Journal of General Virology

Microbiology Society
Microbiology Society
ISSN: 00221317, 14652099
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
3.6
SJR
0.990
CiteScore
7.7
Categories
Virology
Areas
Immunology and Microbiology
Years of issue
1967-2025
journal names
Journal of General Virology
J GEN VIROL
Publications
17 210
Citations
572 827
h-index
203
Publications
664
Citations
110 580
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Top-3 organizations
University of Glasgow
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University of Oxford
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Top-3 countries
USA (4397 publications)
United Kingdom (4251 publications)
Germany (1735 publications)
USA (197 publications)
United Kingdom (168 publications)
China (125 publications)

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