Journal profile · Virology
Acta Virologica
ISSN 0001-723X · eISSN 1336-2305 · AEP - Academic Electronic Press Ltd. · SLOVAKIA · Bimonthly · Founded 1957
Acta Virologica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Virologica is published by AEP - Academic Electronic Press Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Virus Research Studies, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Virus-based gene therapy research, together about 24.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Virologica (AV) is the Open Access journal of the Biomedical Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. AV focuses mostly on molecular and cellular virology and publishes fundamental ...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Virology
Editor-in-chief Reviewer ClearPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, South Korea 1, India 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Czechia 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.5%
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- Virus-based gene therapy researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.4%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine6.1%
- Influenza Virus Research StudiesMedicine5.9%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine5.2%
- Herpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsMedicine5.1%
- Viral Infections and Immunology ResearchMedicine5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Virology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Virology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Virology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in SCIE on 17 August 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 280OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,004 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 44 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 116 |
| 2022 | 50 | 15 | 175 |
| 2021 | 41 | 9 | 220 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,950 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,950 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access
- Authorship
Default language style is American English; authors are recommended to consult the Chicago Manual of Style. Model summary
The default language style is American English. For any questions regarding style, the journal recommends authors to consult the Chicago Manual of Style.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 2.1. CC-BY Licence
Figures, tables, and images are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY licence; permission must be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources. Model summary
All figures, tables, and images will be published under a Creative Commons CC-BY licence, and permission must be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including re-published/adapted/modified/partial figures and images from the internet). It is the responsibility of the authors to acquire the licenses, follow any citation instructions requested by third-party rights holders, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
Acta Virologica provides online free gold open access to the journal and all of its research publications. Open Access funder and institutional mandates: Acta Virologica is fully compliant with open access mandates, by publishing its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-BY). Funder mandates such as those by the Wellcome Trust (UK), National Institutes of Health (USA) and the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- AEP - Academic Electronic Press Ltd.
- Country or region
- SLOVAKIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1957
- ISSN
- 0001-723X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1336-2305
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Virologica
What CAS zone is Acta Virologica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Virologica is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Virology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Virologica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.1; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Acta Virologica?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Virologica based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), South Korea (1) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Virologica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Virologica is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acta Virologica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Virologica is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .