Illustrations, figures and tables should be submitted separately in jpeg or PDF. Please ensure that you highlight or cite the position of the figures and tables within the article.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
All authors have approved the submission of this article.
SettingsAuthors Declare No Conflict of Interest. In the case of Conflict of Interest, the author pledges to attach a declaration stating the conditions therewith.

Author Guidelines

Instructions For Authors

To submit a new paper to our journal:

Register on the Journal website; we encourage you to register also as a Reviewer at the same time;
Follow the Guidelines for Authors for preparation of your manuscript;
Read our Editorial Policies and our Competing Interest policies.
Log in;
Click on the "MAKE A SUBMISSION" button to start the online procedure.

To submit a revised version:

Login;
Click on the title of your paper;
Next to the heading "REVISIONS", upload your revised paper by using the "UPLOAD FILE" button;
Inform the Editors that a revised version has been uploaded.

Author Guidelines

The Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published every six months.

The Journal publishes high quality research to advance the understanding and management of skin disease to improve patient outcomes. The journal publishes global research, from around the globe.

Submitted papers should be written in good English and require no more than minor English editing before publication. Your paper could be returned to you at the English editing stage of the publication process if extensive editing is required, which could delay the publication of your work. You may choose to use a paid language-editing service through our publishing company before submitting your paper for publication. If you use an alternative service that provides a confirmation certificate, please send a copy to the Editorial Office.

All articles will be subject to peer review and the scientific standard is the only criterion for accepting a manuscript for publication.

The style should be clear and concise.

Excessive use of jargon or unusual abbreviations should be avoided.

The submission process starts by clicking on “Make a Submission” on the journal website.
For any assistance in your submission please contact Papers are accepted on the understanding that no substantial part has been, or will be published elsewhere, and once they have been accepted they remain the copyright of the journal.

The e-mail addresses of ALL AUTHORS must be provided with the submission.

Each author is expected to have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; the creation of new software used in the work; and/or writing or substantively revising the manuscript. In addition, all authors must have approved the submitted version (and any substantially modified version that involves the author's contribution to the study); and agrees to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and for ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even those in which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and documented in the literature.

The journal also adheres to the standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) that "all authors should agree to be listed and should approve the submitted and accepted versions of the publication".

Any change to the author list should be approved by all authors including any who have been removed from the list.

The corresponding author should act as a point of contact between the editor and the other authors and should keep co-authors informed and involve them in major decisions about the publication (e.g. answering reviewers' comments).

We reserve the right to request confirmation that all authors meet the authorship conditions.

Preparation of the text

Manuscripts should be in a Word file with double spacing and 30 mm margins all around.

The first page should bear the title of the paper, last name(s) and initial(s) of the author(s) with their affiliation(s) and the postal address, tel. and fax numbers and e-mail address of the corresponding author.

For indexing purposes, a small number of keywords should be supplied.

Note the following style for journal and book citations:

Autorino R, Lamendola MG, De Luca G, et al. Neuroendocrine immunophenotype as predictor of clinical recurrence in 110 patients with prostate cancer. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2007; 20:765-70.
Robb RJ, Lin Y. T-cell growth factor purification, interaction with a cellular receptor and in vitro synthesis. In Thymic Hormones and Lymphokines. A.L. Goldstein, ed. Plenum Publishing Corp. New York, 1984; p. 274.

In the case of 8 authors or more, et al. should follow the 3rd author.

Abbreviation of titles of Journals should follow the list of journals indexed in INDEX. References to books should include the editor(s), publisher and place of publication. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their references.

All authors are required to send a No conflict of interest statement.

Illustrations

The Journal recognizes the adoption of the SI unit system.

All tables and figures should be cited in order in the text, using Roman numerals for the tables and Arabic numerals for figures.

Tables should have a short title.

Figures can be sent on a separate PDF or jpg file bearing the first author's name.

During the submission process, please suggest three potential reviewers with the appropriate expertise to review the manuscript.

The editors will not necessarily approach these referees.

Please provide detailed contact information (address, homepage, phone, e-mail address).

The proposed referees should neither be current collaborators of the co-authors nor have published with any of the co-authors of the manuscript within the last five years.

Proposed reviewers should be from different institutions to the authors.

You may identify appropriate Editorial Board members of the journal as potential reviewers.

You may suggest reviewers from among the authors that you frequently cite in your paper.

To facilitate proper peer-reviewing of your manuscript, it is essential that it is submitted in grammatically correct English.

If you are not a native English speaker, we recommend that you have your manuscript professionally edited before submission or read by a native English-speaking colleague.

Professional editing will enable reviewers and future readers to more easily read and assess the content of submitted manuscripts.

