AIDS is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published by
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in
London,
UK. Founded in 1987, it is the official journal of the
International AIDS Society. It covers all aspects of
HIV/
AIDS, including basic science, clinical trials, epidemiology and social science. The Editor-in-Chief is
Jay A. Levy and the Editors are
Brigitte Autran,
Roel A. Coutinho and
John P. Phair.
Publishing
Eighteen issues are published annually.
AIDS was the first journal in the field to operate a fast-track service to facilitate rapid publication of important short papers. Articles over a year old are available freely online in
PDF and
HTML formats.
Ranking
The journal had a 2007
impact factor of 5.842, making it the most highly cited journal in the HIV/AIDS area; it was ranked second of 25 journals in the virology category and fourth of 50 journals in the infectious diseases category. Indexing includes
Chemical Abstracts Service,
EMBASE,
Index Medicus,
Medline and
Science Citation Index.
See also
