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Archives of Virology

Springer · Austria

ISSN0304-8608eISSN1432-8798

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.671

H-Index

169

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.818

Total Works

15,040

Total Citations

349,362

2yr Mean Citedness

1.59

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Archives of Virology is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original contributions reporting research on viruses, virus-like agents, and virus infections of humans, animals, plants, insects, and bacteria. Invites original articles, brief reports, reviews, commentaries, annotated sequence records Covers an extensive range of topics, including newly discovered and emerging viruses, virus structure, evolution, and interactions with hosts Includes applied research such as development of novel diagnostic technologies, monoclonal antibody panels, vaccines, and antiviral drugs

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionAustria

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 276 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications15,040

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0304-8608 / 1432-8798

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

VirologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Virology

Scopus Categories

VirologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Virus Research StudiesAnimal Virus Infections StudiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyVirus-based gene therapy researchViral Infections and Immunology Research