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Journal of Virus Eradication is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2055-6640Verify ISSN ↗2055-6659Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 291 / 725 | 59th | Q2 |
| Epidemiology | 78 / 173 | 55th | Q2 |
| Infectious Diseases | 176 / 361 | 51st | Q2 |
| Virology | 49 / 86 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Immunology | 158 / 243 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Journal of Virus Eradication is Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 291 of 725), Q2 in Epidemiology (rank 78 of 173) and Q2 in Infectious Diseases (rank 176 of 361), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Virus Eradication 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.621, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,950 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.
Journal of Virus Eradication is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2055-6640 and its online ISSN is 2055-6659.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Virus Eradication has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 0.64 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #520 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
Journal of Virus Eradication published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 373. 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 49 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (34.8%), United States (8.8%) and Bangladesh (6.8%).
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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