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As we reach the final issue of the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology for 2019, we wish to reflect on another successful year’s achievements, and to thank all those who have contributed their time and effort to guarantee the high quality of our content.
2019 was a successful year for the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. Over 68 articles have been published; the most popular of these, in terms of downloads from SpringerLink, have been:
Infections in Dupilumab Clinical Trials in Atopic Dermatitis: A Comprehensive Pooled Analysis. Eichenfield, L.F., Bieber, T., Beck, L.A. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00445-7
Improvement in Patient-Reported Outcomes (Dermatology Life Quality Index and the Psoriasis Symptoms and Signs Diary) with Guselkumab in Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis: Results from the Phase III VOYAGE 1 and VOYAGE 2 Studies. Armstrong, A.W., Reich, K., Foley, P. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-018-0396-z
Topical Glycopyrronium Tosylate for the Treatment of Primary Axillary Hyperhidrosis: Patient-Reported Outcomes from the ATMOS-1 and ATMOS-2 Phase III Randomized Controlled Trials. Pariser, D.M., Hebert, A.A., Drew, J. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-018-0395-0
A 44-Week Open-Label Study Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Topical Glycopyrronium Tosylate in Patients with Primary Axillary Hyperhidrosis. Glaser, D.A., Hebert, A.A., Nast, A. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00446-6
Oral Lesions in Autoimmune Bullous Diseases: An Overview of Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Algorithm. Rashid, H., Lamberts, A., Diercks, G.F.H. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00461-7
Efficacy and Safety of Crisaborole Ointment, 2%, for the Treatment of Mild-to-Moderate Atopic Dermatitis Across Racial and Ethnic Groups. Callender, V.D., Alexis, A.F., Stein Gold, L.F. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00450-w
JAK Inhibitors for Atopic Dermatitis: An Update. He, H. & Guttman-Yassky, E. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-018-0413-2
Feasibility and Utility of the Psoriasis Symptom Inventory (PSI) in Clinical Care Settings: A Study from the International Psoriasis Council. Strober, B., van de Kerkhof, P.C.M., Callis Duffin, K. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00458-2
Efficacy, Safety, and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis Treated with Brodalumab for 5 Years in a Long-Term, Open-Label, Phase II Study. Lebwohl, M.G., Blauvelt, A., Menter, A. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00466-2
Acne, the Skin Microbiome, and Antibiotic Treatment. Xu, H. & Li, H. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-018-00417-3
Social media sharing of information has become important and is another metric with which to measure the reach of articles. This year the following articles published in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology scored highly on the Altmetric system:
Long-Term Effectiveness and Safety of Up to 48 Weeks’ Treatment with Topical Adapalene 0.3%/Benzoyl Peroxide 2.5% Gel in the Prevention and Reduction of Atrophic Acne Scars in Moderate and Severe Facial Acne. Dréno, B., Bissonnette, R., Gagné-Henley, A. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 725. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00454-6
Acne, the Skin Microbiome, and Antibiotic Treatment. Xu, H. & Li, H. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-018-00417-3
Characterization and Analysis of the Skin Microbiota in Rosacea: A Case–Control Study. Rainer, B.M., Thompson, K.G., Antonescu, C. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00471-5
Impact of Clinical Specialty Setting and Geographic Regions on Disease Management in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in the United States: A Multicenter Observational Study. Mease, P.J., Liu, C., Siegel, E. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00470-6
Feasibility and Utility of the Psoriasis Symptom Inventory (PSI) in Clinical Care Settings: A Study from the International Psoriasis Council. Strober, B., van de Kerkhof, P.C.M., Callis Duffin, K. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00458-2
Infections in Dupilumab Clinical Trials in Atopic Dermatitis: A Comprehensive Pooled Analysis. Eichenfield, L.F., Bieber, T., Beck, L.A. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00445-7
Psychological Therapies in Management of Psoriatic Skin Disease: A Systematic Review. Qureshi, A.A., Awosika, O., Baruffi, F. et al. Am J Clin Dermatol (2019) 20: 607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00437-7
The quality of articles published in the journal is also reflected in its most recent impact factor of 3.840, which places the journal 10th out of 66 journals in the Dermatology category. The Scopus CiteScore for 2018 was 3.85, placing the journal at number 2 out of 128 journals in the Medicine – Dermatology category.
