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Open AIDS Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2007

ISSN1874-6136

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.425

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.422

Total Worksi

314

Total Citationsi

5,365

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

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Aims & Scope

The Open AIDS Journal is an open-access journal that publishes peer reviewed research articles, reviews/mini-reviews and letters in the diverse field of HIV/AIDS. The journal covers recent studies on experimental, clinical, translational, social, epidemiological and behavioral aspects, along with therapeutics, pathogenesis, vaccines, drug resistance, prevention of HIV/AIDS, and search for diagnostics, cure and virology of HIV/AIDS. Original articles on animal models for AIDS treatment research are also included. The Open AIDS Journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on important developments in the field. Emphasis is placed on publishing quality papers, making them freely available to researchers worldwide. The Open AIDS Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of aids published continuously by Bentham Open.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Frequencycontinuously

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications314

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCC BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1874-6136

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

2019

2020

105

2021

2022

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

VirologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

VirologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskHIV Research and TreatmentAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentHIV-related health complications and treatmentsPharmaceutical Economics and PolicySex work and related issuesHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesIntellectual Property and Patents

Frequently asked questions about Open AIDS Journal

Is Open AIDS Journal a predatory journal?

Open AIDS Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Open AIDS Journal?

Open AIDS Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.425.

Is Open AIDS Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open AIDS Journal is indexed in Scopus.