Scars, Burns & Healing
Scars, Burns & Healing is a peer reviewed journal, which focuses on scar and burns research, with the breadth of science and medicine related to healing. Research in diverse fields from tissue engineering to genetics is increasingly brought to bear on scar and burns research improving our understanding and paving the way for better treatments. Please see the Aims and Scopes tab for further information.
This journal is the official journal of the Katie Piper Foundation.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Effective January 1, 2026, Scars, Burns & Healing will transition from a fully Open Access model to a hybrid publishing model. While select articles will continue to be published Open Access, the majority of content will be available through institutional or individual subscriptions.
To continue accessing the full breadth of research published in Scars, Burns & Healing, we encourage you to recommend the journal to your institution’s library. You can do so using our Library Recommendation link, by contacting your librarian directly, or emailing sales@liebertpub.com. Your support helps ensure that the journal remains a trusted resource for advancing scholarship in scar and burns research.
Why publish in Scars, Burns & Healing?
- Rapid online publication in the only international journal with a specialist focus on scar research
- Rigorous peer review of your scholarly work
- No page or color charges
- A free language editing service for articles from non-English speaking regions
Submission information
Submit your manuscript today at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/SBH
Please see the submission guideline for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.
Contact
Please direct any queries to Philippa.stevens@sagepub.co.uk
Scars, Burns & Healing is a peer reviewed journal, bringing together the specialist focus of scar and burns research, with the breadth of science and medicine related to healing. Research in diverse fields from tissue engineering to genetics is increasingly brought to bear on scar and burns research improving our understanding of disease in general and paving the way for better treatments.
- It is the only international journal which includes a specialist focus on scar research.
- Its content is designed in such a way to have relevance to a lay audience as well as a clinical and scientific one.
- It is fully peer reviewed
- Full colour publication for all articles.
- Affiliation with The Katie Piper Foundation ensures a wide and varied audience for your research
| Kayvan Shokrollahi | Mersey Regional Burns Service, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool, UK |
| RuthAnn Fanstone | Centre for Global Burn Injury Policy & Research, Swansea University |
| Andrew Thompson | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Ascanio Tridente | Whiston Hospital, St Helens' and Knowsley NHS Trust and The University of Sheffield, UK |
| Mark Brewin | Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
| H. Eray Copcu | G-CAT ( Gene, Cell and Tissue Academy), Stembio, Tubitak Marmara Technocity, Gebze, Turkey |
| Baljit Dheansa | Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK |
| William Dickson MBE | South West Burn Operational Delivery Network, UK |
| Peter Dziewulski | St. Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Mid Essex Hospital Services, UK |
| Dale Edgar | The University of Notre Dame, Australia |
| Sian Falder | Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK |
| Nicolas Frasson | Cliniques-STER, France |
| Gerd Gauglitz | Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany |
| Diana Harcourt | UWE Bristol, UK |
| C. Scott Hultman | UNC School of Medicine, North Carolina, USA |
| Frederik Huss | Burn Center, Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden |
| Jorge Leon-Villapalis | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK |
| Wei Liu | Shanghai Ninth Peoples Hospital, Shanghai, China |
| Koen Maertens | Organisation for Burns, Scar After-Care & Research, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Peter Moortgat | Organisation for Burns, Scar After-Care & Research, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Ciaran P. O'Boyle | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and The University of Nottingham, UK |
| Sarah Pape | Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| Susan Peirce | Cedar, Cardiff University School of Engineering, Cardiff, UK |
| Alan Phipps | Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, UK |
| Warren Matthew Rozen | Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia |
| Marcela Vizcaychipi | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK |
| Stuart Watson | Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK |
| Iain S. Whitaker | Swansea University Medical School & Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Swansea, UK |
| Amber Young | The Healing Foundation Children's Burns Research Centre and South West Children's Burns Centre, Bristol, UK |
| Rym Alaoui | United Kingdom |
| Julie Campbell Cann | United Kingdom |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.