Journal of Virology


The Journal of Virology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research concerning all aspects of virology. It was established in 1967 and is published by the American Society for Microbiology. Research papers are available free online 6 months after print publication.
The current editors-in-chief are Felicia Goodrum and Stacey Schultz-Cherry. Past editors-in-chief include Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin , Lynn W. Enquist, Thomas Shenk, and Arnold J. Levine.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, EMBASE, MEDLINE/Index Medicus/PubMed, and the Science Citation Index Expanded. Its 2023 impact factor was 4.0