Frequently Asked Questions

At this time, there are no article submission or article page charges for submission to the Journal.

No. In order to consider your article for publication in Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, you must use our online manuscript management system. Articles submitted via email will not be considered for review or publication.

The Creative Commons License Agreement 4.0 (CC-BY-NC 4.0) must be signed by all authors. click here> to download the agreement.

No. All authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript:

1. Is original and does not duplicate any other previously published work, including their own previously published works.

2. Has been submitted only to this journal; it is not under consideration, under peer review, nor is accepted for publication or in press elsewhere.

3. Contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory, libelous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.

Noncompliance with any of the above conditions will be considered misconduct and dealt with accordingly. See Publication Policies & Ethics.

Yes. In your Cover Letter, be sure to declare that the submission was part of a meeting proceeding.

Yes, see the self-archiving policy in Journal Policies.

The Journal’s policy follows ICMJE guidelines that require “registration of clinical trials in a public trials registry at or before the time of the first patient enrollment.”

All authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce previously published material such as figures, images, tables, or text. At the request of the Editorial Office, the author should be able to supply evidence of such permission.

Clinical photographs are welcome. However, every effort should be made to hide all identifying characters in the clinical image, eg, identifying tattoos, jewelry. Cropping the image is best. It is not necessary to upload signed patient consent forms. However, upon the request from the Editorial Office, the author should be able to supply signed patient consent/releases that outline the specific use for the clinical photograph in question.

Supplementary files include data sets, surveys, etc. Supplementary files are not peer reviewed.

1. Log in to dpcj.org

2. Click on your active submission.

3. The status will appear next to the title of your submission.

4. Check Discussions for any communications from Section Editor you may have missed.

1. Log in to dpcj.org

2. Click on your active submission.

3. Upload new files under Revisions (in the Review tab).

4. If you have prepared a point-by-point letter in response to reviewer comments, please combine that letter with your manuscript into one file.

5. Notify the editor and add any further comments under Review Discussions.

1. Log in to dpcj.org

2. Click on your active submission.

3. Upload new files under Revisions (in the Review tab).

4. Notify the editor and add any comments under Review Discussions.

Each submission is checked for suitability when received by the editorial office, and may be rejected without review if it is outside the scope of the journal, is of insufficient quality, or is missing important sections.

The journal invites experts Editorial Board members to review each article that is considered suitable for consideration. The Section Editor makes a decision after receiving at least 2 external reviewer reports with recommendations.

The journal uses double-blind peer review (neither the authors nor the reviewers know the identity of each other) to avoid bias. On receipt of at least two reviews, the Section Editor will make a decision to (1) accept, (2) ask for revisions, (3) ask for major revision, or (4) decline a submission. The reasons for the decision will be communicated to the authors. When the decision of minor/major revision is made, and the authors do not revise their articles satisfactorily after receiving reviewer reports, then the Section Editor reserves the right to reject the article. When revised articles are received they will either be sent out for further review or the Section Editor will make a decision depending on the level of revision requested.

The Section Editors make all efforts to minimize the time from submission to first decision. The Journal aims to make a first decision (after review) within 30 days but cannot guarantee this.

The Editors have a right to select which articles to consider for publication and which to accept and/or reject without influence from the publisher or other external bodies.

The Journal Editors have a duty to treat all submissions confidentially and to ensure that judgments are made free of bias and in a timely manner. The Journal Editors will not knowingly accept articles of poor quality or unethical articles or fail to comply with the Journal policies. The appointment of the Editorial Board is the duty of the Editor.

A conflict of interest has the potential to undermine the impartiality of a person as a result of a personal relationship, a business relationship, or financial influences (eg, funding) that will affect the judgment of a person. Authors are therefore required to declare (within the article and to the Editor) any conflict of interest that may have affected their research (eg, funding) or decision to submit to the journal.

A reviewer is required to declare a conflict of interest, as outlined above, that may affect his/her judgment of any article under review. The conflict of interest may not prevent the reviewer from performing the task of reviewing the article, but it must be declared to the Editor as soon as it is known. The Editors are excluded from any publishing decision in which they may have conflicts of interest. For example, if an article by a colleague of the Editor is submitted to the journal, the peer review and all editorial decisions will managed by the Deputy Editor or a Section Editor.

All authors are responsible for ensuring that their works are unique and for acknowledging the source of any content which is not entirely their own. The Journal will check articles for plagiarism before introducing the submission to the editorial workflow.

See the section on Scientific Misconduct in Publication Policies & Ethics.

If an author considers that a decision to Decline publication was incorrectly made, that decision could be appealed. To appeal a decision the author must email the Editor in a letter, explaining clearly the justification of the appeal. The appeal will be considered by a member of the Editorial Board (nominated jointly by the Editor and Section Editor) who was not involved in the original decision. Only one appeal per decision will be considered.

If an error is discovered after publication, it will be corrected by an erratum, retraction or in-line (dated) correction. Reported errors will be investigated by the Editor or designated Editorial Board member and discussed with the authors. The appropriate correction will be made after this consultation. Articles will be retracted if there is evidence of unethical research, unreliable data, misconduct or plagiarism, or if there are sufficient mistakes to invalidate the article.

Yes, authors retain the copyright of their published article and there is no embargo period. Authors are allowed to place the submitted manuscript, author accepted manuscript (peer reviewed and accepted by the Journal), and the version of record (VOR) in an institutional or other repository/archive. See the Journal's Repository Policy.

Yes, see "Sharing Your Published Work" in the Journal's Repository Policy.