Most-cited articles by year
Journal of Virology
American Society for Microbiology · ISSN 0022-538X · 52,093 works in OpenAlex · h-index 421
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Journal of Virology published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 614 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 530 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 572 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 50 of 689 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 50 of 724 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 814 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 903 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 892 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 857 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Journal of Virology published between 530 and 903 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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