Current Opinion in Virology

Current Opinion in Virology is a review journal launched by Elsevier in 2011 that publishes invited reviews across virology in six issues a year, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.5.《病毒学新见》（Current Opinion in Virology）由（Elsevier）于 2011 年创办，每年六期，刊载病毒学各分支的约稿综述，2025 年影响因子为 5.5。

Scope

• The journal publishes invited review articles only, surveying the most important recent developments across virology.本刊只刊载约稿综述，梳理病毒学各方向近期最重要的进展。
• Viral genomics, virus structure and gene expression form the first group of sections.病毒基因组学、病毒结构与基因表达构成第一组板块。
• Viral immunology, viral pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions are covered.病毒免疫学、病毒致病机制以及宿主与病原体互作均有收录。
• Preventive and therapeutic vaccines, antiviral strategies and the emergence of drug resistance are treated.预防性与治疗性疫苗、抗病毒策略以及耐药性的出现受到讨论。
• Emerging viruses, interspecies transmission and virus evolution are recurring themes.新发病毒、跨物种传播与病毒演化是反复出现的主题。
• Viruses and cancer, and virus-vector interactions, each occupy their own annual section.病毒与癌症、病毒与媒介昆虫的互作，各占一个年度板块。
• Animal models of viral disease and engineering of viral resistance complete the journal's coverage.病毒性疾病的动物模型与病毒抗性的人工改造，构成本刊收录范围的其余部分。

History

• Current Opinion in Virology was launched by Elsevier in 2011 and its first issue appeared in July of that year.《病毒学新见》由（Elsevier）于 2011 年创办，创刊号于同年 7 月面世。
• It was created to give specialists a filtered, systematic view of a rapidly expanding literature on viruses and viral interaction.刊物旨在为专家提供经过筛选、成体系的视角，以应对病毒与病毒互作领域迅速增长的文献。
• The journal appears six times a year and is divided into about twelve annual sections, each of which is reviewed once a year.本刊每年出版六期，划分为约十二个年度板块，每个板块每年综述一次。
• Because it publishes only commissioned reviews, its editorial process is built around section editors who invite contributions.由于只刊载约稿综述，其编辑流程围绕负责约稿的板块编辑展开。
• Its impact factor reached 7.121 in 2022 before settling at 5.5 in 2025.其影响因子在 2022 年达到 7.121，2025 年为 5.5。
• The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus.本刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Scopus）收录。

Editors

• Adolfo Garcia-Sastre of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai serves as editor-in-chief.（Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai）的 Adolfo Garcia-Sastre 担任主编。
• Section editors are appointed for each of the journal's thematic areas, from viral genomics to vaccine development.本刊为各主题领域分别任命板块编辑，覆盖从病毒基因组学到疫苗开发的各个方向。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and unsolicited primary research is not considered.稿件经同行评审，不接受未经约稿的原始研究。
• The journal supports open access publication, so authors may pay to make an article free to read.本刊支持开放获取发表，作者可付费使单篇论文免费阅读。
• Editorials and themed collections are published alongside the review sections.社论与主题合集与综述板块一并刊出。
• The board is international and reflects the journal's coverage of human, animal and plant virology.编委会具有国际性，体现了本刊对医学、动物与植物病毒学的覆盖。