Journal profile

Sexually transmitted diseases

Publisher: J B Lippincott
ISSN0148-5717 | 1537-4521 | 0148-5717 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.10
Citation rate 1.73 601 total citations
h5-index 34 h5 depth signal
Cited share 57.7% 210 of 364
Total citations 601 Citation footprint
Metric signal 1.66 External metric anchor
Self-citation 9.2% 55 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 1,487
Canada 112
United Kingdom 74
Australia 74
China 67

Citing Fields of Research

Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1,571
HIV 591
Antibiotic & Antibacterial Agents 130
Oncology 123
Psychiatry & Psychology 58

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 6,547 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 364 210 cited publications
Last 12 months 169 14.1 publications/month
Open access share 21.3% 36 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 1,487 citing publications
Leading citing field Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1,571 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 19 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v4n1,Jan./Mar. 1977-
PubMed
v4n1,Jan./Mar. 1977-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
American Venereal Disease Association

Broad Categories

Sexually Transmitted Diseases HIV

MeSH Descriptors

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Andrea Blair, Ashley Comiford, Molly Feder et al.
Background: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals are disproportionately burdened by syphilis compared with other racial and ethnic groups. Early syphilis treatment is important to reduce transmission and prevent negative hea...
04
Nir Meller, Noam Rothman, Micha Baum
Purpose: To compare the prevalence of oral high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection between women reporting any lifetime sexual contact with a female partner (WSW) and women reporting exclusively male partners (WSM) in a nationa...
05
Martin Cevallos-Cueva, Sümeyye Aktaş, Luiza Fenalte Streher et al.
Despite the current recommendations of the CDC and IUSTI, controversy persists regarding the adequate dose and duration of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) for early syphilis in people living with HIV (PLWH). PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane we...
06
Halley E.M. Riley, Kevin P. O'CAllaghan, Sarah B. Wondmeneh et al.
In the United States, 1% of mothers with pregnancies affected by congenital syphilis had HIV and 16% of these mothers had unknown HIV status. Those affected by HIV were more likely to be Black and reside in the South; they also had large...
07
Silvana Paiva da Costa, Carolina Talhari, Susan Smith Doria et al.
Among 117 men with symptomatic urethritis in the Brazilian Amazon, Neisseria gonorrhoeae was most frequent (53.0 to 56.4%, across the two molecular workflows), followed by Chlamydia trachomatis (14.5 to 15.4%), Mycoplasma genitalium (6.8...
08
Dorothy C. Nyemba, Danielle Travill, Lucky Molefe et al.
Sexually transmitted infections are endemic in South Africa, partly because of the limitations of syndromic management as the standard approach. In recruitment initiative for a novel gonorrhea antibiotic trial, 8189 adults aged ≥18 years...
09
Alexandra M. Minnis, Erica N. Browne, Mary-Kate Shapley-Quinn et al.
Background: We examined STI testing behaviors in a community-based study that removed access and cost barriers by offering in-person and mail-in testing. Methods: A Crecer is a prospective cohort study of adolescents and young adults in ...
10
Betul İlHan, Gaye Bölükbaşi, Ayça Dilşad Çağlayan et al.
Oral syphilis may present as a non-scrapable white lesion that clinically mimics oral leukoplakia. This combined case report and systematic review aimed to characterize syphilis-associated oral lesions with a white component and to evalu...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Journal of the American Venereal Disease Association.

Also issued online.

Continues Journal of the American Venereal Disease Association.

Vol. 22, no. 2 (MAR-APR 1995)19950516 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper