Journal of General Virology
Aims and scope
ICTV Profiles
Indexing and metrics
Information for authors
Highlights from our print archive
Contact us
Aims and scope
Journal of General Virology welcomes high-quality research and review articles that significantly advance the field of virology. We welcome submissions spanning human, animal, and plant virology, as well as the viruses of microorganisms, including bacteriophages.
The journal covers a broad range of topics, including virus replication, pathogenesis, virus-host interactions, host immune responses, viral epidemiology, and the use of viruses as agents of control. We particularly encourage submissions focused on antiviral agents and vaccines.
Studies on clinical aspects of virus infections, viral taxonomy and phylogenetics are welcomed, provided that they offer new insights into virus biology. Computational modelling submissions will be considered if accompanied by supporting laboratory or clinically based research validation.
ICTV Profiles
Journal of General Virology collaborates with the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) on the ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles, to support the global virology community. These concise, review-type articles are a valuable resource and provide overviews of the classification, structure and properties of individual virus orders, families and genera. All Profiles are Open Access, and are written by the ICTV study groups and invited by the ICTV Profiles Managing Editor.
The Profiles published so far can be found on our ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles collection page.
Indexing and metrics
Journal of General Virology is indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Contents – Life Sciences, Current Opinion series, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index, SciSearch, and SCOPUS, as well as on Google Scholar, ensuring maximum discoverability of your research.
Visit our Impact and metrics page to learn more about the metrics for Journal of General Virology.
Information for authors
Preparing a submission? Check out our new submission checklist for a guide of what you will need
For more information about submitting to Journal of General Virology, please see our Article types, Prepare an article and Submission and peer review pages.
Highlights from our print archive
To celebrate the Microbiology Society’s 80th anniversary, we delved into our print archives to explore some of the significant findings captured in our portfolio before we began digital publishing in the year 2000. Explore archive highlights from Jounral of General Virology in our brochure.
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