AIDS (journal)

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.^[1] 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.

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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.

The journal had a 2006 impact factor of 5.632, making it the most highly cited journal in the HIV/AIDS area; it was ranked second of 23 journals in the virology category and third of 47 journals in the infectious diseases category.^[2] Indexing includes Chemical Abstracts Service, EMBASE, Index Medicus, Medline and Science Citation Index.

See also

• Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

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