[3] Journal of General Virology publishes primary research articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Personal Views, and Editorials.

All ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY).

[4] 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.

Journal of General Virology is a hybrid title and allows authors to publish subscription articles free-of-charge.