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Top 10 Virology Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading Virology journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights key details authors often need when choosing where to submit, including publisher, impact factor, open access status, identifiers, and available submission profile information.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor 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
Current Opinion In Virology

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

JIF 5.1
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 1879-6257
eISSN 1879-6265
Profile coming soon
#6
PP
Plos Pathogens

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

JIF 4.9
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 1553-7366
eISSN 1553-7374
Profile coming soon
#7
JO
Journal Of Medical Virology

WILEY

JIF 4.6
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 0146-6615
eISSN 1096-9071
Profile coming soon
#8
JO
Journal Of General Virology

MICROBIOLOGY SOC

JIF 4.3
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 0022-1317
eISSN 1465-2099
Profile coming soon
#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
Antiviral Research

ELSEVIER

JIF 4
Q1

Identifiers

ISSN 0166-3542
eISSN 1872-9096
Profile coming soon
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