title: Virus Research
text: # 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.
  
  