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Intervirology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by S. Karger AG.
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ISSN 0300-5526Verify ISSN ↗1423-0100Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: S. Karger AG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 147 / 361 | 59th | Q2 |
| Virology | 37 / 86 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1973–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.3.
Intervirology is Q2 in Infectious Diseases (rank 147 of 361) and Q2 in Virology (rank 37 of 86), by CiteScore 2025.
Intervirology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.538, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 70.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,250 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Intervirology is published by S. Karger AG. Its print ISSN is 0300-5526 and its online ISSN is 1423-0100.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Intervirology has an h-index of 97 and a 2-year mean of 1.67 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #188 of 354 Scopus journals in Infectious Diseases.
Intervirology published 7 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 44. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 79 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from China (30.2%), Iran (17.1%) and United States (7.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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