Sexually Transmitted Infections Annual report January–December 2005

We took over as editors three years ago. During that time, work for the journal has become increasingly busy and rewarding. As editors we are pleased to report that over the past year Sexually Transmitted Infections has continued to flourish as a high quality specialty journal.1,2 A major highlight of the last year has been the increase in the journal’s impact factor from 1.732 in 2003 to 2.204 in 2004 (table 1). The impact factor published in 2005 is based on the number of citations in 2004 divided by the number of original papers and reviews published in Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2002 and 2003. Sexually Transmitted Infections is now the highest ranked specialist journal in this field in terms of impact factor, and for the first time is ahead of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. View this table: Table 1  Specialty journal impact factors for 2004 (published in 2005) The …

[1]  Mohebbi Mr.  Female sex workers and fear of stigmatisation , 2005, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

[2]  M Beksinska,et al.  Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy : prevalence , impact on pregnancy outcomes , and approach to treatment in developing countries , 2004 .

[3]  K. Looker,et al.  A systematic review of the epidemiology and interaction of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 , 2005, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

[4]  M. Mohebbi.  Female sex workers and fear of stigmatisation. , 2005, Sexually transmitted infections.

[5]  C. Cohen,et al.  Sexual trauma associated with fisting and recreational drugs , 2004, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

[6]  H. Ward,et al.  Annual report January to December 2003. , 2004, Sexually transmitted infections.

[7]  M. Hobbs,et al.  Trichomoniasis: clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management , 2004, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

[8]  M. Bellis,et al.  Sexual behaviour of young people in international tourist resorts , 2004, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

[9]  J. Wilson.  Managing recurrent bacterial vaginosis , 2004, Sexually Transmitted Infections.

[10]  H. Ward,et al.  Taking up the reins , 2003 .

[11]  A. Copas,et al.  Herpes simplex virus type 1 infection: a sexually transmitted infection of adolescence? , 2002, Sexually transmitted infections.

[12]  S. Lucas,et al.  Extrapulmonary tuberculosis masking disseminated histoplasmosis in AIDS , 2000, Sexually transmitted infections.

[13]  I. Kleinschmidt,et al.  The practice and prevalence of dry sex among men and women in South Africa: a risk factor for sexually transmitted infections? , 1999, Sexually transmitted infections.