''Journal of General Virology'' is a not-for-profit

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published by the

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. The journal was established in 1967 and covers research into animal

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es, insect viruses, plants viruses, fungal viruses, prokaryotic viruses, and TSE agents. Antiviral compounds and clinical aspects of virus infection are also covered. Since 2020 the

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is Paul Duprex (Centre for Vaccine Research,

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), who took over from Professor Mark Harris (

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) who had served as Editor-in-Chief since 2015.

Journal

Article types

''Journal of General Virology'' publishes primary research articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Personal Views, and Editorials. Since 2017 the journal has partnered with the

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) authorizes and organizes the taxonomic classification of and the nomenclatures for viruses. The ICTV has developed a universal taxonomic scheme for viruses, and thus has the means to app ...

to publish

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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles which summarise chapters of the ICTV’s 10th Report on Virus Taxonomy. All ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles are published under a

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Attribution license (CC-BY).

Metrics

The

journals are a signatory to DORA (the

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) and use a range of

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(ALMs) as well as a range of journal-level metrics to assess quality and impact. An

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score and Dimensions citation data are available for all articles published by the Microbiology Society journals.

Abstracting and indexing

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, CAB Abstracts,

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Service, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences,

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– Life Sciences, Current Opinion series, EMBASE, MEDLINE/Index Medicus/PubMed, Russian Academy of Science, Science Citation Index, SciSearch, SCOPUS, and on Google Scholar.

Open access policy

''Journal of General Virology'' is a

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title and allows authors to publish subscription articles free-of-charge. Authors can also publish Open Access articles under a

Attribution license (CC-BY) by either paying an

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(APC) or fee-free as part of a Publish and Read model.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv Delayed open access journals Publications established in 1967 English-language journals Monthly journals Virology journals Microbiology Society academic journals