病毒学的年度回顾传达了我们对动物、植物、细菌、古生菌、真菌和原生动物病毒理解方面令人兴奋的进展。综述强调了在基本病毒学、病毒疾病机制、病毒-宿主相互作用以及细胞和免疫系统对病毒感染的反应等方面的新观点和方向，并强调了病毒作为细胞功能独特的强大探针的地位。《病毒学年鉴》于2016年发表在期刊《引文报告》(JCR)上，其影响因子为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.