Journal profile · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Molecular Medicine
Virologica Sinica
ISSN 1674-0769 · eISSN 1995-820X · KEAI PUBLISHING LTD , · China · Founded 2007
Virologica Sinica: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.72; fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; median 129 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); 116 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Virologica Sinica is published by KEAI PUBLISHING LTD , and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Virus Infections Studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology and Viral Infections and Vectors, together about 22.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Virologica Sinica is an international journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge research on viruses all over the world. The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles, reviews, and letters to the editor, to encompass the latest developments in all branches of virology, including research on animal, plant and microbe viruses. The journal welcomes articles on virus discovery and characterization, viral epidemiology, viral pathogenesis, virus-host interaction, vaccine development, antiviral agents and therapies, and virus related bio-techniques. Virologica Sinica, the official journal of Chinese Society for Microbiology, will serve as a platform for the communication and exchange of academic information and ideas in an international context.Virologica Sinica was published with SpringerNature from 2007 to 2021. The full text contents of archive issues can be freely accessed through PubMed Central (available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/3534).Editorial Board
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Molecular Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine7.4%
- Viral Infections and VectorsMedicine6.7%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Virus-based gene therapy researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine4.7%
- Viral Infections and Immunology ResearchMedicine4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Virology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Virology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Virology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: 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
- 4.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 735OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,147 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 118 | 118 | 51 |
| 2025 | 116 | 116 | 243 |
| 2024 | 112 | 112 | 692 |
| 2023 | 106 | 106 | 1,135 |
| 2022 | 144 | 143 | 2,341 |
| 2021 | 131 | 131 | 2,529 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
129 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 96 days – 176 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 4 days (105 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 134 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (242 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance to publication
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | CNY 9,000 / USD 1,500 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted11
- editorialResearch articleA complete report on original research and/or clinical studies.A structured abstract and keywords are required.A clear structure is required, wh…Length not stated
- forumArticles types including Perspective, News, Forum, Meeting reports and Recollections are also welcomed.Length not stated
- letterLetters are intended for the presentation of brief observations and published in a short-form format. The number of figures and tables should be kept into one, …Length not stated
- meeting reportsArticles types including Perspective, News, Forum, Meeting reports and Recollections are also welcomed.Length not stated
- newsArticles types including Perspective, News, Forum, Meeting reports and Recollections are also welcomed.Length not stated
- original researchResearch articleA complete report on original research and/or clinical studies.A structured abstract and keywords are required.A clear structure is required, wh…Length not stated
- perspectiveResearch articleA complete report on original research and/or clinical studies.A structured abstract and keywords are required.A clear structure is required, wh…Length not stated
- recollectionsArticles types including Perspective, News, Forum, Meeting reports and Recollections are also welcomed.Length not stated
- research articleResearch article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies.Length not stated
- reviewResearch articleA complete report on original research and/or clinical studies.A structured abstract and keywords are required.A clear structure is required, wh…Length not stated
- review articleResearch articleA complete report on original research and/or clinical studies.A structured abstract and keywords are required.A clear structure is required, wh…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author Contributions
For transparency, we require authors to submit an author statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose competing interests. Model summary
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data sharing is strongly recommended where appropriate. Model summary
Please make a statement about the availability of your data when submitting your manuscript in one of the following ways. The statement will appear with your published article on ScienceDirect. For more information, visit the Data Statement pageIf you have made your research data available in a data repository, please provide the repository name, such as Science Data Bank: https://www.scidb.cn/en)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Animal experiments should comply with ARRIVE guidelines and relevant regulations (U.K. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, EU Directive 2010/63/EU, or NIH guide). Model summary
All animal experiments should comply with the ARRIVE guidelines and should be carried out in accordance with the U.K. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 and associated guidelines, EU Directive 2010/63/EU for animal experiments, or the National Institutes of Health guide for the care and use of Laboratory animals (NIH Publications No. 8023, revised 1978)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a ?License Agreement? (see more information on this). Virologica Sinica adopts the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license which permits limited re-use of the article for non-commercial purposes. The full details of the license are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Each article in Virologica Sinica will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Virologica Sinica is devoted to provide all authors with an efficient, rigorously, and constructive editorial process. The journal operates a single anonymized review process.All manuscripts received will be subjected to an initial quality control, including the originality, the quality and the format. Those that pass the first assessment will be assigned to an Editor mostly from the Editorial Boa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Articles may be checked by the originality detection service Crossref Similarity Check. Model summary
To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection service Crossref Similarity Check.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy; sharing preprints will not count as prior publication. Model summary
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
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
- KEAI PUBLISHING LTD ,
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1674-0769
- Electronic ISSN
- 1995-820X
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Society for Microbiology
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Virologica Sinica
What CAS zone is Virologica Sinica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Virologica Sinica is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Virology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Virologica Sinica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.72; CiteScore 7.3, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at Virologica Sinica?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 129 days (interquartile range 96–176 days). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Virologica Sinica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Virologica Sinica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Virologica Sinica is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Virologica Sinica open access, and what is the APC?
Virologica Sinica is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .