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AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1360-0451

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

128

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 97d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.6

H-Indexi

137

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.635

Total Worksi

6,204

Total Citationsi

167,833

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Health (social science); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyTen No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,204

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1360-0451

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

264

4.1k

2019

275

3.8k

2020

235

2.1k

2021

191

1.2k

2022

147

581

2023

167

505

2024

280

190

2025

137

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.

Health (social science)Q2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & ServicesPsychology, MultidisciplinaryPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthSex work and related issuesHIV-related health complications and treatmentsHIV Research and TreatmentHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Is AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV?

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV 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 0.99.

Is AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.