The ''Annual Review of Virology'' is an annual

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published by Annual Reviews. It was established in 2014 by

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Lynn W. Enquist (

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). The journal covers all aspects of

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History

The ''Annual Review of Virology'' was first published in 2014 by nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews. By this time, Annual Reviews published over forty journal titles covering different disciplines; while more than half of the existing journal titles contained

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s relevant to

, developments in the field were not routinely covered. Published articles on the study of viruses were not easy for readers to locate, as they were decentralized in the other discipline-specific journals. Lynn W. Enquist was the founding editor. Though it was initially published in print, as of 2021 it is only published electronically.

Scope and indexing

It defines its scope as covering significant developments in the study of all viruses, including those of animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa. Review articles cover general virology, the mechanisms of viral disease,

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s, and cellular and immune responses to viral infection. As of 2022, ''

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'' lists the journal's 2021

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as 14.263, ranking it fourth of 37 journal titles in the category "Virology". It is

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, and Embase, among others.

Editorial processes

The ''Annual Review of Virology'' is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors. Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted.

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of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.

Current editorial board

As of 2022, the editorial committee consists of the editor or co-editors and the following members: * Terence S. Dermody * Daniel DiMaio * Craig E. Cameron * Ekaterina Heldwein * Harmit S. Malik * Julie K. Pfeiffer * Félix A. Rey * Susan R. Ross * Geoffrey L. Smith * Paul E. Turner * Anna E. Whitfield

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/virology Virology journals

Virology Virology is the Scientific method, scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host (biology), ...

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