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Q1 Virology Journals

Browse Q1 Virology journals and compare the highest impact Virology journals in our database. Each listing includes key details authors often use when choosing where to submit.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor and quartile data currently available in our journal database.

#1
CH
JIF 18.7
Q1
Hybrid

Cell Host & Microbe was launched in March 2007 and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas between scientists studying microbes and those studying host immune, cell biological, and molecular responses upon colonization or infection. The journal publishes no...

Identifiers

ISSN 1931-3128
eISSN 1934-6069

Publication Cost

No fee under the default subscription model; open access APC charges are referenced on the Cell Press open access page.

Publishing Timeline

3 days submission to first decision; 77 days submission to acceptance
#2
AR
JIF 8.3
Q1
Closed

Annual Review of Virology publishes review articles on advances in the understanding of viruses of animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa, including basic virology, viral disease mechanisms, virus-host interactions, and cellular and immune res...

Identifiers

ISSN 2327-056X
eISSN 2327-0578

Publication Cost

Subscription pricing varies for personal and institutional subscribers; pay-per-view article access is available for 7 days.
#3
TV
JIF 8.1
Q1
Open

Tumour Virus Research is an open access journal affiliated with the World Society for Virology that publishes primary research and review articles on virally driven neoplasia, including molecular and cancer virology, tumour models, diagnostics, vaccines, thera...

Identifiers

ISSN 2666-6790
eISSN 2666-6790

Publication Cost

USD 3480 APC excluding taxes for all articles.

Publishing Timeline

2 days submission to first decision; 37 days submission to decision after review; 65 days submission to acceptance; 2 days acceptance to online publication
#4
RI
JIF 6.6
Q1
Hybrid

Reviews in Medical Virology publishes comprehensive reviews aimed at clinicians, medical microbiologists, and infectious disease specialists, focusing exclusively on medical and clinical aspects of virology. The journal prioritizes articles that synthesize adv...

Identifiers

ISSN 1052-9276
eISSN 1099-1654

Publication Cost

Open access article publication charge (APC) applies and may be covered by an institution or funder.

Publishing Timeline

Median submission to first decision: 39 days; median submission to acceptance: 84 days; median acceptance to publication: 12 days.
#5
CO
JIF 5.1
Q1
Hybrid

Current Opinion in Virology is a systematic review journal that publishes six issues per year and aims to keep specialists up to date with developments in virology through invited review articles and editorial overviews across 11 sections, with one changing an...

Identifiers

ISSN 1879-6257
eISSN 1879-6265

Publication Cost

USD 4240 APC for open access articles; no open access publication fee for subscription publication.

Publishing Timeline

16 days submission to first decision; 49 days submission to decision after review; 79 days submission to acceptance; 21 days acceptance to online publication
#6
PP

Public Library of Science

JIF 4.9
Q1
Open

PLOS Pathogens is an online-only journal focused on pathogen research and host-pathogen interactions. The journal publishes content including research articles, reviews, and Pearls, and is identified by ISSN 1553-7374 (online).

Identifiers

ISSN 1553-7366
eISSN 1553-7374

Publication Cost

PLOS Pathogens charges $3,165 for Research Articles and $3,165 for Short Reports. Authors at eligible Research4Life Group B institutions without external funding pay $940 for journals other than PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation; eligible Group A authors publish free.

Publishing Timeline

Time to first decision and time to publication are reported as median average calculations from PLOS data.
#7
JO
JIF 4.6
Q1
Hybrid

Journal of Medical Virology is a clinical virology journal publishing original scientific papers on fundamental and applied research concerning viruses affecting humans. It welcomes reports on the characterization, diagnosis, epidemiology, immunology and patho...

Identifiers

ISSN 0146-6615
eISSN 1096-9071

Publication Cost

$4,970 USD / £3,320 GBP / €4,080 EUR APC if accepted and published open access

Publishing Timeline

Median submission to first decision: 10 days; median submission to acceptance: 122 days; median acceptance to publication: 13 days.
#8
JO

Microbiology Society

JIF 4.3
Q1
Open

Journal of General Virology is a peer-reviewed virology journal that has been publishing research for more than 50 years. Its scope covers all aspects of animal, plant, insect, bacterial and fungal viruses, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, molecular...

Identifiers

ISSN 0022-1317
eISSN 1465-2099

Publication Cost

Open access is fee-free for corresponding authors covered by Subscribe to Open or a Publish and Read agreement; other authors may publish open access by paying an article processing charge, with partial waivers available in some cases.
#9
IA

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses is a virology open access journal specializing exclusively in influenza and other respiratory viruses, with a direct focus on prevention, detection, treatment and control. The journal has a broad readership of laboratory...

Identifiers

ISSN 1750-2640
eISSN 1750-2659

Publication Cost

Accepted papers pay an Article Publication Charge; Editorials and Letters to the Editor are published free of charge.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision: 14 days (median)
#10
AR
JIF 4
Q1
Hybrid

Antiviral Research publishes manuscripts on the prevention and treatment of viral diseases in humans and vertebrate animals, including antiviral drugs, antibodies, host-response modifiers, new drug targets, animal models, drug resistance, pathogenesis, safety...

Identifiers

ISSN 0166-3542
eISSN 1872-9096

Publication Cost

USD 3950 APC for open access articles; no open access publication fee for subscription publication.

Publishing Timeline

4 days submission to first decision; 33 days submission to decision after review; 81 days submission to acceptance; 2 days acceptance to online publication
#11
VS
JIF 4
Q1
Open

Virologica Sinica is an international peer-reviewed journal and the official journal of the Chinese Society for Microbiology. It publishes original research articles, reviews, and letters to the editor across all branches of virology, including animal, plant,...

Identifiers

ISSN 1674-0769
eISSN 1995-820X

Publication Cost

Article publishing charge: CNY 9000 or USD 1500, plus VAT, for submissions since 1 January 2022.

Publishing Timeline

5 days acceptance to online publication
#12
VE

University of Oxford

JIF 4
Q1
Hybrid

Virus Evolution is a fully open access journal in virology and evolutionary biology published by Oxford University Press. The journal homepage highlights research articles, review articles, rapid communications, resources, reflections, supplements, journal met...

Identifiers

eISSN 2057-1577

Publication Cost

Article Processing Charges usually apply for fully open access publication and for optional gold open access in hybrid journals; 11 journals are diamond OA and free for authors.

Publishing Timeline

2025 median days from submission to first decision: 35.5 days; 2025 median days from submission to final decision: 58 days.
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