About Sexually Transmitted Infections

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) and the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (AChSHM) and is endorsed by MEDFASH.

Ownership

Sexually Transmitted Infections is owned by BMJ.

Journal statistics

Acceptance rate	26% for original articles
Average time from submission to first decision	44 days for original articles
Time from acceptance to online publication	13 days
Frequency	8 issues per year
Impact factor	3.401
Indexed by	Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase)
Launch date	1925
ISSN Print	1368-4973
ISSN Online	1472-3263

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. BMJ 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.