skin of color We analyzed the geographical origins of all publications on SoC and their patient cohorts (Fig. 2). The large majority (56.90%) of all articles originated from and/or pertained to populations in Asia, followed by North America (16.61%). Less than 5% of articles originated from and/or pertained to populations in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, and <1% in Central America and Oceania. We found similar results when stratifying journals by category (Table 3). In every journal category, >50% and up to 65.93% of articles on SoC originated from and/or pertained to populations in Asia. The second and third most frequent geographies were North America and Europe, respectively. Analysis of skin of color–relevant content between journal categories The total percentage of articles on SoC was compared between journal categories (Table 2). Journals covering SoC (M = 12.3%) and clinical journals (M = 9.9%) had significantly greater SoC article percentages than non-SoC journals (M = 44.1%) and basic science journals (M = 19.1%), respectively (p = .0003; p = .006). Noninternational journals (M = 23.0%) had a higher mean SoC article percentage than international journals (M = 13.2%), which approached but did not reach significance (p = .052). Skin of color–relevant articles and Scopus ranking analysis To evaluate the relationship between Scopus ranking measures and the total percentage of articles on SoC, we divided journals based on their Scopus CiteScore. After excluding one journal that did not have Scopus information, we labeled the top 26 Scopus CiteScore journals as high and the bottom 25 Scopus CiteScore journals as low. An independent t test showed that journals in the lower half of Scopus CiteScores had a significantly greater percentage of articles on SoC (t = -5.140; p = .0002). A Spearman's correlation was also conducted to assess the relationship between the total percentage of articles on SoC and Scopus CiteScore and Scopus Percentile, two measures of Scopus rank. There was a moderate negative correlation between SoC percentage and Scopus CiteScore, which was statistically significant (rs = –0.33; p = .00436; Fig. 4). Similarly, there was a statistically significant moderate negative correlation between SoC percentage and Scopus Percentile (rs = –0.382; p = .005). Discussion Journal category classification We stratified by SoC population majority country to understand the percentage of diverse publications from SoC countries versus non-SoC countries. This is important because the effort for SoC countries to include patients with SoC would potentially be different from those efforts in non-SoC countries. The lack of diversity is probably most apparent and most urgent in non-SoC countries, where the majority of patients does not lead to a high percentage of publications on SoC. Journals were stratified by scientific versus clinical focus to better elucidate the basic science and clinical research dedication to SoC. Our findings suggest that SoC content is more prevalent within clinical research compared with basic science research. Given the foundational nature of basic science research, it is important that diversity and inclusion begin at the basic science level and are reinforced by epidemiological and larger clinical studies with diverse patient cohorts so that future research results are both pertinent to and reflective of true, diverse patient populations. Skin of color relevance To understand the dedication of each dermatology journal to SoC, journals were examined using the criteria we developed to identify SoC content. Journals were then ranked by the percentage of articles on SoC published. Of note, the percentage of articles on SoC varied greatly across journals, with a mean of 16.8%. No standard has been previously set with regard to establishing an appropriate amount of SoC content to be included in dermatology journal issues for comparison. Perhaps predictably, SoC countries published much higher percentages of articles on SoC compared with non-SoC countries. However, many non-SoC countries have large patient populations with SoC; thus, such countries must continue to investigate and publish any dermatological disparities associated with underrepresented populations of