Moving to the forefront of open access publishing in dermatology - Langan - 2021 - Skin Health and Disease - Wiley Online Library

"Whilst managing the coronavirus pandemic is rightly focussing the minds and efforts of the medical and research communities worldwide, open access (OA) publication and the launch of a new journal from the British Association of Dermatology (BAD), albeit the first in decades may seem barely worth a footnote.

However, precisely in this challenging and daily evolving context, the benefits of high-quality, innovative, transparent, rapidly peer-reviewed, and freely and widely accessible research is most tangible. The execution and publication of medical research in general, and in the case of Skin Health and Disease (SHD), dermatological research in particular, have to reflect and meet the demands of the 21st century scientific community. Indeed, OA publication is not only an attempt to improve the dissemination of key research discoveries, but it is potentially an invaluable tool to foster national and international research collaborations; of paramount importance to face global healthcare challenges...."