The Editorial Office of Ann Dermatol reviews all manuscripts received and a manuscript is previewed for its format. If the structure of the manuscript is not sufficient for the instructions in Authors’ guideline, then the manuscript will not accepted. The manuscript which satisfies the basic structural format is sent to Editor-in-Chief for evaluating academic relevancy. If the manuscript is considered as valuable and appropriate for the journal, then the Editor-in-Chief assigns the 2 most relevant investigators available for review of the contents. Peer reviewers are selected from the Board’s specialist database. Acceptance of the manuscript is decided on the basis of the critiques and recommended decision of the reviewers. A reviewer may recommend "accept," "accept with minor revision," "reject but resubmission possible," or "reject." If there is a marked discrepancy in the decisions between two reviewers or between the opinions of the author and the reviewer(s), the editor may send the manuscript to 3^rd reviewer for additional comments and a recommended decision. The decision letters from the reviewer(s) are sent to the Editorial Office, and the Editorial Office forwards the decision letter with reviewed manuscripts to the corresponding author. All the process is conducted in single-blind fashion, which means the reviewers know the identities of the authors, but not inversely. The final decision from Editorial Office on acceptance or rejection for publication is forwarded to the corresponding author from the Editorial Office. The peer review process takes usually 4 to 8 weeks after the manuscript submission.

Reviewers should keep manuscripts and the information they contain strictly confidential. Reviewers must not publicly discuss authors’ work and must not appropriate authors’ ideas before the manuscript is published. Reviewers must not retain the manuscript for their personal use and should destroy copies of manuscripts after submitting their reviews.

In accordance with ICMJE Recommendations, reviewers who seek assistance from a trainee or colleague in the performance of a review should acknowledge these individuals’ contributions in the written comments submitted to the editor. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript as outlined above, which prohibits the uploading of the manuscript to software or other AI technologies where confidentiality cannot be assured. Reviewers must request permission from the journal prior to using AI technology to facilitate their review. Reviewers should be aware that AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased.

All manuscripts from editors, employees, or members of the editorial board are processed same to other unsolicited manuscripts. During the review process, submitters will not engage in the selection of reviewers and decision process. Editors will not handle their own manuscripts although they are commissioned ones.

Decisions about a manuscript should be based only on its importance, originality, clarity, and relevance to the journal’s scope and content. Studies with negative results despite adequate power, or those challenging previously published work, should receive equal consideration.

When you prepare a revised version of your manuscript, it is essential that you carefully follow the instructions given in the Editor’s letter regarding the preparation of a revised manuscript, particularly, the preparation of an annotated copy. Failure to do so will cause a delay in the review of the revised manuscript and may result in return of the manuscript without review, for proper preparation. Revisions received more than 3 months after the request may be sent for another review cycle, at the Editor’s discretion. If a revision is not received within 6 months after the request, your file may be closed. Refer to the information below as well as the online form Revision Checklist under Instructions and Forms for submission of revised manuscripts.

Corresponding authors who wish to withdraw a manuscript after it has been submitted to Ann Dermatol must provide a letter signed by the corresponding author indicating that the corresponding author represents the wishes of all authors in withdrawing the manuscript. Manuscripts will not be withdrawn from consideration once they have been submitted, until the Journal office receives the request in writing. Manuscripts cannot be withdrawn after final acceptance by the Journal, except for reasons of scientific error or misconduct.

The policy of journal is primarily aimed at protecting the authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher of the journal. Appeals can be submitted to dermajournal@gmail.com. If appeals arrive at the editorial office, it is discussed by the editorial board members. The results will be dispatched to submitter. Otherwise, the process of handling complaints and appeals follows the guidelines of the Committee of Publication Ethics available from: https://publicationethics.org/appeals.

Honest errors are a part of science and publishing and require publication of a correction when they are detected. Corrections are needed for errors of fact. Minimum standards are as follows: First, it shall publish a correction notice as soon as possible detailing changes from and citing the original publication on both an electronic and numbered print page that is included in an electronic or a print Table of Contents to ensure proper indexing; Second, it shall post a new article version with details of the changes from the original version and the date(s) on which the changes were made through CrossMark; Third, it shall archive all prior versions of the article. This archive can be either directly accessible to readers; Fourth, previous electronic versions shall prominently note that there are more recent versions of the article via CrossMark.

Authors are requested to pay a publication fee for their accepted manuscripts.

Original Articles / Review Articles: USD 800

Brief Reports: USD 400

When ordering reprints, the author is responsible for paying fee of ￦25,000 ($25) for 50 reprints. There will be additional charge when the order number exceeds 50 reprints. Free access to the final PDF offprint of your article will be available via author services. For any queries related to offprints, please email dermajournal@gmail.com.

Color figures will be published free of charge if judged relevant and are of good quality.