Current Opinion in Virology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Virology is 29. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board192
Colonization of peripheral ganglia by herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2146
Hepatitis-B virus: replication cycle, targets, and antiviral approaches95
Adenoviral-vectored next-generation respiratory mucosal vaccines against COVID-1991
Inhaled aerosol viral-vectored vaccines against tuberculosis79
Mutational escape from cellular immunity in viral hepatitis: variations on a theme69
Interfering with SARS-CoV-2: are interferons friends or foes in COVID-19?69
Monoclonal antibodies against rabies: current uses in prophylaxis and in therapy66
The enigmatic roles of Anelloviridae and Redondoviridae in humans57
Transmission patterns of hepatitis E virus54
Editorial Board52
Structural basis for neutralization of enterovirus49
Virus–host protein interactions as footprints of human cytomegalovirus replication48
Editorial overview: Viral pathogenesis47
Human placental models for studying viral infections44
Viral–host interactions during splicing and nuclear export of influenza virus mRNAs44
Editorial Board43
Recent progress in development of monoclonal antibodies against human cytomegalovirus41
Time to ‘Mind the Gap’ in novel small molecule drug discovery for direct-acting antivirals for SARS-CoV-240
The two faces of oligoadenylate synthetase-like: effective antiviral protein and negative regulator of innate immunity40
New preventive strategies for respiratory syncytial virus infection in children40
Hepatitis C virus envelope protein dynamics and the link to hypervariable region 138
Paramyxoviruses from bats: changes in receptor specificity and their role in host adaptation37
The journey of herpesvirus capsids and genomes to the host cell nucleus35
Emerging technologies in the study of the virome32
Epigenetic control of the Epstein-Barr lifecycle32
Shopping for phages? Unpacking design rules for therapeutic phage cocktails32
Platelets in the pathogenesis of flavivirus disease30
Mitigation of evolved bacterial resistance to phage therapy29
A review of broadly protective monoclonal antibodies to treat Ebola virus disease29
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