''Archives of Dermatological Research'', published by Springer Science+Business Media, is a

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that focuses on skin disease. It was established as the in 1869 by

Heinrich Auspitz Carl Heinrich Auspitz (2 September 1835 in Nikolsburg, Moravia – 22 May 1886 in Vienna) was a Jewish Austrian dermatologist. He was the husband of pianist Auguste Auspitz-Kólar (1843–1878).Statement(s) based on translated text from an equival ...

and

Philipp Josef Pick Philipp Josef Pick (14 October 1834, Neustadt an der Mettau - 3 June 1910, Prague) was an Austrian dermatologist. Biography He studied medicine at the University of Vienna as a pupil of Josef Hyrtl and Carl von Rokitansky. He obtained his docto ...

. Springer acquired the journal in 1921 and renamed it the . In the 1950s it followed the general trend to drop its link to

sexually transmitted infection Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are Transmission (medicine), spread by Human sexual activity, sexual activity, especi ...

s in its title. It became the ' in 1971 before obtaining its current name in 1975. Other past editors have included

Albert Neisser Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (22 January 1855, Schweidnitz – 30 July 1916, Breslau) was a German physician who discovered the causative agent (pathogen) of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour (''Neisseria gonorrhoe ...

, Josef Jadassohn, Erich Hoffmann, and Enno Christophers. Its current editor-in-chief is Murad Alam ( Northwestern University).

Publication

The ''Archives of Dermatological Research'' is a dermatological journal, published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editor-in-chief is Murad Alam (Northwestern University).

Origins and early history

In mid-19th century German-speaking parts of Europe, the specialties of venereology and dermatology were beginning to be associated with each other, particularly as

syphilis Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms of syphilis vary depending in which of the four stages it presents (primary, secondary, latent, an ...

presented with signs and symptoms in skin. As a result, in 1869, the Austrian dermatologists

and

established the ''Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis''. A significant amount of work involved syphilis so it was included in the title. It was published in German, in Prague. In 1874 it changed to being published four times a year under the name ''Vierteljahresschrift fur Dermatologie und Syphilis'', and returned to its original name in 1889. Auspitz and Pick both co-edited the journal until Auspitz's death in 1886, after which Pick carried on with it. Other early co-editors included

. The Japanese dermatologist

Keizo Dohi (1866-1931) was a Japanese professor of dermatology and syphilis, and chair of the department of dermatology and syphilis at the University of Tokyo. Career He trained at the Vienna School of Dermatology, and published his first article in 189 ...

published his first paper in the journal in German.

Twentieth century

Springer-Verlag took over the journal's publishing in 1921, when it became the '. For the next 52 years it was an official publication for the

Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft The ''Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft e.V.'' (DDG, German Dermatological Society; "''e.V.''" meaning "registered association") is a scientific specialized society for dermatology in Germany. It is a member of the Association of Scientific M ...

. Issues were suspended in 1944 after Volume 185. Its publication recommenced in 1948 with Volume 186, its editors then being Erich Hoffmann, Georg Alexander Rost, and Fritz Hussels. By the mid-1950s, following the widespread availability of

penicillin Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from ''Penicillium'' moulds, principally '' P. chrysogenum'' and '' P. rubens''. Most penicillins in clinical use are synthesised by P. chrysogenum using ...

to treat syphilis, the disease appeared to be under control and considered by dermatologists to no longer be a concern. Subsequently, dermatologists found a way of separating themselves from

s and the unpopular specialty of venereology. In 1955, links to sexually transmitted infection including syphilis were dropped from the titles of several journals including the ', which was renamed '. In the same year the ''American Medical Association (AMA) Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology'' also dropped syphilis and became '' AMA Archives of Dermatology'', and the ''Indian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology'' removed venerology from its title to form the '' Indian Journal of Dermatology''. Between 1970 and 1975 the journal was renamed the '. Enno Christophers became its editor in 1971 and continued in that post when in 1975 the journal became the ''Archives of Dermatological Research''.

Past editors

Former editors include:

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 3.0.

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External links

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