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Journal of General Virology

scientific journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ6295245 ↗
Source-derived summary

Journal of General Virology is a not-for-profit peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Microbiology Society. The journal was established in 1967 and covers research into animal, insect and plants viruses, also fungal viruses, prokaryotic viruses, and TSE agents. Antiviral compounds and clinical aspects of virus infection are also covered.

As of 2026, Rachel Fearns (Boston University) is the current editor-in-chief, following Paul Duprex (Center for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh) who served from 2020-2025. Mark Harris (University of Leeds) served as editor-in-chief 2015-2020.

Journal

Article types

Journal of General Virology publishes primary research articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Personal Views, and Editorials.

Since 2017 the journal has partnered with the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses to publish Open Access ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles which summarise chapters of the ICTV's 10th Report on Virus Taxonomy. All ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY).

Metrics

The Microbiology Society journals are a signatory to DORA (the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) and use a range of Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) as well as a range of journal-level metrics to assess quality and impact. An Altmetric score and Dimensions citation data are available for all articles published by the Microbiology Society journals.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Journal of General Virology” as scientific journal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967, 2026, 2020, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1967-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Journal, General and Virology can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as scientific journal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6295245. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967, 2026, 2020 and 2025.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Current terminology
  • Classification context
  • Finding cited technical literature
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Journal of General Virology”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Journal of General Virology primary sources, Journal of General Virology archive and Journal research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Journal of General Virology”?
  2. Has classification or technical consensus changed since the cited source?
  3. Is the terminology current, historical or disputed?
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This entry incorporates text from “Journal of General Virology” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.