We thank the authors who have contributed articles to the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology over the course of 2019. The skill and dedication of all authors are critical to the continued publication of the journal. The quality of published articles is also testament to the significant efforts of the peer reviewers, whose commitment ensures that the journal’s content is held to the highest possible standard. We would like to thank the following individuals who acted as reviewers for the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology in the last 12 months:
Paula Aguilera, Spain
Masashi Akiyama, Japan
Mauro Alaibac, Italy
Afsaneh Alavi, Canada
Rodabe N. Amaria, USA
Kyle T. Amber, USA
Valeria Aoki, Brazil
Michael Badminton, UK
Flora N. Balieva, Norway
Robert Baran, France
John Barbieri, USA
David Basketter, UK
Robert P. Baughman, USA
Kristen M. Beck, USA
Philip Bekhor, Australia
Dan Ben-Amitai, Israel
Anthony Benedetto, USA
Robert Bissonnette, Canada
Veronika Blum, Switzerland
Erin E. Boh, USA
Francisco G. Bravo, Peru
Titus J. Brinker, Germany
Chris Callewaert, Belgium
Kristina Callis Duffin, USA
Jose M. Carrascosa, Spain
David J. Chandler, UK
Liliane Chatenoud, Italy
Yiyin Erin Chen, USA
Phil Cheng, Switzerland
Ching-Chi Chi, Taiwan
Hsien-Yi Chiu, Taiwan
Eunyoung Cho, USA
Wen-Hung Chung, Taiwan
Laura C. Coates, UK
Arnon D. Cohen, Israel
Cristina Collantes-Rodríguez, Spain
Andrea Conti, Italy
Pippa Corrie, UK
Bart J. Currie, Australia
Lora R. Dagi Glass, USA
Giovanni Damiani, Italy
Gregory Daniels, USA
Marjolein S. de Bruin-Weller, The Netherlands
Teresa Deinlein, Austria
James Q. Del Rosso, USA
Vito Di Lernia, Italy
Dario Didona, Germany
Marian Dmochowski, Poland
Roni Pircha Dodiuk-Gad, Israel
Pietro Donati, Italy
Sunil Kumar Dubey, India
Cristina Mariela Echeverria, Argentina
Alexander Egeberg, Denmark
Enzo Errichetti, Italy
Samia Esmat, Egypt
Mehdi Farshchian, USA
Ron J. Feldman, USA
Steven R. Feldman, USA
Pablo Fernandez-Penas, Australia
Nicole Marie Fett, USA
Gayle Fischer, Australia
Oliver Fitzgerald, Ireland
Philip Friedlander, USA
Yasuhiro Fujisawa, Japan
L. Claire Fuller, UK
Marco Galluzzo, Italy
Ignacio Garcia-Doval, Spain
John W. Gittinger, USA
Melinda Gooderham, Canada
Ayman Grada, USA
Paul M. Graham, USA
Anne Guertler, Germany
Allan C. Halpern, USA
Eckart Haneke, Germany
Takashi Hashimoto, Japan
Laura Huilaja, Finland
Marco Innamorati, Italy
Adam Isaac, USA
Hiroaki Iwata, Japan
Seong-Jin Jo, Republic of Korea
Aditi Kadakia, USA
Bradley Katz, USA
Bridget Kaufman, USA
Shivani Kaushik, USA
Niti Khunger, India
Beom Joon Kim, Republic of Korea
Brian S. Kim, USA
Alexa B. Kimball, USA
Leon H. Kircik, USA
Nicolas Kluger, Finland
Heidi Kong, USA
John Y. Koo, USA
Gintautas Korinth, Germany
Lothar Krause, Germany
Khalaf Kridin, Israel
Muthu Sendhil Kumaran, India
Roopal V. Kundu, USA
Aimilios Lallas, Greece
Sancy A. Leachman, USA
Christine Léauté-Labrèze, France
Andrew G. Lee, USA
Huiying Li, USA
Lin-Feng Li, China
Michael Dennis Linder, Norway
Ralf Ludwig, Germany
Tomotaka Mabuchi, Japan
Brian Machler, USA
Roberto Maglie, Italy
Liana Manolache, Romania
Claudio Marasca, Italy
Michael A. Marchetti, USA
David J. Margolis, USA
Angelo Valerio Marzano, Italy
Cesare Massone, Italy
Andrew McDowell, UK
Matteo Megna, Italy
Andrew G. Messenger, UK
José Francisco Millán-Cayetano, Spain
Laurent Misery, France
Mariya Miteva, USA
Maja Mockenhaupt, Germany
Gary D. Monheit, USA
Andreas Montag, Germany
Rotraut Mössner, Germany
Ian Myles, USA
Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Japan
Teru Nakatsuji, USA
Tarun Narang, India
Shekhar Neema, India
Bart Neyns, Belgium
Rajiv I. Nijhawan, USA
Youichi Ogawa, Japan
Motolani Ogunsanya, USA
Peck Y. Ong, USA
Christina Oprica, Sweden
Seth J. Orlow, USA
Rosa Parisi, UK
Song Park, USA
Suzanne Pasmans, The Netherlands
Kelly Paulson, USA
Lev Pavlovsky, Israel
Wiebke Peitsch, Germany
Rebecca Persson, USA
Rod Phillips, Australia
Stefano Piaserico, Italy
Mauro Picardo, Italy
Maryam Piram, France
Miriam Keltz Pomeranz, USA
Jennifer Protudjer, Sweden
Lluís Puig, Spain
Ulrike Raap, Germany
Didier Raoult, France
Soumya Reddy, USA
Adam Reich, Poland
Rachel Victoria Reynolds, USA
Bertrand Jean Richert, Belgium
Johannes Ring, Germany
Pilar Robres, Spain
Pedro Rodriguez-Jiminez, Spain
Marco Romanelli, Italy
