Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
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Virology |
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Discipline | Virology |
Language | English |
Edited by | Michael Emerman |
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Publisher | |
Publication history
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1955–present |
Frequency | 26 per year |
Delayed, after 12 months; hybrid | |
3.351 | |
Indexing | |
ISSN |
0042-6822 (print) 1096-0341 (web) |
LCCN | a57005753 |
CODEN | VIRLAX |
OCLC no. | 231794724 |
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Virology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in virology. Established in 1955 by George Hirst, Lindsay Black and Salvador Luria, it is the earliest English-only journal to specialise in the field. The journal covers basic research into viruses affecting animals, plants, bacteria and fungi, including their molecular biology, structure, assembly, pathogenesis, immunity, interactions with the host cell, evolution and ecology. Molecular aspects of control and prevention are also covered, as well as viral vectors and gene therapy, but clinical virology is excluded. As of 2013, the journal is published fortnightly by Elsevier.
The field of virology began in the 1890s, with the discovery of infectious agents small enough to pass through filters sufficiently fine to catch bacteria. The first specialist journal in the field, Archiv für die gesamte Virusforschung, appeared in 1939. Published by Springer-Verlag out of its Vienna office, its papers were in a mixture of languages, mainly German, French and English, and as the Second World War continued, publication became erratic. Most research continued to be published in non-specialist scientific and medical journals, with the research communities studying the viruses of animals, plants and bacteria remaining separated from one another.