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Advances in Virus Research

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1953

ISSN1557-8399

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.616

H-Indexi

143

Total Worksi

1,573

Total Citationsi

79,736

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Medicine (miscellaneous); Virology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1953

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,573

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-8399

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

1.5k

2019

818

2020

247

2021

158

2022

121

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 DiseasesQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

VirologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

VirologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Virus Research StudiesBacteriophages and microbial interactionsViral Infections and VectorsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyAnimal Virus Infections StudiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlPlant and Fungal Interactions ResearchVirus-based gene therapy researchHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsInsect-Plant Interactions and Control

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Virus Research

Is Advances in Virus Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Virus Research: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Advances in Virus Research?

Advances in Virus Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.616.

Is Advances in Virus Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Virus Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Virus Research?