David Rosmarin, USA
Lidia Rudnicka, Poland
Miklos Sardy, Germany
Rashmi Sarkar, India
Jane Setterfield, UK
Guy Shalom, Israel
Laura Shin, USA
Tetsuo Shiohara, Japan
Jun Shirakawa, Japan
Hoda Shorbagy, Egypt
Jonathan I. Silverberg, USA
Brian J. Simmons, USA
Igor Snast, Israel
Howard Sofen, USA
Nowell Solish, Canada
Sidharth Sonthalia, India
Julia Spoendlin, USA
Lindsay Chaney Strowd, USA
Maria J. Suarez-Valladares, Spain
Yayoi Tada, Japan
Charles Taieb, France
Marina Talamonti, Italy
Emil Anthony Tanghetti, USA
Soheil Tavakolpour, Islamic Republic of Iran
Jacob P. Thyssen, Denmark
Tiago Torres, Portugal
Tsen-Fang Tsai, Taiwan
Stephen K. Tyring, USA
Christos Tziotzios, UK
Neelam Vashi, USA
Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Greece
Christian Vestergaard, Denmark
Reid Waldman, USA
Ken Washenik, USA
Guy F. Webster, USA
Martin A. Weinstock, USA
Jonathan S. Weiss, USA
Victoria P. Werth, USA
Ryan A. Wilcox, USA
Klaus Wilhelm, Germany
Dagmar Wilsmann-Theis, Germany
Mareike Witte, Germany
Nelson Wolosker, Brazil
Sook-Bin Woo, USA
Kenshi Yamasaki, Japan
Barbara P. Yawn, USA
Christos C. Zouboulis, Germany
In addition, we would like to thank the members of the journal’s Honorary Editorial Board, who have acted as peer reviewers and authors, and have provided guidance on journal content, policy and processes:
Dietrich Abeck, Group Practice for Dermatology and Allergology, Munich, Germany
Tina S. Alster, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery, Washington DC, USA
Emily M. Altman, Summit Medical Group, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA
Klaus E. Andersen, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Filiberto Belli, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
Enzo Berardesca, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, Rome, Italy
Clay J. Cockerell, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Philip R. Cohen, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Scott A. Davis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Robert P. Dellavalle, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
Brigitte Dréno, Nantes University, Nantes, France
Madeleine Duvic, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
Peter Elsner, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Joseph C. English III, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Vincent Falanga, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Alice B. Gottlieb, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
Christopher E.M. Griffiths, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Aditya K. Gupta, Mediprobe Research Inc., London, ON, Canada
C. William Hanke, Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana, Carmel, IN, USA
Rod J. Hay, International Foundation for Dermatology, London, UK
Amor Khachemoune, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Mark G. Lebwohl, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Howard I. Maibach, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ulrich Mrowietz, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
Amy S. Paller, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
Tania J. Phillips, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Gerald E. Piérard, University Hospital Sart Tilman, Liege, Belgium
Noah S. Scheinfeld, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
Neil Shear, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Thierry Simonart, Private Practice, Brussels, Belgium
Keiran S. Smalley, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
Jeffrey M. Weinberg, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY, USA
Ronald G. Wheeland, Private Practice, Tucson, AZ, USA
Uwe Wollina, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany
We do hope that you have found the articles published throughout the year in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology to be interesting and informative. The editorial schedule for 2020 is well under way, and we are looking forward to bringing you many high-quality and authoritative articles over the coming year.
With best wishes
Kathy Fraser, Editor
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Acknowledgement to Referees. Am J Clin Dermatol 20, 743–747 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-019-00486-y
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