Journal of Virology

Journal of Virology
Title	Journal of Virology
Discipline	Virology
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Country	United States
Frequency	Biweekly
History	1967–present
Openaccess	Hybrid
Issn	0022-538X

Journal of Virology is a peer-reviewed medical journal focusing on virology research published by the American Society for Microbiology based in the United States. The journal covers basic, clinical, and translational studies on viruses affecting Humans, Animals, and Plants and intersects with fields represented by institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and research centers like the Scripps Research Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Harvard Medical School.

History

The journal was established in 1967 during expansions in biomedical publishing associated with entities like the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society, and universities including Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge. Early editorial leadership drew on figures connected to laboratories such as Rockefeller University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and research programs supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, and Wellcome Trust. Over decades the journal intersected with major outbreaks and responses involving organizations like Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, and governments represented by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health England, and the Ministry of Health (Japan). Editorial and policy changes paralleled developments in publishing by groups such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press.

Scope and Content

The journal publishes research on viral families and topics including Orthomyxoviridae, Paramyxoviridae, Flaviviridae, Coronaviridae, Retroviridae, Adenoviridae, Herpesviridae, Poxviridae, Picornaviridae, and Rhabdoviridae, engaging researchers from institutions like Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Institut Pasteur, University of California, San Francisco, Johns Hopkins University, University of Oxford, and University of Tokyo. Content types include original research, reviews, brief reports, methods papers, and commentaries relevant to outbreaks such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, Zika virus outbreak, COVID-19 pandemic, and investigations involving technologies from labs like Broad Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Max Planck Society, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Salk Institute.

Editorial Structure and Publication Details

The editorial board is organized with an editor-in-chief drawn historically from institutions like Harvard Medical School, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University School of Medicine, and University of Pennsylvania, supported by associate editors and section editors with affiliations to centers including Institut Pasteur, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Scripps Research Institute, and University of California, San Diego. The publisher, American Society for Microbiology, administers peer review, production, and distribution alongside indexing collaborations with agencies such as National Library of Medicine, Library of Congress, PubMed Central, and partnerships reflecting standards used by Committee on Publication Ethics, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, CrossRef, and ORCID. Publication frequency is biweekly with digital and print editions, and policies on data sharing, preprints, and open access reflect trends from organizations like Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, European Research Council, and national funders including the National Institutes of Health and UK Research and Innovation.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major services and databases such as PubMed, MEDLINE, Science Citation Index, Scopus, EMBASE, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Agricola, Chemical Abstracts Service, Google Scholar, Dimensions, and library catalogs linked to institutions like the Library of Congress, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and national repositories supported by Europeana, Digital Public Library of America, and HathiTrust.

Impact and Reception

Impact metrics have placed the journal among leading specialist titles alongside publications such as Cell Host & Microbe, Nature Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, PNAS, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, PLoS Pathogens, mBio, Nature Communications, and Science Translational Medicine, reflecting citations and attention from investigators at Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Broad Institute, Scripps Research Institute, and funders like the National Institutes of Health and Wellcome Trust. The journal's reception in policy discussions has connected it indirectly to global responses led by World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and national public health agencies.

Notable Articles and Contributions

Notable contributions have included foundational work on HIV molecular biology connected to Institut Pasteur and National Institutes of Health investigators, seminal studies on influenza pathogenesis cited by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, pivotal reports on Ebola virus biology informing responses by World Health Organization and Médecins Sans Frontières, and early characterizations of SARS-CoV-2 relevant to research hubs at University of Oxford, Harvard Medical School, University of Tokyo, and Chinese Academy of Sciences. The journal has published influential methods and resources used by laboratories at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Broad Institute, Max Planck Institute, Institut Pasteur, and clinical centers including Johns Hopkins Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.

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