Open Access & License

Open Access & Licence

Dermatology Aspects follows a gold open access model. All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction provided the original work is properly cited.

Criteria for publication

  • Original research studies, systematic reviews, meta–analyses, case reports, clinical trials and short communications relevant to dermatology.
  • High scientific quality, novelty and ethical soundness.
  • Clear presentation of methods and data enabling reproducibility.

Benefits of publishing with us

  • Wide dissemination through free global access to your work.
  • Rigorous peer review by international experts.
  • Rapid publication upon acceptance.
  • Compliance with funder open access requirements.

Article processing charges

To cover the costs of open access publication, authors are asked to pay an article processing charge after acceptance. Information about fees and waiver requests can be obtained from the journal office.