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Aims and scope
Sexually Transmitted Infections is the world’s longest running international journal on sexual health. It aims to keep practitioners, trainees and researchers up to date in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all STIs and HIV. The journal publishes original research, descriptive epidemiology, evidence-based reviews and comment on the clinical, public health, sociological and laboratory aspects of sexual health from around the world. We also publish educational articles, letters and other material of interest to readers, along with podcasts and other online material. STI provides a high quality editorial service from submission to publication.
STI is an official journal of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).
Editorial Board
For information about the Sexually Transmitted Infections Editor-in-Chief Jackie Cassell and her editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Ownership
Sexually Transmitted Infections is owned by BMJ.
Journal information
| Publication model | Subscription; with hybrid open access option |
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| Frequency | 8 issues per year |
| Launch date | 1925 |
| Digital Archive | LOCKSS |
| Indexed by | Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Extended; BIOSIS Reviews, Current Contents: Clinical Medicine, Life Sciences, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central, Scopus, Embase (Exerpta Medica), CINAHL, Google Scholar |
| Impact Factor | 3.346 (2017) |
| CiteScore | 1.85 (2017) |
| Peer Review Model | Single blind; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
| Print ISSN | 1368-4973 |
| Online ISSN | 1472-3263 |
Journal statistics
| Acceptance Rate | 22% for original research |
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| Mean time from Submission to First Decision | 38 days |
| Mean time from Acceptance to Publication | 14 days |
Contact information
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Affiliations
BMJ is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting accurate, transparent reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.
BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.