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AIDS and Behavior

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1952

ISSN1090-7165eISSN1573-3254

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.084

H-Indexi

160

SNIPi

1.08

Total Worksi

6,404

Total Citationsi

210,686

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Infectious Diseases; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

Frequency9 No. A Year, 2013-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,404

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-7165 / 1573-3254

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

383

10k

2019

338

12k

2020

425

8.2k

2021

413

5.3k

2022

284

2.1k

2023

343

1.7k

2024

402

575

2025

275

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Infectious DiseasesQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Social PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthSex work and related issuesHIV Research and TreatmentLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyHomelessness and Social IssuesHIV-related health complications and treatmentsSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Frequently asked questions about AIDS and Behavior

Is AIDS and Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AIDS and Behavior: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of AIDS and Behavior?

AIDS and Behavior is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.87.

Is AIDS and Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AIDS and Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of AIDS and Behavior?