Open Access

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas is a peer reviewed, open access journal.

All articles published gold open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download, copy and distribute. We offer authors a choice of user licenses, which define the permitted reuse of articles. We currently offer the following license(s) for this journal:

As an open access journal with no subscription charges, a fee (Article Publishing Charge, APC) is payable by the authors, or their institution or funders, to cover the costs associated with publication. This ensures your article will be immediately and permanently free to access by everyone.

The Article Publishing Charge for this journal is:

Full-length articles as: Originals, Reviews, Practical Dermatology, Controversies in Dermatology, Novelties in Dermatology, Consensus Statements.
Short articles as: Brief Communications, Images in Dermatology, Cases for Diagnosis, Case and Research Letters, Opinion Article, History and humanities in dermatology, Practical Dermoscopy, Forum, Videos of Surgical Procedures in Dermatology.

Please note: The society is paying the APC on behalf of the author.

We automatically apply Article Publishing Charge waivers or discounts to those articles in gold open access journals for which all authors are based in a country eligible for the Research4Life program. Find out more about the APC waiver and discount eligibility.

Our Online Author Communication System (OACS) ensures you are offered the lowest possible Article Publishing Charge to publish an article in your chosen journal. During submission you will be presented with a personalized OA Article Publishing Charge based on your individual context (your country, institutional affiliation, and any society membership for example) as well as considering the journal involved.

Learn more about Elsevier's pricing policy.

Elsevier has reached open access agreements with an increasing number of institutions and university consortia around the world. Find out what this means for authors on our open access agreements page.

Elsevier partners with funding bodies to provide guidance for authors on how to comply with funding body open access policies. Find out more on our funding arrangements page.

Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a "Journal Publishing Agreement". Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. Copyright will be transferred to the society if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Permission of the society is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article.

Find out how you can share your research published in Elsevier journals.

• Benefits of publishing open access with Elsevier

• Open access agreements

• Funding arrangements

• Open access license policy

• Open access pricing policy

Frequently asked questions and answers are available in the Journal Article Publishing Support Center.

Please contact [email protected] for any further questions.