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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • All submissions must meet the following requirements.


    General Requirements



    • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration by another journal (unless explained in the Comments to the Editor).

    • Submit a single Microsoft Word document (not PDF) containing the title page, manuscript, and references.
      Do not embed figures or tables in the manuscript; these must be uploaded separately as supplemental documents.

    • The manuscript should be double-spaced

    • Document includes continuous line numbering


    Cover Letter


    The cover letter must include:



    • Article title

    • Brief description of the manuscript and its significance to dermatology

    • Article type (e.g., Original Research, Brief Article)


    Title Page



    • Title of the Article: Written in title case 

    • Author List: Full names and credentials of all authors listed in order of contribution, with numbered affiliation superscripts. Author names should be separated by commas.
      Example:
      Jane Doe, MD¹, John Smith, DO²...

    • Affiliations: Numbered to match authors. Include department, institution, city, state (spelled out), and country.

      • Example: ¹ Department of Dermatology, University of SKIN, Dallas, Texas, USA





    • Corresponding Author Information:

      • Full name

      • Institutional mailing address

      • Phone number

      • Email address



    • Additional Information:

      • Article type (e.g., Original Research, Brief Article)

      • Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest

      • Statement of funding sources

      • Word count

      • Reference count

      • Figure and table count




    Abstract



    • All manuscripts must include an abstract, except for Short Communications, Editorials, SKINmages, and Compelling Comments.

    • Structured abstracts are preferred. If structured, abstracts should reflect the manuscript’s organization.

    • However, unstructured abstracts may be used for Brief Articles and Research Letters.


    Example Structured Format:


    Background:
    Case Presentation:
    Discussion:
    Conclusion:


    Figures



    • Mentions of figures in the manuscript must be bolded. Example: “(Figure 1)”

    • All figures must be submitted as separate attachments, including individual panels within multi-image figures. For example, if submitting Figure 1 with panels A, B, C, and D, each image should be uploaded separately and labeled as Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Figure 1C, and Figure 1D.


    Figure Legends:



    • Single-panel:
      Figure 1. Description text

    • Multi-panel:
      Figure 1. (A) Description text and (B) description text

    • Do not end figure legends with a period.


    References



    • References within the body of the text should be placed after punctuation as superscripted numbers (e.g., "...as previously described.¹").

    • References should be completed in AMA format

    • At a minimum, each reference should include:


      • Full article title in sentence case (capitalize only the first word and proper nouns)

      • Italicized name of the journal



    Upload Guidelines



    • Upload all figures and supplemental files separately from the manuscript document.

    • Review Author Guidelines for additional article-type-specific requirements.