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Retrovirology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1742-4690eISSN1742-4690

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.355

H-Indexi

117

SNIPi

0.88

Total Worksi

4,742

Total Citationsi

74,314

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Retrovirology publishes research on retroviruses, including human retroviruses, animal retroviruses, HIV, and HTLV. The journal covers host-pathogen interactions, replication mechanisms, immune defenses, animal models, and clinical science related to retroviruses and retrovirus-related diseases. Topics also include virology, antibody, immunology, virus, bioinformatics, cell culture, reverse transcriptase, and gene.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,742

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2003

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1742-4690 / 1742-4690

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

1.3k

2019

827

2020

706

2021

444

2022

178

2023

218

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 DiseasesQ1

VirologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Virology

Scopus Categories

VirologyInfectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV Research and TreatmentHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentT-cell and Retrovirus StudiesImmune Cell Function and InteractionHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyVector-Borne Animal DiseasesImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesHIV-related health complications and treatmentsVirus-based gene therapy research

Frequently asked questions about Retrovirology

Is Retrovirology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Retrovirology: 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 Retrovirology?

Retrovirology 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 4.67.

Is Retrovirology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Retrovirology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.