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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1927

ISSN1537-4521

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.809

H-Indexi

140

SNIPi

0.894

Total Worksi

6,732

Total Citationsi

175,125

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Dermatology; Microbiology (medical); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1927

FrequencyTen No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,732

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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1537-4521

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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

161

2.8k

2019

224

2.7k

2020

251

3.9k

2021

167

1.1k

2022

171

850

2023

213

541

2024

197

164

2025

106

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.

DermatologyQ1

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Microbiology (medical)Q2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious Diseases

Scopus Categories

DermatologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reproductive tract infections researchAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthSyphilis Diagnosis and TreatmentHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskSex work and related issuesBacterial Infections and VaccinesUrinary Tract Infections ManagementHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Is Sexually Transmitted Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 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 Sexually Transmitted Diseases?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases 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 1.11.

Is Sexually Transmitted Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Sexually Transmitted Diseases?