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Journal of Virology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by American Society for Microbiology.
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ISSN 0022-538XVerify ISSN ↗1098-5514Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insect Science | 11 / 193 | 94th | Q1 |
| Virology | 23 / 86 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Microbiology | 56 / 194 | 71st | Q2 |
| Immunology | 79 / 243 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1967–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.8.
Journal of Virology is Q1 in Insect Science (rank 11 of 193), Q2 in Virology (rank 23 of 86) and Q2 in Microbiology (rank 56 of 194), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Virology 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 6.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.301, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 338.
Journal of Virology is published by American Society for Microbiology. Its print ISSN is 0022-538X and its online ISSN is 1098-5514.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Virology has an h-index of 423 and a 2-year mean of 4.49 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #8 of 187 Scopus journals in Insect Science.
Journal of Virology published 746 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 986. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (47.3%), China (23%) and Germany (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 71 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 per 1,000 papers). 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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