The ''Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology'', sometimes abbreviated ''JAAD'', is a monthly

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...

ed medical journal covering

dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medica ...

. It was established in 1979 and is published by

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on behalf of the American Academy of Dermatology, of which it is the official journal. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Dirk Elston (

Medical University of South Carolina The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is a public medical school in South Carolina. It opened in 1824 in Charleston as a small private college aimed at training physicians and has since established hospitals and medical facilities ac ...

). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 6.898. JAAD has a companion journal focusing on

case report In medicine, a case report is a detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient. Case reports may contain a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describe an unusual or novel occurrenc ...

s called '' JAAD Case Reports''.

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*{{Official website, http://www.jaad.org/ Dermatology journals Monthly journals Elsevier academic journals Publications established in 1979 Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United States English-language journals