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IJDVL Awards 2020
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 2019.
Bishnupriya Devi Award for the best Original Article
Mahajan R, Dogra S, Handa S, Razmi TM, Narang T, Rathi S, Dhiman RK, Saikia B, Karim A. Metabolic syndrome and female gender, but not methotrexate, are the important associations of significant liver fibrosis in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis as detected by transient elastography. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 649-55.
Indubala Devi Memorial Award for the best article on occupational dermatoses/contact dermatitis
Kataria V, Pandhi D, Bhattacharya SN. A cross-sectional study to analyze the clinical subtype, contact sensitization and impact of disease severity on quality of life and cost of illness in patients of hand eczema. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020 ;86: 663-8.
Award Articles
Kayarkatte MN, Singal A, Pandhi D, Das S, Sharma S. Nail dermoscopy (onychoscopy) findings in the diagnosis of primary onychomycosis: A cross-sectional study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 341-9.
Datta A, Chandra S, Saha A, Sil A, Das NK. Exploring the safety and effectiveness of subcutaneous autologous serum therapy versus conventional intramuscular autologous serum therapy in chronic urticaria: An observer-blind, randomized, controlled study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 632-42.
Best Review Article
Palit A, Kar HK. Prevention of transmission of leprosy: The current scenario. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 115-2.
Best Case Report
Moulik S, Sengupta R, Dighal A, Sardar B, Saha B, Das NK, Chatterjee M. Identification of atypical dermal leishmaniasis resolved by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 45-9.
Best Image in Clinical Practice
Kura MM, Aliporewala VM, Bolde S, Bijwe S. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 595-6.
Best Letters
Khandpur S, Bhatia R, Bhadoria AS. Narrow-band ultraviolet B comb as an effective home-based phototherapy device for limited or localized non-segmental vitiligo: A pilot, open-label, single-arm clinical study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 298-301.
Khandpur S, Singh A, Kumar A, Sharma A. A preliminary prospective non-randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of subcutaneous etanercept versus oral methotrexate in moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis and correlation of response with T helper (th) 1, th2, th17 and T regulatory cytokine patterns. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 441-5.
Khambra A, Ramesh V, Kathuria S. Correlation of patch test with repeated open application test in patients with suspected hair- dye dermatitis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020; 86: 733-6.
We congratulate all the winners and thank all the authors who submitted their manuscripts to the Journal.
Happy new year to all our readers!