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The interplay between the host and HSV-1 infection
Edited by Chunfu Zheng
Coronaviruses: emerging and re-emerging pathogens in humans and animals
Edited by Susanna Lau
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Aims and scope
Virology Journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of virology, including research on the viruses of animals, plants and microbes. The journal welcomes basic research as well as pre-clinical and clinical studies of novel diagnostic tools, vaccines and anti-viral therapies.
Journal Sections
Emerging viruses: Tom Geisbert, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Hepatitis viruses: Alan McLachlan, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Herpes viruses: Blossom Damania, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Influenza viruses: Hualan Chen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Negative-strand RNA viruses: Bert Rima, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Other viruses: Erna Geessien Kroon, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Plant viruses: Chikara Masuta, Hokkaido University, Japan
Positive-strand RNA viruses: Alexander A Khromykh, University of Queensland, Australia
Retroviruses: Li Wu, Ohio State University, USA
Veterinary DNA viruses: Klaus Osterrieder, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Veterinary RNA viruses: Siba Samal, University of Maryland, USA
Viruses of microbes: Joana Azeredo, University of Minho, Portugal
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2016 Journal Metrics
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Speed
28 days from submission to first decision
10 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
2.139 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.157 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.894 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.097 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
983,169 Downloads
878.5 Usage FactorSocial Media Impact
289 Mentions