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Journal of Virus Eradication

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1983

ISSN2055-6659

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.621

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.539

Total Worksi

1,864

Total Citationsi

7,616

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Virology; Epidemiology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Annual Volume~ 89 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,864

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~39 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

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

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2055-6659

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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

259

780

2019

1.1k

2020

302

2021

238

289

2022

245

2023

188

104

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.

EpidemiologyQ2

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

VirologyQ2

ImmunologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesVirology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyVirologyInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV Research and TreatmentHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentHepatitis C virus researchHIV-related health complications and treatmentsImmune Cell Function and InteractionHepatitis B Virus StudiesCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskVirus-based gene therapy research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Virus Eradication

Is Journal of Virus Eradication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Virus Eradication: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Virus Eradication?

Journal of Virus Eradication 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 0.47.

Is Journal of Virus Eradication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Virus Eradication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Virus Eradication?