Virus Research
# Virus Research

Virus Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which focuses on fundamental research in all aspects of virology. The journal was established in 1984 by Brian Mahy and Richard Compans.

## Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

* BIOSIS Citation Index
* Chemical Abstracts
* Current Contents - Life Sciences
* Embase
* PubMed/MEDLINE
* PASCAL/FRANCIS
* Reference Update
* Elsevier BIOBASE
* Scopus

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.736. In 2021, the impact factor was updated to 6.286.

