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Viral Immunology

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1987

ISSN1557-8976

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. 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

0.438

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.3

Total Worksi

2,243

Total Citationsi

40,734

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Virology; Molecular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,243

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-8976

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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?

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

1.1k

2019

109

1.2k

2020

486

2021

451

2022

284

2023

146

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.

VirologyQ3

ImmunologyQ4

Molecular MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyVirology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyVirologyMolecular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Immune Cell Function and InteractionHIV Research and TreatmentAnimal Virus Infections StudiesHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchViral Infections and VectorsHepatitis B Virus StudiesRespiratory viral infections researchVirus-based gene therapy research

Frequently asked questions about Viral Immunology

Is Viral Immunology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Viral Immunology: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Viral Immunology?

Viral Immunology 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.41.

Is Viral Immunology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Viral Immunology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Viral Immunology?