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NPJ Viruses is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 2948-1767Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) | 20 / 43 | 54th | Q2 |
| Virology | 61 / 86 | 29th | Q3 |
| Microbiology | 140 / 194 | 28th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2023–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
NPJ Viruses is Q2 in Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (rank 20 of 43), Q3 in Virology (rank 61 of 86) and Q3 in Microbiology (rank 140 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
NPJ Viruses is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.131, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 11.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,790 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.
NPJ Viruses is published by Springer Nature. Its ISSN is 2948-1767.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
NPJ Viruses has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 5.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #5 of 43 Scopus journals in Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous).
NPJ Viruses published 84 papers in 2025. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (30.3%), Germany (15.4%) and Canada (7.6%).
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.
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