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Virulence

Landes Bioscience · United States · Est. 1842

ISSN2150-5594eISSN2150-5608

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.632

H-Indexi

123

SNIPi

1.77

Total Worksi

2,388

Total Citationsi

84,123

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Microbiology (medical); Parasitology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1842

FrequencySix No A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,388

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2009

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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

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Landes Bioscience

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2150-5594 / 2150-5608

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

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

2019

147

4.7k

2020

187

8.1k

2021

136

3.4k

2022

111

2023

171

2.2k

2024

341

1.4k

2025

212

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.

ImmunologyQ1

Infectious DiseasesQ1

MicrobiologyQ1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

ParasitologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)MicrobiologyParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaFungal Infections and StudiesVibrio bacteria research studiesBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusEscherichia coli research studiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyViral Infections and Vectors

Frequently asked questions about Virulence

Is Virulence a predatory journal?

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

Virulence 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 4.15.

Is Virulence indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Virulence?