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AIDS Education and Prevention
ISSN 0899-9546 · eISSN 1943-2755 · Guilford Press
AIDS Education and Prevention: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.47; subscription journal; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AIDS Education and Prevention is published by Guilford Press and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, together about 66.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine27.6%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions22.3%
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskMedicine16.4%
- Sex work and related issuesSocial Sciences8.4%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions4.1%
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyPsychology3.9%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions3.1%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions1.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2026
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 101OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,190OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.97%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,775 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 31 | 10 | 19 |
| 2024 | 32 | 13 | 47 |
| 2023 | 44 | 25 | 193 |
| 2022 | 37 | 23 | 237 |
| 2021 | 40 | 25 | 462 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Guilford Press
- ISSN
- 0899-9546
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-2755
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AIDS Education and Prevention
What CAS zone is AIDS Education and Prevention in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AIDS Education and Prevention is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AIDS Education and Prevention?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.47; CiteScore 2, h-index 101.
Which databases index AIDS Education and Prevention?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AIDS Education and Prevention is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is AIDS Education and Prevention open access, and what is the APC?
AIDS Education and Prevention is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .