Virus classification (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Virus classification" in English language version.

Last modified: 00:47:35, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Ref.Un. Ref.Website

Global rank English rank

2018nih.gov

5^th place

1413doi.org

2^nd place

129ictv.global

4,545^th place

2,897^th place

32web.archive.org

1^st place

22hdl.handle.net

66^th place

34^th place

21worldcat.org

4^th place

21ictvonline.org

4,957^th place

low place

11stanford.edu

194^th place

182^nd place

11libretexts.org

4,683^rd place

3,565^th place

11web-books.com

low place

11semanticscholar.org

15^th place

8^th place

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Simmonds P, Adriaenssens EM, Lefkowitz EJ, Oksanen HM, Zerbini FM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Aylward FO, Dempsey DM, Freitas-Astúa J, Hendrickson RC, Hughes HR, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Łobocka M, Mayne R, Mushegian AR, Penzes JJ, Reyes Muñoz A, Robertson DL, Roux S, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Smith DB, Suzuki N, Turner D, Doorslaer KV, Varsani A (January 2026). "Changes to virus taxonomy, the international code of virus classification and nomenclature, and the ICTV statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2025)". Archives of Virology. 171 (1: 23). Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/s00705-025-06485-1. ISSN 1432-8798. PMC 12714852. PMID 41410690.
Koonin EV, Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH (2021-09-01). "Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 85 (4) e0019320. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00193-20. PMC 8483706. PMID 34468181.
Coronaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (April 2020). "The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2". Nature Microbiology. 5 (4): 536–544. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0695-z. PMC 7095448. PMID 32123347.
Lefkowitz EJ, Dempsey DM, Hendrickson RC, Orton RJ, Siddell SG, Smith DB (January 2018). "Virus taxonomy: the database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)". Nucleic Acids Research. 46 (D1): D708–D717. doi:10.1093/nar/gkx932. PMC 5753373. PMID 29040670.
Mendonça-Santos T, Abrahão JV, Del-Bem LE (2025-11-13). "Integrative genomic analyses support the division of the extended Asfarviridae clade into multiple viral families". Journal of Virology. 99 (12) jvi.01337-25. doi:10.1128/jvi.01337-25.
Walker PJ, Siddell SG, Lefkowitz EJ, et al. (6 July 2021). "Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)". Archives of Virology. 168 (9): 2633–2648. doi:10.1007/s00705-021-05156-1. hdl:10362/134245. PMID 34231026.
Bamford DH (May 2003). "Do viruses form lineages across different domains of life?". Research in Microbiology. 154 (4): 231–6. doi:10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00065-2. PMID 12798226.
Krupovič M, Bamford DH (December 2010). "Order to the viral universe". Journal of Virology. 84 (24): 12476–9. doi:10.1128/JVI.01489-10. PMC 3004316. PMID 20926569.
Kuhn JH (2020). "Virus Taxonomy". Reference Module in Life Sciences. Encyclopedia of Virology. pp. 28–37. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.21231-4. ISBN 978-0-12-809633-8. PMC 7157452.
Strauss JH, Strauss EG (2008). "Subviral Agents". Viruses and Human Disease. Elsevier. pp. 345–368. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-373741-0.50012-x. ISBN 978-0-12-373741-0. S2CID 80872659.
Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Fischer MG (7 October 2015). "A classification system for virophages and satellite viruses". Archives of Virology. 161 (1): 233–247. doi:10.1007/s00705-015-2622-9. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0028-DC34-F. PMID 26446887.
Kuhn JH, Koonin EV (3 February 2023). "Viriforms-A New Category of Classifiable Virus-Derived Genetic Elements". Biomolecules. 13 (2): 289. doi:10.3390/biom13020289. PMC 9953437. PMID 36830658.
Kogay R, Koppenhöfer S, Beatty JT, Kuhn JH, Lang AS, Zhaxybayeva O (2022). "Formal recognition and classification of gene transfer agents as viriforms". Virus Evolution. 8 (2) veac100. doi:10.1093/ve/veac100. PMC 9662315. PMID 36381234.

hdl.handle.net (Global: 66^th place; English: 34^th place)

Walker PJ, Siddell SG, Lefkowitz EJ, et al. (6 July 2021). "Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)". Archives of Virology. 168 (9): 2633–2648. doi:10.1007/s00705-021-05156-1. hdl:10362/134245. PMID 34231026.
Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Fischer MG (7 October 2015). "A classification system for virophages and satellite viruses". Archives of Virology. 161 (1): 233–247. doi:10.1007/s00705-015-2622-9. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0028-DC34-F. PMID 26446887.

ictv.global (Global: 4,545^th place; English: 2,897^th place)

"Taxonomy Release History: 2024 Release". ictv.global. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
"The International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature (ICVCN), March 2021 edition". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
"Virus Taxonomy: 2025 Release". ictv.global. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
"Virus Taxonomy: 2019 Release". talk.ictvonline.org. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
"Virus Taxonomy: 2019 Release". talk.ictvonline.org. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
"Virus Taxonomy: 2019 Release". talk.ictvonline.org. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
Koonin EV, Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Varsani A, Wolf YI, Yutin N, Zerbini M, Kuhn JH. "Proposal: Create a megataxonomic framework, filling all principal taxonomic ranks, for realm Riboviria". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
Di Serio F, Li SF, Matoušek J, Owens RA, Pallás V, Randles JW, Sano T, Verhoeven JT, Vidalakis G, Flores R (June 2020). "Family: Avsunviroidae". The 10th ICTV Report on Virus Classification and Taxon Nomenclature. ICTV. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
Di Serio F, Owens RA, Li SF, Matoušek J, Pallás V, Randles JW, Sano T, Verhoeven JT, Vidalakis G, Flores R (November 2020). "Family: Pospiviroidae". The 10th ICTV Report on Virus Classification and Taxon Nomenclature. ICTV. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

ictvonline.org (Global: 4,957^th place; English: low place)

talk.ictvonline.org

"Subviral Agents". ICTV 9th Report (2011). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archived from the original on Jul 7, 2022. Retrieved 2020-06-15. Updated version in sync with current release: "Subviral Agents". 10th Report. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archived from the original on Jul 2, 2022.

libretexts.org (Global: 4,683^rd place; English: 3,565^th place)

