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Sexually Transmitted Infections

(STI) is the world's longest running international journal on sexual health

Impact Factor: 3.6
Citescore: 5.7
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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) keeps clinicians and researchers up to date on the transmission, prevention, diagnosis, natural history and treatment of STIs and HIV. This includes existing and emerging infections where sexual transmission plays a role, as well as related aspects of sexual health.

The journal publishes original research, reviews, editorials and correspondence on the clinical, translational, laboratory, public health and sociological aspects of infections from around the world. STI also publishes a blog and podcasts to promote wider communication and dissemination of new developments in the field.

STI is an official journal of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).

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Listen to the STI Podcast and subscribe via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music.

Editor-in-Chief: Anna Maria Geretti, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and King's College London, UK
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Sexually Transmitted Infections considers submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, educational articles and systematic reviews.

The Author Information section provides general guidelines and requirements for specific article types.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

All manuscripts should be submitted online.

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Topic Collection

Advances and challenges of STI point-of-care testing

Sexually Transmitted Infections is inviting submissions to be part of a themed issue on the use of point of care testing in the diagnosis of STIs.

Submission deadline: 31st August 2025

Find out more and how to submit

Most Read Articles

Original research:

Acceptability of digital vending machines to access STI and HIV tests in two UK cities

19 February 2024

PostScript:

Treatment failure in scabies: a single-centre 5-year retrospective review

19 February 2024

Original research:

Modelling the impact of vaccination and sexual behaviour adaptations on mpox cases in the USA during the 2022 outbreak

19 February 2024

Education:

How to effectively manage chronic pelvic pain syndrome in cis-gender men presenting to sexual health services using a holistic biopsychosocial approach

19 February 2024

Original research:

Impact of national commissioning of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on equity of access in England: a PrEP-to-need ratio investigation

18 April 2024

Latest Articles

Systematic review:

Application of the COM-B model to facilitators and barriers to HIV and STI testing among people from Black African and Black Caribbean communities in the UK: a scoping review

31 December 2024

Letter:

Emerging risk of sexual transmission of Oropouche virus

12 December 2024

Original research:

Estimated global and regional incidence and prevalence of herpes simplex virus infections and genital ulcer disease in 2020: mathematical modelling analyses

10 December 2024

Original research:

Preferences for sexual health services among middle-aged and older adults in the UK: a discrete choice experiment

10 December 2024

Original research:

Preferences for online or in-person STI testing vary by where a person lives and their cultural background: a survey of young Australians

6 December 2024

Altmetrics

Estimated global and regional incidence and prevalence of herpes simplex virus infections and genital ulcer disease in 2020: mathematical modelling analyses.
10 December 2024

Effect of police enforcement and extreme social inequalities on violence and mental health among women who sell sex: findings from a cohort study in London, UK
26 October 2021

Navigating new sexual partnerships in midlife: a socioecological perspective on factors shaping STI risk perceptions and practices
10 February 2020

Increasing rate of non-Candida albicans yeasts and fluconazole resistance in yeast isolates from women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis in Leeds, United Kingdom
8 October 2024

Qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to community pharmacy PrEP delivery for UK pharmacists and underserved community members using the COM-B model of behaviour change.
14 November 2024

Differences in HIV risk factors between South African adolescents and adult women and their association with sexually transmitted infections.
4 December 2024