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Perspectives in Medical Virology
Perspectives in Medical Virology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0168-7069Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Perspectives in Medical Virology indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2005–2007 (also 2001–2003, 1992, 1985–1987)).
What is the impact factor of Perspectives in Medical Virology?
Perspectives in Medical Virology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Perspectives in Medical Virology and what is its ISSN?
Perspectives in Medical Virology is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 0168-7069.
Is Perspectives in Medical Virology in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Perspectives in Medical Virology open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Perspectives in Medical Virology for 10 years, between 1985 and 2007, with 13 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2007, 19 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 364 works and 1,975 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2007, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2007, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Perspectives in Medical Virology? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Perspectives in Medical Virology has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Perspectives in Medical Virology published 16 papers in 2007; its busiest recent year was 2006 with 95. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Perspectives in Medical Virology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2007. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2007
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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