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African Journal of AIDS Research

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1727-9445

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ 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?

166

days submission → published

measured · last 13 articles · accept 131d

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.434

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.387

Total Worksi

878

Total Citationsi

13,786

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases; Medicine (miscellaneous); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Virology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyTwo No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications878

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1727-9445

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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

714

2019

472

2020

348

2021

254

2022

130

2023

2024

2025

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 DiseasesQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

VirologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

VirologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskSex work and related issuesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthChildren's Rights and ParticipationHIV Research and TreatmentHIV-related health complications and treatments

Frequently asked questions about African Journal of AIDS Research

Is African Journal of AIDS Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Journal of AIDS Research: 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 African Journal of AIDS Research?

African Journal of AIDS Research 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 0.26.

Is African Journal of AIDS Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Journal of AIDS Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of African Journal of AIDS Research?