All accepted manuscripts undergo language editing, however an additional fee will be charged to authors if very extensive English corrections must be made by the Editorial Office: pricing is according to the service.

Proof-reading

Page proofs will be submitted to the contributors for minor corrections and should be returned to the Editor within 48 hours.

Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.

Editorial Procedures and Peer-Review

Initial Checks

All submitted manuscripts received by the Editorial Office will be checked by a professional in-house Managing Editor to determine whether they are properly prepared and whether they follow the ethical policies of the journal.

Manuscripts that do not fit the journal's ethics policy or do not meet the standards of the journal will be rejected before peer-review.

Manuscripts that are not properly prepared will be returned to the authors for revision and resubmission.

After these checks, the Managing Editor will consult the journals' Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, or Guest Editor (or an Editorial Board member in case of a conflict of interest) to determine whether the manuscript fits the scope of the journal and whether it is scientifically sound.

No judgement on the significance or potential impact of the work will be made at this stage. Reject decisions at this stage will be verified by the Editor-in-Chief.

Peer-Review

Once a manuscript passes the initial checks, it will be assigned to at least two independent experts for peer-review.

A single-blind review is applied, where authors' identities are known to reviewers.

Peer review comments are confidential and will only be disclosed with the express agreement of the reviewer.

In the case of regular submissions, in-house assistant editors will invite experts, including recommendations by an academic editor.

These experts may also include Editorial Board members and Guest Editors of the journal.

In the case of a special issue, the Guest Editor will advise on the selection of reviewers.

Potential reviewers suggested by the authors may also be considered.

Reviewers should not have published with any of the co-authors during the past five years and should not currently work or collaborate with any of the institutions of the co-authors of the submitted manuscript.

Editorial Decision and Revision

All the articles, reviews and communications published in the journal go through the peer-review process and receive at least two reviews.

The in-house editor will communicate the decision of the academic editor, which will be one of the following:

Accept after Minor Revisions:
The paper is in principle accepted after revision based on the reviewer's comments. Authors are given five days for minor revisions.
Reconsider after Major Revisions:
The acceptance of the manuscript would depend on the revisions. The author needs to provide a point by point response or provide a rebuttal if some of the reviewer's comments cannot be revised. Usually, only one round of major revisions is allowed. Authors will be asked to resubmit the revised paper within a suitable time frame, and the revised version will be returned to the reviewer for further comments.
Reject and Encourage Resubmission:
If additional experiments are needed to support the conclusions, the manuscript will be rejected and the authors will be encouraged to re-submit the paper once further experiments have been conducted.
Reject:
The article has serious flaws, and/or makes no original significant contribution. No offer of resubmission to the journal is provided.

All reviewer comments should be responded to in a point-by-point fashion. Where the authors disagree with a reviewer, they must provide a clear response.

Author Appeals

Authors may appeal a rejection by sending an e-mail to the Editorial Office of the journal.

The appeal must provide a detailed justification, including point-by-point responses to the reviewers' and/or Editor's comments.

The Managing Editor of the journal will forward the manuscript and related information (including the identities of the referees) to the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, or Editorial Board member.

The academic Editor being consulted will be asked to give an advisory recommendation on the manuscript and may recommend acceptance, further peer-review, or uphold the original rejection decision.

A reject decision at this stage is final and cannot be reversed.

In the case of a special issue, the Managing Editor of the journal will forward the manuscript and related information (including the identities of the referees) to the Editor-in-Chief who will be asked to give an advisory recommendation on the manuscript and may recommend acceptance, further peer-review, or uphold the original rejection decision.

A reject decision at this stage will be final and cannot be reversed.

Production and Publication

Once accepted, the manuscript will undergo professional copy-editing, English editing, proofreading by the authors, final corrections, pagination, and publication.

Editorial correspondence

All manuscripts, letters to the editor, or other types of articles should be submitted along with the Author's Declaration Form.

Original Research Articles

Present new experimental or observational studies with novel findings.

Review Articles

Summarize and analyze existing research on a specific topic, often identifying trends or gaps.

Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses

Use structured methods to evaluate and synthesize findings from multiple studies.

Case Studies & Case Reports

Describe specific cases, often in medicine or engineering, highlighting unique or rare occurrences.

Short Communications

Brief reports of significant new findings that do not require a full-length article.

Letters to the Editor

Short discussions or critiques of previously published work

Natural Sciences

(e.g., physics, chemistry, biology, geology)

Social Sciences

(e.g., psychology, sociology, economics, political science)

Medical & Health Sciences

(e.g., clinical trials, epidemiology, public health)

Engineering & Technology

(e.g., computer science, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence)

Environmental & Agricultural Sciences

(e.g., ecology, climate change, sustainable agriculture)

Theoretical Papers

Focus on developing new theories or models.

