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Acta Virologica

Frontiers Media SA · Slovakia · Est. 2016

ISSN1336-2305

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3 · Scopus CiteScore 8.3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.261

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

8.3

SNIPi

0.29

Total Worksi

1,046

Total Citationsi

8,169

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Acta Virologica is the official journal of the Biomedical Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences that focuses mostly on molecular and cellular virology, and it is led by Dr. Katarina Polcicova. It provides means for open access publication of original papers dealing with fundamental research on human, animal, and plant viruses. As a matter of tradition also rickettsiae are included.

General Information

Country / RegionSlovakia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyQuarterly, 2002-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,046

Publisher OrgAEPress

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1336-2305

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

473

2019

698

2020

218

2021

174

2022

115

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

VirologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Virology

Scopus Categories

VirologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Virus Research StudiesAnimal Virus Infections StudiesVirus-based gene therapy researchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyInfluenza Virus Research StudiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlViral Infections and Immunology ResearchHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsViral Infections and VectorsAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Acta Virologica

Is Acta Virologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Virologica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Virologica?

Acta Virologica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 8.3.

Is Acta Virologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Virologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.