AIDS

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN1473-5571

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.141

H-Indexi

268

SNIPi

0.903

Total Worksi

15,966

Total Citationsi

698,001

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Virology; Immunology and Allergy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyEighteen No. A Year, 1998-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,966

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-5571

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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

376

8.5k

2019

340

2020

354

5.1k

2021

317

3.3k

2022

374

2.1k

2023

280

2024

344

493

2025

175

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

ImmunologyQ2

Immunology and AllergyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesVirology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyImmunology and AllergyInfectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV Research and TreatmentHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentHIV-related health complications and treatmentsAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatmentHepatitis C virus researchViral-associated cancers and disordersImmune Cell Function and Interaction

Frequently asked questions about AIDS

Is AIDS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AIDS: 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?

AIDS 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 1.54.

Is AIDS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AIDS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of AIDS?