About this journal

Aims and scope

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on advances in research in HIV, its clinical progression and management options including antiviral treatment, palliative care and public healthcare policies to control viral spread. Specific topics covered in the journal include:

  • Epidemiology of HIV spread and resistance
  • Diagnostics, early detection and monitoring
  • Identification of viral targets
  • Development of agents with novel mechanisms of action
  • Optimal clinical use of existing antivirals, including combination therapies
  • Vaccine development
  • Management and treatment of associated disorders in AIDS patients including palliative care
  • Patient adherence, quality of life, satisfaction
  • Consumer and patient education and health literacy programs
  • Health economics and public health policy

The journal welcomes submitted papers covering original research, basic science, clinical and epidemiological studies, reviews and evaluations, guidelines, expert opinion and commentary, case reports and extended reports.

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 92K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 3.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.804 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.527 (2023) SJR

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Prof. Dr. Olubunmi Akindele Ogunrin, Neurology, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Editorial Board:

Mr Zelalem Addis, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

Dr James Ekere Essien, Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, University of Houston, Texas Medical Center, United States

Professor M. Isabel Fernandez, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine, United States

Professor Ramesh Ganju, Pathology, Ohio State University, United States

Professor Erica Gollub, Health Science Program, College of Health Professions, Pace University, New York, United States

Prof. Dr. Steven Lipshultz, Conger Goodyear Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Voluntary Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Pediatric Chief-of-Service, Kaleida Health; Medical Director of Pediatric Services Business Development, John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital; Consultant, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; and President/CEO, UBMD Pediatrics,United States

Professor Stuart Lipton, Neurodegenerative Disease Center, Scintillon Inst., UC San Diego, Scripps Research Institute, United States

Professor Charles Mactutus, Psychology, University of South Carolina, United States

Professor Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States

Professor Italo Mocchetti, Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, United States

Professor Thomas Quinn, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

Dr John Rossi, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, United States

Professor Raymond Schinazi, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, United States

Dr Jianguo (Tony) Sun, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, United States

Professor John Zaia, Centre for Gene Therapy, City of Hope, United States

Professor Carmen Zorrilla, School of Medicine, OB-GYN Department, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Abstracting and indexing

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

EMBASE (Elsevier)

Pubmed (NLM)

PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)

Scopus (Elsevier)

Open access

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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