Journal metric profile

Annual Review of Virology Impact Factor 2025

Annual Review of Virology has a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.3 and is listed in Q1 with a JCR category rank of Feb-42.

JCR-based Impact Factor 8.3 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 11.9 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank Feb-42 Recorded category rank

Annual Review of Virology impact factor and ranking

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Annual Review of Virology metric snapshot

Annual Review of Virology has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is ANNUAL REVIEWS. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 8.3. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 11.9, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q1 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The JCR category rank stored in this record is “Feb-42”. Readers should verify non-standard imported rank formats against the official JCR record. Its listed quartile is Q1. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (11.9) is 3.6 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (8.3). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 8.2, a difference of 0.1 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 1.71. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for Annual Review of Virology lists total cites: 2,926; total articles: 9; citable items: 20. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 5.7 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 7.7 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

Annual Review of Virology is identified in this directory by print ISSN 2327-056X and electronic ISSN 2327-0578. The publisher is recorded as ANNUAL REVIEWS. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameAnnual Review of Virology
Abbreviated journalANNU REV VIROL
PublisherANNUAL REVIEWS
Metric year2025
Overall rank794
ISSN2327-056X
eISSN2327-0578
Total cites2,926
Total articles9
Citable items20
Cited half-life5.7 years
Citing half-life7.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor8.3
5-Year Impact Factor11.9
Impact Factor without journal self-cites8.2
Journal Citation Indicator1.71
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rankFeb-42
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Annual Review of Virology?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Annual Review of Virology is 8.3 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of Annual Review of Virology?

Annual Review of Virology is listed with quartile Q1 and category rank Feb-42. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of Annual Review of Virology?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for Annual Review of Virology is 11.9. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes Annual Review of Virology?

Annual Review of Virology is listed in this directory as being published by ANNUAL REVIEWS.

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Research Area

Subject: Life Sciences
Specialty: Microbiology

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