IJDVL Awards 2018

Correspondence Address:

Every year, the editorial team picks their choice for best article(s) in several categories published in the Journal in the previous calendar year. As you know, we have two different groups of awards – one for the Indian authors and another for our international contributors.

Here are the winning contributions from Indian authors for articles published in 2018:

Bishnupriya Devi Award for best Original Article

Kaur S, Shafiq N, Dogra S, Mittal B R, Attri SV, Bahl A, Narang T, Vinay K, Rajagopalan S, Malhotra S. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-based evaluation of systemic and vascular inflammation and assessment of the effect of systemic treatment on inflammation in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis: A randomized placebo-controlled pilot study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018;84:660-6.

Indubala Memorial Award for best article on occupational dermatoses/contact dermatitis

No paper was found suitable by the Editorial Board to recommend for the award this year.

Best Review Article

Kumar P, Das A, Lal NR, Jain S, Ghosh A. Safety of important dermatological drugs (retinoids, immune suppressants, anti androgens and thalidomide) in reproductively active males with respect to pregnancy outcome: A brief review of literature. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol;84:539-46.

Best Case Report

Jagadeesan S, Anilkumar V, Panicker VV, Anjaneyan G, Thomas J. Mycobacterium chelonae infection complicating traumatic and surgical wounds: A case series. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018;84:45-8.

Best Image in Clinical Practice

Varala S, Arakkal GK, Malkud S, Narayana B. Cirsoid aneurysm of scalp. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018;84:57-8.

Best Letters

Shashikiran A R, Gandhi S, Murugesh S B, Kusagur M, Sugareddy. Efficacy of topical 5% fluorouracil needling in vitiligo. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018;84:203-5.

Roga G, Augustine M. A review of pulse therapy in 74 patients with pemphigus. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018;84:331-3.

Patra S, Khandpur S, Khanna N, Jain D. Angioma like carcinoma telangiectoides: An unusual presentation of breast carcinoma metastasis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018;84:83-5.

We congratulate all the winners and thank all the authors who submitted their manuscripts to the Journal.

Happy new year to all our readers!