Virus Research Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of Virus Research and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

Virus Research: Aim & Scope

Virus Research is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Virology.
The ISSN of this journal is 18727492.

Impact factor of Virus Research

Journal Title	Virus Research
Impact Factor	2.5
SJR	1.034
ISSN	18727492
Quartile	Q2

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	2.484
2019	2.736
2020	2.934
2021	3.303
2022
2023	5
2025	2.5

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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