About the Journal

The Indian Journal of Innovative Dermatology (IJID) is an open-access peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing high-quality articles in the field of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV, Leprology, Trichology, Dermatopathology, Cutaneous Biology, Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetics, Lasers and Dermatosurgery. The journal is owned by the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (UP & UK State Chapter) and published by the Scientific Scholar.

Role of The Journal/Society

Editorial Process and Direction: The Indian Association of Dermatologits Venereologists and Leprologists – UP State Branch (IADVL UP & UK) plays a central role in the editorial direction of the journal “Indian Journal of Innovative Dermatology”. Specifically:

Editorial Board Appointment: The Indian Association of Dermatologits Venereologists and Leprologists – UP State Branch (IADVL UP & UK) appoints the Editor-in-Chief and oversees the composition of the editorial board.
Editorial Policy and Scope: The aims and scope of the journal are determined by the Indian Association of Dermatologits Venereologists and Leprologists – UP State Branch (IADVL UP & UK) in consultation with the editorial board to ensure alignment with the Association’s mission and the needs for the community.
Peer Review Process and Final Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief, who is appointed by and reports to the Indian Association of Dermatologits Venereologists and Leprologists – UP State Branch (IADVL UP & UK) manages the peer review process, makes final decisions on manuscripts, and ensures editorial independence and scientific integrity.
Strategic Direction: Major decisions regarding journal strategy, policy updates, or editorial initiatives are made under the guidance of the Indian Association of Dermatologits Venereologists and Leprologists – UP State Branch (IADVL UP & UK) Executive Committee.

Role of Scientific Scholar

Scientific Scholar serves solely as the publishing partner, providing publishing infrastructure, manuscript management system, website hosting, copyediting, production, and distribution services to support the journal’s publication process. Scientific Scholar does not influence or participate in the editorial decisions or the peer review process.

Aims & Scope

Indian Journal of Innovative Dermatology (IJID) is the official publication of the Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand State Chapter of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL-UP&UK State Chapter). The journal shall be a peer-reviewed, open-access, online and print journal which will be published twice a year. IJID publishes quality research in the fields of dermatology; sexually transmitted Infections including HIV; leprology; trichology; dermatopathology; cutaneous biology; cosmetic dermatology and aesthetics; lasers; and dermatosurgery. The journal aims to provide a platform for academic discussions and debate among medical college faculty, students and private practitioners. The journal aims to promote evidence based medicine and continued medical education to the readers.

Audience

Our audience includes researchers from the field of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Infections including HIV, Leprology, Trichology, Dermatopathology, Cutaneous Biology, Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetics, Lasers and Dermatosurgery.

Review Process

IJID has a highly rigorous peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel and important. Authors disclose all conflicts, affiliations and financial associations such that the published content is not biased.

Editorial Team

The editorial board comprises a panel of experts from various disciplines of medical and allied sciences to provide their expertise and guidance in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the purpose for the journal.

About the Editor

Dr. Tarang Goyal
Professor & Head,
PG Department of DVL,
Muzaffarnagar Medical College,
Muzaffarnagar, U.P.
Email : editor@ijiderma.org ;
tarangderma4121@gmail.com

Facts About the Journal

This is a peer reviewed journal published Semiannual, follows a double-blind review process. Its open access model ensures worldwide visibility and boosts authors’ prominence in medical research.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
CrossRef, ReadCube

Journal Ethics

The Indian Journal of Innovative Dermatology is committed to meeting and upholding the 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 our Ethical Guidelines section

Plagiarism Policy

The journal uses plagiarism check software (iThenticate) on the Editor’s and Reviewer’s panel in the manuscript management system which is used to check and control Plagiarism for each article. Any manuscript, that is found to have plagiarism is rejected.

Archival Policy

We use PORTICO for our third-party repository for all articles published with us. All our articles are assigned a DOI number. We are members of https://crossref.org

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

Indian Journal of Innovative Dermatology is an open-access journal, and manuscripts published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Ahead of Print Policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Indian Journal of Innovative Dermatology has a policy that changes will not be made after the publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

Subscription Information

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Publisher

Scientific Scholar (scientificscholar.com) is a well-respected scientific publisher that fully supports open access publishing models, Subscription and Society based journal models through its own in-house peer-review management system – EditorialAssist (journalmanagement.org).

With offices in both the USA and India, Scientific Scholar proudly serves a global research community.

The mission of the Scientific Scholar is “Share, Learn and Improve”.