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Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services

Routledge · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1538-1501eISSN1538-151X

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.238

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.382

Total Worksi

630

Total Citationsi

3,522

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Work; Health (social science); Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications630

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1538-1501 / 1538-151X

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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

2018

230

2019

101

2020

117

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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)Q3

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Infectious DiseasesHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskHomelessness and Social IssuesSex work and related issuesHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyHIV-related health complications and treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services

Is Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services: 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 Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services?

Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services 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 0.43.

Is Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services?