Indian Dermatology Online Journal (IDOJ) is a maiden venture of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL) and is slated to start as a biannual online journal. We solicit editorials, review articles, case reports, correspondence, drug profiles, short opinions, musings, experiences, tricks and tips,Quiz questions and striking photographs.

All submissions are subject to peer review by the Editorial board and the by referres in appropriate speciality. This online journal will consider articles from across the globe but will specially encourage articles on pure clinical dermatology of relevance to the practising dermatologist. We aim to encourage writing and publishing in the fond hope of sensitising dermatologists in India and the rest of the world to the importance of documentation. That is the reason why we will not insist on very stringent publishing guidelines which may prove too daunting for the novice and gets discouraged.

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It is an immense pleasure to be the founding editor in chief of this new born Indian Dermatology Online Journal (IDOJ) which happens to be the first publishing cyberventure of the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists, better known as IADVL.

We hope to participate in evolving this fledgling journal into a journal with a difference. IADVL has an official journal which has a current acceptance rate of 16% which is an impressive number proving the high quality of publications which go through the rigours of final acceptance. However it also means that for every 16 articles accepted the work of 84 authors and their teams is rejected. We realize that the strength of Indian dermatology lies in the vast clinical exposure that our community has owing to the staggering population of the country. Moreover private practitioners outnumber academicians by a ratio of more than 9:1 and it is these private practitioners who see the maximum number of interesting cases by the virtue of sheer numbers. The journal is aimed at encouraging them to share and document their cases, their experiences and their opinions. As Indian dermatology marches smartly into international limelight I am convinced that our visibility will be directly proportional to the amount of literature that we share.....

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