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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

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total74

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

136

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 182d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.402

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.414

Total Worksi

258

Total Citationsi

6,345

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology. Topics: microbiology, virology

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?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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

Citations received

120

2019

2020

2021

133

2022

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

VirologyQ3

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

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Virology

Is Advances in Virology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Virology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 74/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Virology?

Advances in Virology 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 1.68.

Is Advances in Virology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Virology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Virology?