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Welcome to the World Journal of Virology

World Journal of Virology is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of stem cells, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: Arbovirus infections, viral bronchiolitis, central nervous system viral diseases, coinfection, DNA virus infections, viral encephalitis, viral eye infections, chronic fatigue syndrome, animal viral hepatitis, human viral hepatitis, viral meningitis, opportunistic infections, viral pneumonia, RNA virus infections, sexually transmitted diseases, viral skin diseases, slow virus diseases, tumor virus infections, viremia, and zoonoses. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence.  The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two independent referees, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. By doing so, the journal strives to provide authors with high-quality services, offer readers high-quality academic content, and further advance clinical practice. Submit an Article >>

2026 Published Issues
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Editors-in-Chief
  • Mahmoud El-Bendary, MD, Professor, (Email: mmelbendary@gmail.com) Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35111, Egypt
  • Kai Wang, MD, PhD, Professor, (Email: wangdoc2010@163.com) Department of Hepatology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJV is now abstracted and indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
There is currently no impact factor.
ISSN
2220-3249 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (544), Duration of Peer Review (23 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (49 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (34 days/Mean), Accepted (60.8%/Mean), Production Time (57 days/Mean), Time to Publication (170 days/Mean), and Rejected (27.8%/Mean).
Opinion Review
Review
Dibya Lochan Praharaj, Suprabhat Giri, Anil Chandra Anand, Bipadabhanjan Mallick, Preetam Nath, Saroj Kanta Sahu, Bramhadatta Pattnaik, Subrat Kumar Acharya, Yogesh Kumar Chawla 
World J Virol 15(1):114321. Published online Mar 25, 2026. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.114321
Minireviews
Matteo Capobianco, Francesco Cappellani, Federico Visalli, Alessandro Avitabile, Giuseppe Gagliano, Simonetta Gaia Nicolosi, Marieme Khouyyi, Fabiana D’Esposito, Caterina Gagliano, Marco Zeppieri 
World J Virol 15(1):117124. Published online Mar 25, 2026. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.117124
Retrospective Cohort Study
Stephens Griner, Sabrina Elliott, Dimitrios Giannis, Camille Mai-Phuong Tran Quang, Kellyann Inniss, Andrew Miele, Martine A Louis, Nageswara R Mandava 
World J Virol 15(1):118274. Published online Mar 25, 2026. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118274
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Meta-Analysis
Ibrahim Ahmed El-Imam, Upendo Kayeke Chenya, Jackline Vicent Mbishi, Timothy Antipas Peter, Beatrice Kelvin Mpimo, Nicaise Ndembi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Haji Mbwana Ally, Sanad Wael Dababneh, Habib Omari Ramadhani 
World J Virol 15(1):114375. Published online Mar 25, 2026. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.114375
Mudra Sikenis, Bhavna Prajapati, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Tarun Patil, Vikas Yadav, Surya Singh, Mayank Gangwar, Vishal Diwan, Uday Kumar Mandal, Debasis Biswas, Shashwati Nema, Rajnarayan R Tiwari, Pradyumna Kumar Mishra, Pushpendra Singh, Irfan F Corovic, Ram Kumar Nema 
World J Virol 15(1):118273. Published online Mar 25, 2026. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v15.i1.118273
Letter to the Editor