Dear Reader

As we reach the final issue of the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology for 2013, we hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year to be interesting and informative. The editors and publishing staff have appreciated the high quality of content contributed to the journal this year. The publishing schedule for 2014 is well under way, and we are looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year, including a Special Issue featuring Evidence-Based Treatment Updates on a number of dermatologic disorders.

The quality of articles published in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology was acknowledged in the new Impact Factor for 2012, which increased over that for 2011 to reach 1.844. The journal is now placed 21st in the Dermatology category. The Adis portfolio as a whole saw impressive Impact Factor gains, with flagship journals continuing to increase their citations—Drugs raised its Impact Factor to 4.633, with Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Sports Medicine also seeing significant rises to 6.109 and 5.237, respectively. Pharmacoeconomics remains the number one journal in its field, and The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research saw an increase of more than 170 % in its Impact Factor to 1.565, only one year after first appearing in the Journal Citation Reports®.

2013 saw the successful integration of the Adis portfolio of journals into the Springer production systems and custom-built platforms (SpringerLink, Springer for R&D, and Springer for Hospitals & Health). We are confident that our authors and subscribers benefit from improved discoverability, mobile optimisation and robust delivery of content on these platforms; and Springer production capacity has allowed us to increase the number of articles published while considerably reducing submission-to-publication times across the portfolio.

Looking ahead to 2014, the Adis portfolio will continue to grow the amount of content published while maintaining high standards. The number of Adis titles will also increase as existing quality Springer journals are brought under the Adis brand - Advances in Therapy, Targeted Oncology, and the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. Adis are also committed to fostering Open Access publication: all Adis titles offer the Springer Open Choice option and we are adding a further ten fully Open Access titles in specific therapy areas such as Diabetes Therapy, Cardiology and Therapy, and Dermatology and Therapy, previously published under the Springer Healthcare imprint. Information about the portfolio can be found on Springer.com/Adis.

We would like to thank all the authors who have contributed articles to the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology in the last 12 months. They have generously set aside time in their busy schedules to prepare content, and without their hard work and diligence we would not have been able to publish the journal. The quality of published articles also reflects the significant time and effort dedicated by the peer reviewers, who ensure that we continue to publish content of the highest possible standard. In addition to the members of our Honorary Editorial Board, we would like to thank the following individuals who acted as referees for articles in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology in 2013:

Nermeen S. Abdel Fattah, Egypt

Andrew F. Alexis, USA

Erkan Alpsoy, Turkey

Alejandro Arano, Spain

Felix M. Arellano, USA

Sofia Asioli, Italy

Gunter Assmann, Germany

Laura Atzori, Italy

Rahat Azfar, USA

Dongsik Bang, Republic of Korea

Federico Bardazzi, Italy

Kenneth Beer, USA

Rasheedunnisa Begum, India

Tim G. Berger, USA

Reuven Bergman, Israel

Jefferey P. Callen, USA

Anna Campanati, Italy

Tania F. Cestari, Brazil

Steven Chambers, New Zealand

Sergio Chimenti, Italy

Eung H. Choi, Republic of Korea

Lise Christensen, Denmark

Carolina Ciacci, Italy

Matteo Colina, Italy

Roberta Colucci, Italy

Pablo Coto-Segura, Spain

Mark D.P. Davis, USA

Robert P. Dellavalle, USA

Lyubomir A. Dourmishev, Bulgaria

Boni E. Elewski, USA

Pablo Fernandez-Penas, Australia

Marta Ferrer, Spain

Andrew Y. Finlay, UK

David F. Fiorentino, USA

Alan B. Fleischer, USA

Giampiero Girolomoni, Italy

Claudio Guarneri, Italy

Bernard Guillot, France

André L. Guimarães, Brazil

Güneş Gür, Turkey

Michihiro Hide, Japan

Jan V. Hirschmann, USA

William Huang, USA

Philippe Humbert, France

Sergio A. Jimenez, USA

Sandra M. Johnson, USA

Ayse S. Karadag, Turkey

Jumana A. Karasneh, Jordan

Andreas D. Katsambas, Greece

John W. Kelly, Australia

Katrin Kerl, Switzerland

Rahul Khanna, USA

Seong-Kyu Kim, Republic of Korea

Ichiro Kurokawa, Japan

Anne E. Laumann, USA

Giuseppe Lauria, Italy

Alison M. Layton, UK

Mu-Hyoung Lee, Republic of Korea

Natalia Lewkowicz, Poland

Joaquim Marcoval, Spain

Claire L. Martyn-Simmons, UK

Marcus Maurer, Germany

Peter Mayser, Germany

Neil J. McHugh, UK

Martin Metz, Germany

Giuseppe Micali, Italy

Esther Middelkoop, The Netherlands

Larry E. Millikan, USA

Yoshiki Miyachi, Japan

Silvia Morbelli, Italy

Dean Morrell, USA

Eduardo Nagore, Spain

Istvan Nagy, Hungary

Arjen F. Nikkels, Belgium

Anna M. Offidani, Italy

Nahide Onsun, Turkey

Tae Hwan Park, Republic of Korea

Kyoung Chan Park, Republic of Korea

Davinder Parsad, India

Tejesh Patel, USA

Barbara A. Pockaj, USA

Florence Poli, France

Piero Porcelli, Italy

Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, Brazil

Phoebe Rich, USA

Dana E. Rollison, USA

Miguel R. Sanchez, USA

Jose L. Sánchez-Carazo, Spain

Raffaele Scarpa, Italy

Stephan Schreml, Germany

Animesh A. Sinha, USA

Mirna Situm, Croatia

Enrique R. Soriano, Argentina

Sonja Ständer, Germany

Catherine Stedman, New Zealand

Bruce E. Strober, USA

Arash Taheri, USA

Yong-Kwang Tay, Singapore

Susan C. Taylor, USA

Devinder M. Thappa, India

Kim Thomas, UK

Brook E. Tlougan, USA

Tsen-Fang Tsai, Taiwan, Province of China

Stephen K. Tyring, USA

J.P. Wietze van der Veen, The Netherlands

Harmieke van Os-Medendorp, The Netherlands

Michael J. Veness, Australia

Ronni Wolf, Israel

Sandra L. Wong, USA

Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Japan

Yusuf Yazici, USA

Gil Yosipovitch, USA

Siegrid S. Yu, USA

Andrea Zaenglein, USA

Joshua A. Zeichner, USA

Along with our schedule of invited articles, we also encourage the submission of high-quality reviews and original research articles. We would like to remind to you keep the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology in mind when deciding where to submit your research. We also welcome comment from our readers on any of our articles.

We look forward to your continued support of the journal in 2014 and to bringing you first-class content from around the globe. With best wishes from the staff of the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology and all at Adis Publications.