Journal profile · INFECTIOUS DISEASES
HIV & AIDS Review
ISSN 1730-1270 · eISSN 1732-2707 · Termedia Publishing House · Poland
HIV & AIDS Review: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
HIV & AIDS Review is published by Termedia Publishing House and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses, together about 39.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
HIV & AIDS Review is the official journal of the Polish AIDS Research Society (PTN AIDS). It is published quarterly. HIV & AIDS Review publishes several types of paper: original papers, preliminary communications, epidemiology - population studies, psychological and socio-medical aspects of HIV/AIDS, educational aspects, patient-physician relationship, conference or workshop summaries, product investigations - scientific evaluations on medical and pharmaceutical products, case reports, letters to the Editor, reviews and special reports. A limited number of articles either by invitation or following your suggestions will be of a more "tutorial" format written by experts for scientists seeking introduction into or clarification on some important issues in HIV-related research areas. The articles in this journal are published open access (OA) Editor-in-Chief ANITA OLCZAK Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, L. Rydygier's Memorial Medical College, Bydgoszcz, Poland Copyright: © Polish AIDS Society. This is an Open Access journal, all articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. The rights to the article are usually transferred by the authors to the owner of the journal, who makes it available under the Creative Commons license. However, if the author does not want to transfer the copyright to the publisher, he/she may contact the editorial office and set separate rules - under which the editorial office may publish an article in the journal. For the detailed information, please contact with editorial office. Editorial Office Editorial Board Reviewers Abstracting and indexing Subscription Contact Ethical standards and procedures
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Editor-in-chief Anita OlczakPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Iran 2, Nigeria 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine21.2%
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskMedicine10.2%
- HIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.1%
- HIV-related health complications and treatmentsMedicine7.8%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions7.6%
- HIV Research and TreatmentImmunology and Microbiology7.4%
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentMedicine6.9%
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatmentMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Infectious Diseases | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MNiSWPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 746 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 5 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | 42 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 67 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 109 |
| 2021 | 52 | 52 | 96 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | PLN 1,700 / EUR 370 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 370 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- PLN 1,700
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted6
- case reportscase reports (not more than 8 pages)Length not stated
- letters to the editorletters to the Editor for comments on recent articles (not more than 1 page)Length not stated
- original papersoriginal papers (not more than 10 pages)Length not stated
- preliminary communicationspreliminary communications for rapid communication of preliminary data (not more than 4 pages)Length not stated
- review articlesreview articles (not more than 8 pages)Length not stated
- technical notestechnical notes ( not more than 2 pages)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open Access under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Model summary
This is an Open Access journal, all articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review process. Model summary
HIV & AIDS Review uses a double-blind review process in which authors do not know the identity of their reviewers, nor do the reviewers know the identities of the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Termedia Publishing House
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1730-1270
- Electronic ISSN
- 1732-2707
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about HIV & AIDS Review
What CAS zone is HIV & AIDS Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, HIV & AIDS Review is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Infectious Diseases. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of HIV & AIDS Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 15.
How long does peer review take at HIV & AIDS Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of HIV & AIDS Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–250 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of HIV & AIDS Review based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (2) and Nigeria (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index HIV & AIDS Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, HIV & AIDS Review is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is HIV & AIDS Review open access, and what is the APC?
HIV & AIDS Review is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .