Annual Review of Virology

The Annual Review of Virology is an annual review journal published by the nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews in Palo Alto, California, established in 2014 to survey advances in the biology of viruses, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.4 with a rank of 2nd among 44 journals in virology《病毒学年度评论》（Annual Review of Virology）由非营利出版机构（Annual Reviews）在（Palo Alto）出版，2014 年创刊，综述病毒生物学进展，2025 年影响因子 7.4，在 44 种病毒学期刊中列第 2 位。

Scope

• Reviews cover viruses of animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, fungi and protozoa, so the journal is not restricted to human pathogens综述覆盖动物、植物、细菌、古菌、真菌与原生生物的病毒，因此该刊并不局限于人类病原体。
• New ideas and directions in basic virology are highlighted, including the molecular and cellular events of virus entry, replication and assembly基础病毒学的新思想与新方向得到突出呈现，包括病毒侵入、复制与装配的分子与细胞事件。
• Viral disease mechanisms and virus-host interactions are a major strand of the coverage病毒致病机制与病毒与宿主的相互作用是报道的主要方向。
• Cellular and immune responses to virus infection are reviewed, together with the ways viruses remodel host machinery针对病毒感染的细胞与免疫应答亦在综述之列，并涉及病毒改造宿主装置的方式。
• The journal aims to reinforce the position of viruses as uniquely powerful probes of cellular function该刊力求凸显病毒作为研究细胞功能的独特探针这一地位。
• Following Annual Reviews policy, articles capture current understanding of a topic, set it in historical context, flag what remains controversial and outline likely practical applications按（Annual Reviews）的编辑方针，文章提炼某一主题的当前认识，置于历史脉络中，指出仍有争议之处，并勾勒可能的应用前景。
• Content is commissioned rather than submitted ad hoc, and each volume opens with an introduction written by the editorial committee内容以约稿为主而非自由投稿，每卷以编委会撰写的导言开篇。

History

• Volume 1 appeared in 2014 and was introduced by the editors Lynn W. Enquist, Terence S. Dermody and Daniel DiMaio in a welcome essay第 1 卷于 2014 年出版，由编辑（Lynn W. Enquist）、（Terence S. Dermody）与（Daniel DiMaio）以一篇欢迎辞加以介绍。^[1]
• With that inaugural volume Annual Reviews launched a pilot project producing three to five minute video introductions to many of the articles, with authors appearing on camera or narrating over slides在该创刊卷中，（Annual Reviews）试行了一项计划，为许多文章制作 3 至 5 分钟的视频导览，作者亲自出镜或为幻灯片配音。
• Enquist, an emeritus professor of molecular biology at Princeton University and the journal's founding editor, later handed the editor's role to Dermody while remaining a member of the editorial committee（Enquist）为（Princeton University）荣休分子生物学教授、该刊创刊主编，此后把主编职责交给（Dermody），本人继续担任编委会成员。
• The publisher, Annual Reviews, is a nonprofit organisation established in 1932 that synthesises research literature across the sciences出版方（Annual Reviews）是成立于 1932 年的非营利机构，致力于综合各科学领域的研究文献。
• One volume is issued each year, and volume 13 is dated 2026, with volumes 11 and 12 published in 2024 and 2025该刊每年出版一卷，第 13 卷标注 2026 年，第 11 与第 12 卷分别于 2024 年与 2025 年出版。
• Since 2023 the new volumes of Annual Reviews journals have been converted to open access through the Subscribe to Open programme, so the 2024 and 2025 volumes are free to read while the 2026 volume converts as it publishes自 2023 年起，（Annual Reviews）各刊的新卷通过「订阅转开放」计划转为开放获取，因此 2024 与 2025 年各卷可免费阅读，2026 年卷则在出版过程中陆续转开放。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 10.431 in 2021 and 14.263 in 2022 to 8.3 in 2024 and 7.4 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 10.431 与 2022 年的 14.263，变为 2024 年的 8.3 与 2025 年的 7.4。

Editors

• The editor is Terence S. Dermody, Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief and Scientific Director of the Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh现任主编为（Terence S. Dermody），他是（UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh）的（Vira I. Heinz）儿科学讲席教授与儿科主任，并任感染、炎症与免疫研究所所长兼首席医师。
• Julie K. Pfeiffer, Professor and Chair of Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, serves as associate editor副编辑为（Julie K. Pfeiffer），她是（University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center）微生物学教授兼系主任。
• The editorial committee includes Blossom Damania of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Daniel DiMaio of Yale School of Medicine, Nels C. Elde of the University of Utah and Ekaterina Heldwein of Tufts University School of Medicine编委会成员包括（Blossom Damania）（University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill）、（Daniel DiMaio）（Yale School of Medicine）、（Nels C. Elde）（University of Utah）与（Ekaterina Heldwein）（Tufts University School of Medicine）。
• The committee is international, with Florence Margottin-Goguet of Institut Cochin and Maria-Carla Saleh of Institut Pasteur in France, Thilo Stehle of the University of Tuebingen in Germany, Paul E. Turner of Yale University and Anna E. Whitfield of North Carolina State University in the United States编委会具有国际性，含（法国）（Institut Cochin）的（Florence Margottin-Goguet）与（Institut Pasteur）的（Maria-Carla Saleh）、（德国）（University of Tuebingen）的（Thilo Stehle），以及（美国）（Yale University）的（Paul E. Turner）与（North Carolina State University）的（Anna E. Whitfield）。
• Each committee has an editor, one to three associate editors, five to eight regular members and occasional guest members, and appointments other than guest members run for five-year terms approved by the board of directors每个编委会设主编 1 名、副编辑 1 至 3 名、正式成员 5 至 8 名，并可设临时客座成员；除客座成员外，任期均为五年，由理事会批准。
• Articles are invited by the committee and assessed for accuracy, rigour and balance by committee members or outside experts, and publication depends on approval by the reviewer文章由编委会邀约，并由编委或外部专家就准确性、严谨性与平衡性加以评估，是否发表取决于评审人是否认可。