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VIRUS GENES publishes

  • studies on analysis of virus genes, gene products and functions, regulation of virus gene function, cell biology of virus infection
  • functional studies of genes and gene families, encoded by eukaryotic,  prokaryotic and archaeal viruses, viroids, as well as unconventional and novel infectious agents
  • phylogenetic and evolutionary data from all virus genera and families
  • systems biology of virus-host interactions
  • next generation sequencing of complex infectious samples for genomic, transcriptomic, and metagenomic studies
  • the role of virus genes in studies on antivirals affecting specific virus or host gene functions

Publications are in the form of Original work (Full papers), Short reports, (Mini-) Reviews, Correspondence (letters to editor), and Editorials.

 

 

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2.0 (2025)
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1.8 (2025)
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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1572-994X
Print ISSN
0920-8569
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. AGRICOLA
  2. BFI List
  3. BIOSIS
  4. Baidu
  5. Biological Abstracts
  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  11. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  12. Current Contents/Life Sciences
  13. Dimensions
  14. EBSCO
  15. EMBASE
  16. EMBiology
  17. Google Scholar
  18. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  19. Medline
  20. Meta
  21. Naver
  22. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  23. Ovid Discovery
  24. Pathway Studio
  25. Portico
  26. ProQuest
  27. Reaxys
  28. SCImago
  29. SCOPUS
  30. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  31. TD Net Discovery Service
  32. Wanfang
  33. eLibrary.ru
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