Published since 1955, Indian Journal of Dermatology (IJD?), (ISSN: Print- 0019-5154, Online - 1998-3611) is the oldest living journal of Dermatology in Asia which is being published uninterruptedly under the same name since its inception and continues to be one of the pioneer medical journals from India. It is, in fact, one of the oldest peer-reviewed journals dedicated to this particular discipline.The journal publishes information relating to skin, its ailments and different modes of therapeutics. It also carries articles on Leprosy, STI and HIV/AIDS.In 1962, it became the first indexed Dermatology Journal from Asia.1965, it became the official organ of the then Dermatological Society of IndiaFrom 1973, it is being published by Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists, West Bengal State branch.IJD? became the official organ of AADV from May-June 2012 (Vol 57,Issue 3) without any change of name or ownership of the journal.By launching the web version www.e-ijd.org in November 2000, IJD became the first Indian Dermatology journal to enter the Internet.The journal publishes information related to skin-pathology and different modes of therapeutics, including dermatosurgery and cosmetic dermatology. Likewise, it carries articles on leprosy, STI and HIV/AIDS. The editorial board encourages the authors to publish articles addressing emerging techniques and developments in the subject specialty, in the form of Original investigations, Narrative and Systematic Reviews as well as Case Reports. The journal aims at publishing Editorials and Commentaries from eminent personalities on a regular basis.Abstracting and Indexing InformationThe journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing''''''''s Electronic Databases, Exlibris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, National Science Library, ProQuest, TdNetThe journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:DOAJ, EMBASE/ Excerpta Medica, Index Copernicus, Indian Science Abstracts, IndMed, PubMed Central, Scimago Journal Ranking, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index Expanded, Web of ScienceJournal EthicsWolters Kluwer and Journal/Association are committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit www.Medknow.com/EthicalGuidelines.aspOpen Access Publication and Creative Commons LicensingThis is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.Digital ArchivingWolters Kluwer Medknow provides for long-term digital preservation through two primary partnerships, Portico and CLOCKSS.Portico is a leading digital preservation service worldwide. The content is preserved as an archival version and is not publically accessible via Portico, but is provided when required under specific conditions, such as discontinuation of the collection or catastrophic failure of the website.CLOCKSS will enable any library to maintain their own archive of content from Wolters Kluwer Medknow and other publishers, with minimal technical effort and using cheaply available hardware.Ahead of Print policyArticles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Wolters Kluwer Medknow has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

自1955年出版以來，印度皮膚病學(xué)雜志（IJD?），（ISSN：Print- 0019-5154，Online - 1998-3611）是亞洲最古老的皮膚病學(xué)期刊，自成立以來一直以不同的名義出版。繼續(xù)成為印度的先驅(qū)醫(yī)學(xué)期刊之一。事實(shí)上，它是致力于這一特定學(xué)科的最古老的同行評(píng)審期刊之一。該期刊發(fā)表有關(guān)皮膚，疾病和不同治療方式的信息。它還載有關(guān)于麻風(fēng)病，性傳播感染和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的文章。1962年，它成為亞洲第一個(gè)索引皮膚病學(xué)期刊。1965年，它成為當(dāng)時(shí)的印度皮膚病學(xué)會(huì)的官方機(jī)構(gòu)從1973年開始，它由印度皮膚病學(xué)家協(xié)會(huì)，Venereologists和Leprologists，西孟加拉邦分會(huì)出版。IJD?于2012年5月至6月成為AADV的官方機(jī)構(gòu)（第57卷，第3期），未更改期刊的名稱或所有權(quán)。通過在2000年11月推出網(wǎng)絡(luò)版www.e-ijd.org，IJD成為第一個(gè)進(jìn)入互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的印度皮膚病學(xué)期刊。該期刊發(fā)表與皮膚病理學(xué)和不同治療方式有關(guān)的信息，包括皮膚外科和化妝品皮膚病學(xué)。同樣，它載有關(guān)于麻風(fēng)病，性傳播感染和艾滋病毒/艾滋病的文章。編輯委員會(huì)鼓勵(lì)作者以原始調(diào)查，敘述和系統(tǒng)評(píng)價(jià)以及案例報(bào)告的形式發(fā)表關(guān)于該專業(yè)新興技術(shù)和發(fā)展的文章。該期刊旨在定期出版知名人士的社論和評(píng)論。摘要和索引信息該期刊在以下摘要合作伙伴處注冊：百度學(xué)者，CNKI（中國國家知識(shí)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施），EBSCO出版的電子數(shù)據(jù)庫，Exlibris - Primo Central，谷歌學(xué)者，Hinari，Infotrieve，國家科學(xué)圖書館，ProQuest，TdNet期刊索引或包含在以下內(nèi)容中：DOAJ，EMBASE / Excerpta Medica，Index Copernicus，Indian Science Abstracts，IndMed，PubMed Central，Scimago Journal Ranking，SCOPUS，Science Citation Index Expanded，Web of Science期刊倫理Wolters Kluwer和Journal / Association致力于在出版過程的各個(gè)階段滿足并維護(hù)道德行為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。我們密切關(guān)注行業(yè)協(xié)會(huì)，例如出版道德委員會(huì)（COPE），國際醫(yī)學(xué)期刊編輯委員會(huì)（ICMJE）和世界醫(yī)學(xué)編輯協(xié)會(huì)（WAME），制定標(biāo)準(zhǔn)并提供最佳實(shí)踐指南以便滿足這些要求。有關(guān)重復(fù)發(fā)布，利益沖突，患者同意等的具體政策摘要，請?jiān)L問www.Medknow.com/EthicalGuidelines.asp開放存取出版物和知識(shí)共享許可這是一個(gè)開放獲取期刊，文章根據(jù)知識(shí)共享署名 - 非商業(yè)性使用 - 共享4.0許可條款分發(fā)，允許其他人在非商業(yè)性的情況下重新混合，調(diào)整和構(gòu)建工作，只要給予適當(dāng)?shù)男庞貌⑶倚伦髌犯鶕?jù)相同的條款獲得許可。數(shù)字存檔Wolters Kluwer Medknow通過兩個(gè)主要合作伙伴Portico和CLOCKSS提供長期數(shù)字保存。Portico是全球領(lǐng)先的數(shù)字保存服務(wù)。內(nèi)容作為檔案版本保留，不能通過Portico公開訪問，但在特定條件下需要時(shí)提供，例如停止收集或網(wǎng)站的災(zāi)難性故障。CLOCKSS將使任何圖書館能夠以最少的技術(shù)工作和使用廉價(jià)的硬件維護(hù)他們自己的Wolters Kluwer Medknow和其他出版商的內(nèi)容存檔。提前打印政策在Ahead of Print模型下在線發(fā)表的文章被認(rèn)為已發(fā)表，可以使用DOI作為參考來源引用和引用。 Wolters Kluwer Medknow有一項(xiàng)政策，即在沒有遵循對(duì)科學(xué)記錄進(jìn)行更正的公認(rèn)程序的情況下，在發(fā)表文章后不會(huì)進(jìn)行更改。