New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Virology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Cell Host & Microbe79
2 Viruses-Basel65
3 Journal of Medical Virology48
4 Journal of Virology35
5 Virology Journal31
6 Reviews in Medical Virology29
- Antiviral Research29
8 Annual Review of Virology28
9 Virus Evolution27
10 Virus Research26
11 Journal of General Virology25
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses25
13 Journal of Clinical Virology24
14 AIDS23
15 Virology22
16 Archives of Virology21
17 Current Opinion in Virology20
18 Journal of Viral Hepatitis18
19 Virus Genes15
- Journal of Virological Methods15
21 International Journal of Medical Microbiology14
22 Journal of Neurovirology13
- Food and Environmental Virology13
24 Retrovirology12
- AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses12
26 Future Virology11
- Viral Immunology11
28 Journal of Virus Eradication10
29 Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine9
- Antiviral Therapy9
31 Current HIV Research7
32 Intervirology6
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