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International Journal of STD and AIDS is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.6), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 0956-4624Verify ISSN ↗1758-1052Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$4,150 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dermatology | 69 / 152 | 54th | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 384 / 725 | 47th | Q3 |
| Infectious Diseases | 216 / 361 | 40th | Q3 |
| Pharmacology (medical) | 170 / 278 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1990–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.6.
International Journal of STD and AIDS is Q2 in Dermatology (rank 69 of 152), Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 384 of 725) and Q3 in Infectious Diseases (rank 216 of 361), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of STD and AIDS is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.483, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 82.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,150 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of STD and AIDS is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 0956-4624 and its online ISSN is 1758-1052.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of STD and AIDS has an h-index of 97 and a 2-year mean of 1.75 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #43 of 144 Scopus journals in Dermatology.
International Journal of STD and AIDS published 177 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 234. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (29.3%), United States (15.8%) and South Africa (5.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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