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Journal of General Virology

Journal of General Virology is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Journal of General Virology rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

Journal of General Virology belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Journal of General Virology to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Journal of General Virology from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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.

Abstracting and indexing Journal of General Virology is indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Contents– Life Sciences, Current Opinion series, EMBASE, MEDLINE/Index Medicus/PubMed, Russian Academy of Science, Science Citation Index, SciSearch, SCOPUS, and on Google Scholar.

Open access policy Journal of General Virology is a hybrid title and allows authors to publish subscription articles free-of-charge. Authors can also publish Open Access articles under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) by either paying an article processing charge (APC) or fee-free as part of a Publish and Read model.

References

External links

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Journal of General Virology

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Journal of General Virology claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Journal of General Virology before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Journal of General Virology ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Journal of General Virology

In research: Journal of General Virology appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Journal of General Virology in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Journal of General Virology is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1967, Delayed open-access journals, English-language journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Journal of General Virology outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Journal of General Virology in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Journal of General Virology means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Journal of General Virology out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Journal of General Virology in simple terms?

Why does Journal of General Virology matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Journal of General Virology?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Journal of General Virology.