The ''Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes'' is a
peer-reviewed
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History
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covering all aspects of research in
HIV/AIDS, including basic science, clinical science, and
epidemiology. It is currently published by
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It seems that the editorial intent for its official title is still to end in ''… Syndromes'', although the logo on its website shows ''… Syndrome'' as of June 2017, possibly by a graphic-art error.
History
The journal was established in 1988 ().
[NLM Catalog: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes](_blank)
(accessed 24 October 2007) It was retitled ''Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology'' () in 1995, returning to the title ''Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes'' in 1999.
NLM Catalog: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes : JAIDS
(accessed 24 October 2007) It was originally published by Raven Press
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is an American imprint of the American Dutch publishing conglomerate Wolters Kluwer. It was established by the acquisition of Williams & Wilkins and its merger with J.B. Lippincott Company in 1998. Under the LW ...
.
Modern journal
Fifteen issues are published annually, in three volumes. Articles from 1996 are available online in HTML format, with PDF
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format additionally from 2000. Contents over a year old are available freely from 1999 onwards.
According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 4.556, ranking it twelfth out of 78 journals in the category "infectious diseases" and 29th out of 148 journals in the category "immunology".Current Awareness in Biological Sciences
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As of 2007, the editors-in-chief are David D. Ho (Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, often abbreviated as ADARC, is a medical research institution dedicated to finding a cure for HIV/AIDS. It is headed by scientist Dr. David Ho, who was the 1996 Time magazine Person of the Year, and is located i ...
), Paul Volberding
Paul A. Volberding is an American physician who is best known for his pioneering work in treating people with HIV.
Work
In 1983, Volberding founded the first inpatient ward for persons with AIDS in the San Francisco General Hospital. He worked o ...
( San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center) and William Blattner
William A. Blattner is an American virologist and physician known for his pioneering studies on the epidemiology of human retroviruses. He is a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he co-founded the Institut ...
( University of Maryland, Baltimore).
See also
* ''AIDS''
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.jaids.com/pt/re/jaids/home.htm
HIV/AIDS journals
Delayed open access journals
Publications established in 1988
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals
English-language journals
Journals published between 13 and 25 times per year