Scopus subject area
Best Virology journals
86 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Virology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 22 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.
| # | Journal | CiteScore | Percentile | Quartile | WoS | ABDC | OA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cell Host and Microbe | 34.9 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 2 | Trends in Microbiology | 25.9 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 3 | The Lancet Microbe | 24.8 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 4 | The Lancet HIV | 18.9 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 5 | Reviews in Medical Virology | 17.4 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 6 | Current Opinion in Virology | 14.1 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 7 | Emerging Microbes and Infections | 14.1 | 92nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 8 | Annual Review of Virology | 13.9 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 9 | Eurosurveillance | 13.6 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 10 | Tumour Virus Research | 10.5 | 88th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 11 | Journal of Medical Virology | 9.9 | 87th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 12 | Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy | 9.1 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 13 | mBio | 8.4 | 85th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 14 | Microorganisms | 8.2 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 15 | PLOS Pathogens | 8.2 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 16 | Current HIV/AIDS Reports | 8 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 17 | Retrovirology | 7.9 | 80th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 18 | Antiviral Research | 7.8 | 79th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 19 | Viruses | 7.6 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 20 | Virologica Sinica | 7.3 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 21 | Virus Evolution | 7.2 | 76th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 22 | Journal of Clinical Virology | 6.9 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 23 | Journal of Virology | 6.8 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 24 | Journal of General Virology | 6.8 | 72nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 25 | FEMS Microbes | 6.6 | 71st | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 26 | Gut Pathogens | 6.4 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 27 | Virus Research | 6.2 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 28 | Virology Journal | 6.1 | 68th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 29 | Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS | 5.8 | 66th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 30 | Advances in Virus Research | 5.6 | 65th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 31 | Microbial Cell | 5.4 | 64th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 32 | Epidemics | 5.2 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 33 | Food and Environmental Virology | 5.2 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 34 | Archives of Virology | 4.8 | 61st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 35 | Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases | 4.7 | 59th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 36 | Microbiology and Immunology | 4.5 | 58th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 37 | Intervirology | 4.3 | 57th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 38 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases | 4.3 | 56th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 39 | Journal of Viral Hepatitis | 4.3 | 55th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 40 | Journal of Virological Methods | 4.2 | 54th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 41 | Virology | 4.2 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 42 | Topics in Antiviral Medicine | 4.1 | 51st | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 43 | Frontiers in Virology | 4.1 | 50th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 44 | Virus Genes | 3.9 | 49th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 45 | Journal of NeuroVirology | 3.9 | 48th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 46 | AIDS Research and Therapy | 3.8 | 47th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 47 | Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases | 3.7 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 48 | HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care | 3.6 | 44th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 49 | Journal of Virus Eradication | 3.6 | 43rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 50 | Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research | 3.5 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 51 | PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research | 3.4 | 41st | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 52 | Animal Diseases | 3.4 | 40th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 53 | VirusDisease | 3.3 | 38th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 54 | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 3 | 37th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 55 | Viral Immunology | 3 | 36th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 56 | Advances in Virology | 2.9 | 35th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 57 | Cellular Microbiology | 2.9 | 34th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 58 | AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses | 2.9 | 33rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 59 | Future Virology | 2.9 | 31st | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 60 | Journal of Clinical Virology Plus | 2.8 | 30th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 61 | NPJ Viruses | 2.8 | 29th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 62 | Journal of Infection in Developing Countries | 2.4 | 28th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 63 | African Journal of AIDS Research | 2.2 | 27th | Q3 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 64 | Acta Virologica | 2.2 | 26th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 65 | Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii | 1.6 | 25th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 66 | Open AIDS Journal | 1.6 | 23rd | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 67 | Voprosy Virusologii | 1.6 | 22nd | Q4 | – | – | Yes |
| 68 | Current HIV Research | 1.5 | 21st | Q4 | SCIE | – | No |
| 69 | Infectious Diseases and Immunity | 1.4 | 20th | Q4 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 70 | Novel Research in Microbiology Journal | 1.4 | 19th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 71 | Infektsionnye Bolezni | 1.3 | 18th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 72 | Acta Microbiologica Sinica | 1.3 | 16th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 73 | Virologie | 1.2 | 15th | Q4 | SCIE | – | No |
| 74 | Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal | 1.1 | 14th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 75 | Journal of Bacteriology and Virology | 1 | 13th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 76 | Infection, Epidemiology and Microbiology | 0.7 | 12th | Q4 | – | – | Yes |
| 77 | Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virology | 0.5 | 11th | Q4 | SCIE | – | No |
| 78 | Coronaviruses | 0.5 | 9th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 79 | Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine | 0.5 | 8th | Q4 | – | – | Yes |
| 80 | Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology | 0.5 | 7th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 81 | Viral Hepatitis Journal | 0.4 | 6th | Q4 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 82 | Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases | 0.3 | 5th | Q4 | – | – | Yes |
| 83 | Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology | 0.3 | 4th | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 84 | Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases | 0.2 | 2nd | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 85 | Journal of Medical Pest Control | 0.2 | 1st | Q4 | – | – | No |
| 86 | Clinical Infectology and Parasitology | 0 | 0th | Q4 | – | – | No |
Rank and percentile are within the Virology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.