Aims & Scope | Dermatopathology

Aims

Dermatopathology (ISSN 2296-3529) is a peer-reviewed online-only journal providing an advanced forum for studies related to diagnostic and experimental animal and human studies in dermatopathology. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, and case reports as well as Special Issues on particular subjects.

The aims of Dermatopathology are to share interesting and recent clinicopathological information with dermatopathologist communities from around the world, and to create a stronger link between dermatopathology, clinical dermatology, and investigative dermatology. Contributions to clinicopathological correlations, studies based on current molecular technologies, and controversial issues are all welcome. Therefore, the journal has no restriction on the maximum length of the papers.

Scope

Histopathology
Immunohistochemistry
Benign cutaneous tumors
Melanoma
Non-melanoma skin cancer
Other malignant tumors of the skin
Inflammatory skin diseases
Molecular dermatopathology
Clinico-pathological correlation
Clinical dermatology
Investigative dermatology

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Dermatopathology will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

© 2026 by the authors. Published by MDPI on behalf of the European Society of Dermatopathology. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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