病毒學的年度回顧傳達了我們對動物、植物、細菌、古生菌、真菌和原生動物病毒理解方面令人興奮的進展。綜述強調了在基本病毒學、病毒疾病機制、病毒-宿主相互作用以及細胞和免疫系統對病毒感染的反應等方面的新觀點和方向，并強調了病毒作為細胞功能獨特的強大探針的地位。《病毒學年鑒》于2016年發表在期刊《引文報告》(JCR)上，其影響因子為3.345。

The Annual Review of Virology communicates exciting advances in our understanding of viruses of animals, plants, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa. Reviews highlight new ideas and directions in basic virology, viral disease mechanisms, virus-host interactions, and cellular and immune responses to virus infection, and reinforce the position of viruses as uniquely powerful probes of cellular function.The Annual Review of Virology debuted in the 2016 Release of the Journal Citation Report (JCR) with an Impact Factor of 3.345.