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Advances in Virology

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN1687-8639eISSN1687-8647

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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total47

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

0.291

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.414

Total Works

258

Total Citations

6,345

2yr Mean Citedness

1.68

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology. Topics: microbiology, virology

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications258

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~22 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1687-8639 / 1687-8647

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ3

VirologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Virology

Scopus Categories

VirologyInfectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyRespiratory viral infections researchVirus-based gene therapy researchSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchHIV Research and TreatmentViral Infections and VectorsAnimal Virus Infections StudiesHepatitis B Virus StudiesHepatitis C virus researchViral Infections and Immunology Research