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Retrovirology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1742-4690Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious Diseases | 51 / 361 | 86th | Q1 |
| Virology | 17 / 86 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.9.
Retrovirology is Q1 in Infectious Diseases (rank 51 of 361) and Q1 in Virology (rank 17 of 86), by CiteScore 2025.
Retrovirology 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 7.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.355, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 104.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,890 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.
Retrovirology is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1742-4690.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Retrovirology has an h-index of 119 and a 2-year mean of 4.81 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #36 of 354 Scopus journals in Infectious Diseases.
Retrovirology published 15 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 81. 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 (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (37.9%), China (8.9%) and United Kingdom (8.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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