
Academic Journal
Q1Journal of Virology
About Journal of Virology
Journal of Virology is a scholarly journal published by American Society for Microbiology. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 1.301 and an H-index of 338.
Its listed coverage is 1967-2026 and its research categories include Insect Science (Q1); Microbiology (Q1); Virology (Q1); Immunology (Q2). The 2025 dataset reports 768 documents and 7169 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Virus-based gene therapy research, HIV Research and Treatment, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Animal Virus Infections Studies, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.
Recent Research Articles
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Mutations in the macrodomain 1 of nsp3 attenuate PEDV virulence in vivo without impairing in vitro replication
Mingde Liu, Men Thi Hoai Duong, Thamonpan Laocharoensuk, Bikash Aryal et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01251-26MADCAP: isolation of novel nAb-naïve AAV capsids from metagenomic data
Eugenia Lyashenko, Tess Torregrosa, Alexandra B. Ysasi, Jason Wu et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00630-26Low-pH-induced conformational changes in the spike protein promote porcine deltacoronavirus infection by enhancing viral binding efficiency to the porcine aminopeptidase receptor
Ruiming Yu, Liping Zhang, Peng Zhou, Zhongwang Zhang et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01168-26Protein kinase D1 regulates innate immune signaling pathways to promote hepatitis C virus replication
Jiyoung Lee, Yu-Chen Chuang, Johanna Ahn Lee, J.-H. James Ou et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00693-26BTX-A51 treatment modulates host innate immune responses via NF-κB and β-catenin signaling during Rift Valley fever virus infection in vitro
Rafaela Flor, Timothy Stocker, Kaylee Petraccione, Maryna Akhrymuk et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01042-26Megamimivirus double-stranded DNA linear genomes flanked by highly diverse terminal inverted repeats
Yucheng Xia, Lanlan Cai, Boyu Ding, Baiyu Su et al.
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00825-26Antagonism of stress granules is key to SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis
R. Elias Alvarado, Jennifer Chen, Kumari G. Lokugamage, Yiyang Zhou et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00992-26The α-helix-facilitating amino acid sequence EAAAK dramatically increases the antiviral activity of SARS-CoV-2 fusion-inhibitory peptides via the endosome fusion pathway
Zhixin Yao, Yuanmei Zhu, Nian Liu, Yue Hu et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01067-26African swine fever virus pMGF110-9L plays a critical role in the integrated stress response and viral pathogenesis
Shuai Fan, Han Zhong, Dan Li, Jing Zhang et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01080-26Broadly reactive antibodies against influenza B virus hemagglutinin neutralize and protect through distinct structural mechanisms
Disha Bhavsar, Alesandro Civljak, Bruno Bonnettaz, Guha Asthagiri Arunkumar et al.
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00802-26Reverse genetics and comparative pathogenesis of Lone Star virus
Dorcus C. A. Omoga, Curtis Witt, Henry Giesel, James M. Bowen et al.
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01009-26Divergent coronaviruses discovered in the virome of lamprey with reddening syndrome
Jessica A. Darnley, Stephanie J. Waller, Rebecca K. French, Riki Parata et al.
2026-09-02 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00645-26PEDV envelope protein promotes viral replication by remodeling host iron homeostasis via the TRIM28-KLF15-FPN axis
Leyu Hu, Ru Tian, Lexi Gao, Ning Xu et al.
2026-09-02 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01239-26Comparative evaluation of screening approaches for antiviral monoclonal antibody combinations
Maria K. McClave, Samantha K. Marzi, Ekaterina E. Heldwein
2026-09-02 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00879-26Conserved gammaherpesvirus protein kinase counters myeloid cell-specific type I IFN receptor but not IRF-3 expression to promote the establishment of chronic latent infection in the spleen
Erika R. Johansen, Matthew A. Brown, Xander G. Bradeen, Cade R. Rahlf et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01110-26Natural immune escape mutations in the envelope proteins of hepatitis B virus (HBV) regulate the assembly and infectivity of human hepatitis delta virus (HDV)
Oleksandra Chazova, Igor Zaiets, Severin O. Gudima
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01063-26Cryo-EM structure of bacteriophage Nocturne116: insights into the architecture of c2-like Lactococcus viruses
Jānis Rūmnieks, Andris Dišlers, Kaspars Tārs
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00795-26The human cytomegalovirus vGPCR UL33 is essential for efficient lytic replication in epithelial cells
MacKenzie R. Freeman, Abigail L. Dooley, Ian J. Groves, Jay Wright et al.
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00664-26H2-O deficiency in B cells or dendritic cells drives retrovirus-neutralizing antibody responses
Julie Dobkin, Ryan Fink, Helen Beilinson Lietuvninkas, Tatyana V. Golovkina et al.
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00853-26A neuraminidase-targeting nanobody as a therapeutic candidate against influenza A and B viruses
Donglan Liu, Yuxuan Zhang, Min Zhang, Raoqing Guo et al.
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00874-26Reviews
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