Virology 1.1M citations
27.7k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in HIV Research and Treatment Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Viral Infections and Vectors Papers in i HIV Research and Treatment 3.2k Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 3.0k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Virology
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Virology 136.4k Infectious Diseases 275.1k Animal Science and Zoology 121.8k Epidemiology 331.3k Endocrinology 52.4k Journal of General Virology United States
Nucleic Acids Research United States
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Journal of Virology United States
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Infection and Immunity United States
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About Virology The 27.7k papers published in Virology in the last decades have received a total of 1.1M indexed citations . Papers published in Virology usually cover Virology (4.3k papers), Infectious Diseases (6.8k papers), Animal Science and Zoology (3.7k papers), Epidemiology (8.9k papers) and Endocrinology (1.4k papers) specifically the topics of Virus-based gene therapy research (6.0k papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (5.4k papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4.6k papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (3.7k papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (3.3k papers), HIV Research and Treatment (3.2k papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (3.0k papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (2.2k papers). The most active scholars publishing in Virology are Frank L. Graham , A.J. van der Eb , Purnell W. Choppin , Harald zur Hausen , Wolfgang K. Joklik , Robert G. Webster , Robert A. Lamb , E. S. Lennox , Peter K. Vogt and Hans‐Dieter Klenk .
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