About the journal
Retrovirology is an open-access journal published by BMC in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 2,490 EUR. Declared review time at DOAJ: 11 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- BMC
- ISSN
- 1742-4690
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 2,490 EUR
- Articles in DOAJ
- 3235
- Declared review time
- 11 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://retrovirology.biomedcentral.com
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2004-03-25
- MEDLINE · 2004-01-01
- PUBMED · 2004-02-27
- Indexing
- DOAJ · MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 2,490 EUR
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 11 weeks
- Actual review time (measured)
- 136 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=26)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
3235
Most recent article
2 months ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
11weeks
Works in OpenAlex
4746
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
118
i10-index
1407
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-03-17
- Added to DOAJ
- 2004-03-25
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- LOCKSSCLOCKSSPorticoPMC
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 87%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 12%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity3
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 101216893
- Society affiliations
- American Society for Virology (ASV)Australasian Virology Society (AVS)
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- HIV Research and Treatment
- HIV Research and Treatment
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
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- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA Research and Splicing
- interferon and immune responses
- interferon and immune responses
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Keywords (DOAJ)
- retrovirus
- human retroviruses
- animal retroviruses
- hiv
- htlv
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