Author Guidelines

Please download the template that corresponds to your article type, and use it to submit your work.

All figures, charts, graphs, and images should include alt text. Please consult the submission page for more information about writing and adding alt text to your manuscript.

  1. Clinical Trials: Original research on a skin health mechanism, therapy, or procedure. Up to 2500 words and a 250-word structured abstract. Should contain sections for Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions. Should follow the CONSORT guidelines: http://www.consort-statement.org/. Limited to 5 tables and/or figures. References should be AMA style.
  2. Observational Studies: Original research on a skin health mechanism, disease course, therapy, or procedure. Up to 2000 words and a 250-word structured abstract. Should contain sections for Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Should follow the STROBE guidelines https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/strobe/. Limited to 4 tables and/or figures. References should be AMA style.
  3. Case Series: Original collections of procedures, disease presentation, and/or treatments. Up to 1500 words and a 250-word structured abstract. Should contain sections for Introduction, Case, Results, Conclusions. Should follow the CARE guidelines: https://www.care-statement.org/. Limited to 2 tables and/or figures. References should be AMA style and are limited to 10.
  4. Reviews: Original systematic or narrative assessments of diseases, treatments, procedures in skin health and disease. Up to 2500 words and a 250-word unstructured abstract. Should contain sections for Introduction, Methods (if systematic), Conclusions. Systematic reviews should follow the PRISMA guidelines: http://www.prisma-statement.org/. Limited to 3 tables and/or figures. References should be AMA style.
  5. Case and Reviews: Open to original drug reactions, rare disease presentations, and treatments where a substantial summary of the existing literature is conducted. Note: Case reports with only a cursory review of the literature will not be reviewed unless it fits into a case series or innovative therapeutic approach. Up to 2000 words and a 250-word unstructured abstract. Should contain sections for Introduction, Case(s), Discussion, and Conclusions. Systematic reviews should follow the PRISMA guidelines: http://www.prisma-statement.org/. Limited to 3 tables and/or figures. References should be AMA style.
  6. Innovative Therapeutic Approaches: Open to brief case reports or case series that detail an existing problem in skin health and disease, and a novel and scalable solution to that problem. Support of novelty is required. No abstract. Up to 750 words. References should be AMA style and are limited to 5.
  7. Clinical Trial Protocols: This section is open to investigators who want to publish the protocol and methods for an ongoing clinical trial and who must be registered with the national clinical trials register (ClinicalTrials.Gov) and include their registration number. A structured abstract is required, and the manuscript may be up to 2500 words. The manuscript should include sections for:  Introduction, Methods, Preliminary Results (if any), and Discussion. Under Methods, subheaders should include: Research Hypothesis, Primary Objective, Secondary Objectives, Study Design, Recruitment, Eligibility, Randomization, Study Interventions, Outcome Measures, Sample Size Calculations, and Statistical Analysis.  References should be AMA style and are limited to 25.
  8. Letters to the Editor: A response to published document or an opinion piece on a skin health topic that is important and current. Limited to 500 words and up to 5 AMA style references.
  9. How I Treat/Perform***: This is an invitation only article type for leaders in the field to detail treatment strategies for challenging medical and surgical cases. This type is limited to 750 words and up to 10 AMA style references.
  10. Commentary and Editorials: This is an invitation only article type for reviewers and leaders in the field of skin health and disease to draw attention and comment on potentially impactful articles published in this journal. This article type is limited to 500 words and up to 5 AMA style references.