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Antiviral Therapy

Sage Publications · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN2040-2058

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.836

H-Indexi

103

SNIPi

0.509

Total Worksi

2,609

Total Citationsi

71,371

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Virology; Pharmacology; Pharmacology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyEight No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,609

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sage Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2040-2058

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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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

438

2019

2020

2021

317

2022

253

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

PharmacologyQ2

Pharmacology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious DiseasesPharmacology & PharmacyVirology

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmacology (medical)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentHIV Research and TreatmentHepatitis C virus researchHIV-related health complications and treatmentsHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHepatitis B Virus StudiesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentHepatitis Viruses Studies and EpidemiologyCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Frequently asked questions about Antiviral Therapy

Is Antiviral Therapy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Antiviral Therapy: 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 Antiviral Therapy?

Antiviral Therapy 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 1.69.

Is Antiviral Therapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Antiviral Therapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Antiviral Therapy?