International Journal of Cosmetic Science

Benefits of publishing with International Journal of Cosmetic Science:

• Extensive readership, with 2,500 society members accessing the journal
• Fully indexed in ISI and MedLine
• Free Access to all Reviews
• Accepted Articles; Accepted, unedited articles published online for future issues
• Early View; accepted papers are published online prior to print
• No page charges
• A free PDF of your paper for all corresponding authors
• OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article.

Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found by clicking HERE. All services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication

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Have you read the following key paper yet?

Corneobiology and Corneotherapy – a final chapter
A. M. Kligman

Read and cite today!

International Journal of Cosmetic Science is pleased to announce that it is now indexed in ISI! it will receive its first Impact Factor in 2013.

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Wiley would like to announce a change in editorial for the International Journal of Cosmetic Science. We would like to welcome Karl Lintner into his new role of Editor-in-Chief. Supporting Karl will be, Majella Lane, IJCS' new Associate Editor.

Editor-in-Chief, Karl Lintner

FREE ACCESS to three Virtual Issues:

• NEW: Virtual Issue on Skin Whitening
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• Themed Virtual Issue on Hair
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• Themed Virtual Issue on Sunscreen Research

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In each issue the International Journal of Cosmetic Science publishes review articles that are free for you to read online, below are some of the latest.

Sensitive skin: an overview
E. Berardesca, M. Farage and H. Maibach

The evaluation of depigmenting efficacy in the skin for the development of new whitening agents in Korea
K. H. Son and M. Y. Heo

The IJCS Publication Prize was instituted in 1969.  It is awarded for the best scientific paper to be submitted for publication in the Society’s journal in each calendar year.  Until 1978, this applied to those published in the British editions of the Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists.  Since 1979, it applies to those appearing in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science. The prize attracts an honorarium of £500.

For the year 2012 the following paper won the award:

International Journal of Cosmetic Science
Volume 34, Issue 6, pages 525-535, December 2012

Predicting skin penetration of actives from complex cosmetic formulations: an evaluation of inter formulation and inter active effects during formulation optimization for transdermal delivery
J. W. Wiechers, A. C. Watkinson, S. E. Cross and M. S. Roberts