Virulence (journal)

Virulence is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers microbiology and immunology specifically, microorganism pathogenicity, the infection process and host–pathogen interactions. It is a fully Open Access journal published by Taylor & Francis. It was previously published 8 times per year by Landes Bioscience. The journal was established in 2010 by Eva M. Riedmann, and Eleftherios Mylonakis. The editor-in-chief is Kevin Tyler (University of East Anglia).

Indexing and abstracting
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Academic Search

• Biological Abstracts

• BIOSIS Previews

• CAB Abstracts

• Embase

• Global Health

• Index Medicus/PubMed/MEDLINE

• Science Citation Index Expanded

• Scopus

• Tropical Diseases Bulletin According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 5.2.