Experimental Studies

Conduct controlled experiments to test hypotheses.

Observational Studies

Analyze data without experimental manipulation (e.g., epidemiological studies).

Qualitative Research

Explore subjective experiences, often using interviews or case studies.

Quantitative Research

Use statistical methods to analyze numerical data.

Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy

The Journal is committed to protecting the privacy of authors, referees, and others who use our manuscript online systems and journal websites. The limited personal data that are collected are never shared with advertisers or other third parties not directly connected to The Journal . Personal Data is shared only with organizations such as site hosting services used to publish The Journal. All reasonable practices are followed to ensure the ongoing protection of the author, referee, and user’s personal data that may be collected and used during article submission, review, editing, production processing, publication, posting, and delivery of information related to all aspects of publication operations.
Your use of our website and manuscript submission indicates your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
To enable the processing of papers submitted to The Journal , The Journal collects personal data such as author names, ORCID IDs, email addresses, affiliations, phone, and fax numbers, and other details in order to accurately identify authors as well as the individual submitting a manuscript, should that person not be a co-author of the paper.
The terms noted below provide an accounting of how personal data are collected and used for the express purposes of preparing and publishing content, which includes but are not limited to reviewing, editing, processing, publishing, hosting, billing for, and indexing content as part of routine publication processes through secure measures. In using The Journal Journal site, the authors and users agree to the privacy terms stated below.
As an author, referee, or site user, if you have any objections to any of the policies noted herein, you should not use The Journal Journal websites or any related services.

1. Specifics Related to the Collection and Use of Personal Data
Personally identifiable information: The collection of author and referee details is required for accurate identification in the manuscript submission system and is necessary for communicating with editorial and production staff. Personal data collected at the time of submission are also used to register authors and referees. Visitors may choose not to supply personally identifiable information, but this may prevent the use of some or all the features and functionality of the sites.

2. Non-Personally Identifiable Information
This is information that is neither used nor intended to be used to personally identify an individual and is neither associated with nor linked to personally identifiable information. These are data collected via The Journal –website and include information such as your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser language, and the date and time of your visit.

3. Aggregated Data
Data about the collective behaviors of visitors to our site may be aggregated and displayed. However, personally identifiable information is never disclosed other than as described herein.

4. Accessing and Removing Personally Identifiable Data
Users, authors, and referees can request the personally identifiable data we have collected about them at any time. Users can request that any data they have provided to us be removed from our networks by clicking the ‘Contact' link in the footer of the website or directly emailing submission and making the request. Note that the request must come from the email address that is registered for the record in question.

5. Referee Data
The collection of details regarding manuscript reviewers in The Journal is required for proper solicitation of reviewers as well as appropriate editorial staff engagement in the processing of decisions on manuscripts submitted. Referee information will be held indefinitely but never shared with other parties.

6. Author Data
Author details are stored and used in the processing and publication of articles. They are also shared with The Journal production staff. Minimal author metadata are shared with third-party vendor(s) to permit article composition, including metadata capture, delivery of page proofs to the corresponding author, resolution of queries as processed by The Journal production staff, and the sharing of metadata as part of routine indexing of published content in professional publishing databases, such as Scopus, Crossref, ORCID, etc.

7. Editor and Editorial Advisory Board Member Data
The collection of details about editors and editorial advisory board members in The Journal is required for appropriate editorial staff engagement in the processing of decisions on manuscripts submitted. Editor and editorial advisory board member information will be held indefinitely but never shared with other parties.

8. Publication Site Hosting
Author and site user emails are collected by our submission department.
IP addresses are used to allow institutional subscribers to activate and for statistical purposes including geographical data. IP addresses are not used to identify individuals.
At times, information may be disclosed under the strictest confidentiality to The Journal consultants as required for internal business reviews.
All other personal information collected at the manuscript submission stage, at any point during The Journal, Journal article production process, or on pages that offer to authors or site users additional alerting, announcement, or other services, is used expressly for the stated purpose.
The Journal reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy as required.

9. Others
Third-party sharing: Author metadata are shared with third-party vendors for the creation of articles and indexing services. Search engines index content directly from published content on The Journal websites.
Personal data that is stored: Author and reviewer account profiles, with identifiable personal details, are preserved by The Journal after the processing of a specific article and are visible only to authorized staff. E-mail addresses or other personal information are never sold to third parties.
The Journal is committed to the permanent availability and preservation of scholarly research and to ensuring accessibility by converting and upgrading digital file formats to comply with new and evolving technology standards.