bio.libretexts.org

"9.3B: The Baltimore Virus Classification". Biology LibreTexts. 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2024-09-11.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Simmonds P, Adriaenssens EM, Lefkowitz EJ, Oksanen HM, Zerbini FM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Aylward FO, Dempsey DM, Freitas-Astúa J, Hendrickson RC, Hughes HR, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Łobocka M, Mayne R, Mushegian AR, Penzes JJ, Reyes Muñoz A, Robertson DL, Roux S, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Smith DB, Suzuki N, Turner D, Doorslaer KV, Varsani A (January 2026). "Changes to virus taxonomy, the international code of virus classification and nomenclature, and the ICTV statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2025)". Archives of Virology. 171 (1: 23). Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/s00705-025-06485-1. ISSN 1432-8798. PMC 12714852. PMID 41410690.
Koonin EV, Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH (2021-09-01). "Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 85 (4) e0019320. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00193-20. PMC 8483706. PMID 34468181.
Coronaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (April 2020). "The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2". Nature Microbiology. 5 (4): 536–544. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0695-z. PMC 7095448. PMID 32123347.
Lefkowitz EJ, Dempsey DM, Hendrickson RC, Orton RJ, Siddell SG, Smith DB (January 2018). "Virus taxonomy: the database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)". Nucleic Acids Research. 46 (D1): D708–D717. doi:10.1093/nar/gkx932. PMC 5753373. PMID 29040670.
Walker PJ, Siddell SG, Lefkowitz EJ, et al. (6 July 2021). "Changes to virus taxonomy and to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2021)". Archives of Virology. 168 (9): 2633–2648. doi:10.1007/s00705-021-05156-1. hdl:10362/134245. PMID 34231026.
Bamford DH (May 2003). "Do viruses form lineages across different domains of life?". Research in Microbiology. 154 (4): 231–6. doi:10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00065-2. PMID 12798226.
Krupovič M, Bamford DH (December 2010). "Order to the viral universe". Journal of Virology. 84 (24): 12476–9. doi:10.1128/JVI.01489-10. PMC 3004316. PMID 20926569.
Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Fischer MG (7 October 2015). "A classification system for virophages and satellite viruses". Archives of Virology. 161 (1): 233–247. doi:10.1007/s00705-015-2622-9. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0028-DC34-F. PMID 26446887.
Kuhn JH, Koonin EV (3 February 2023). "Viriforms-A New Category of Classifiable Virus-Derived Genetic Elements". Biomolecules. 13 (2): 289. doi:10.3390/biom13020289. PMC 9953437. PMID 36830658.
Kogay R, Koppenhöfer S, Beatty JT, Kuhn JH, Lang AS, Zhaxybayeva O (2022). "Formal recognition and classification of gene transfer agents as viriforms". Virus Evolution. 8 (2) veac100. doi:10.1093/ve/veac100. PMC 9662315. PMID 36381234.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Simmonds P, Adriaenssens EM, Lefkowitz EJ, Oksanen HM, Zerbini FM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Aylward FO, Dempsey DM, Freitas-Astúa J, Hendrickson RC, Hughes HR, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Łobocka M, Mayne R, Mushegian AR, Penzes JJ, Reyes Muñoz A, Robertson DL, Roux S, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Smith DB, Suzuki N, Turner D, Doorslaer KV, Varsani A (January 2026). "Changes to virus taxonomy, the international code of virus classification and nomenclature, and the ICTV statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2025)". Archives of Virology. 171 (1: 23). Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/s00705-025-06485-1. ISSN 1432-8798. PMC 12714852. PMID 41410690.
Koonin EV, Dolja VV, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH (2021-09-01). "Viruses Defined by the Position of the Virosphere within the Replicator Space". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 85 (4) e0019320. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00193-20. PMC 8483706. PMID 34468181.
Coronaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (April 2020). "The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2". Nature Microbiology. 5 (4): 536–544. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0695-z. PMC 7095448. PMID 32123347.
Lefkowitz EJ, Dempsey DM, Hendrickson RC, Orton RJ, Siddell SG, Smith DB (January 2018). "Virus taxonomy: the database of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)". Nucleic Acids Research. 46 (D1): D708–D717. doi:10.1093/nar/gkx932. PMC 5753373. PMID 29040670.
Krupovič M, Bamford DH (December 2010). "Order to the viral universe". Journal of Virology. 84 (24): 12476–9. doi:10.1128/JVI.01489-10. PMC 3004316. PMID 20926569.
Kuhn JH (2020). "Virus Taxonomy". Reference Module in Life Sciences. Encyclopedia of Virology. pp. 28–37. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.21231-4. ISBN 978-0-12-809633-8. PMC 7157452.
Kuhn JH, Koonin EV (3 February 2023). "Viriforms-A New Category of Classifiable Virus-Derived Genetic Elements". Biomolecules. 13 (2): 289. doi:10.3390/biom13020289. PMC 9953437. PMID 36830658.
Kogay R, Koppenhöfer S, Beatty JT, Kuhn JH, Lang AS, Zhaxybayeva O (2022). "Formal recognition and classification of gene transfer agents as viriforms". Virus Evolution. 8 (2) veac100. doi:10.1093/ve/veac100. PMC 9662315. PMID 36381234.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Strauss JH, Strauss EG (2008). "Subviral Agents". Viruses and Human Disease. Elsevier. pp. 345–368. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-373741-0.50012-x. ISBN 978-0-12-373741-0. S2CID 80872659.

stanford.edu (Global: 194^th place; English: 182^nd place)

Alimpiev E (March 15, 2019). Rethinking the Virus Species Concept (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-22.

web-books.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Baltimore Classification of Viruses". www.web-books.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Alimpiev E (March 15, 2019). Rethinking the Virus Species Concept (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-22.
"Subviral Agents". ICTV 9th Report (2011). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archived from the original on Jul 7, 2022. Retrieved 2020-06-15. Updated version in sync with current release: "Subviral Agents". 10th Report. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Archived from the original on Jul 2, 2022.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Simmonds P, Adriaenssens EM, Lefkowitz EJ, Oksanen HM, Zerbini FM, Alfenas-Zerbini P, Aylward FO, Dempsey DM, Freitas-Astúa J, Hendrickson RC, Hughes HR, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Łobocka M, Mayne R, Mushegian AR, Penzes JJ, Reyes Muñoz A, Robertson DL, Roux S, Rubino L, Sabanadzovic S, Smith DB, Suzuki N, Turner D, Doorslaer KV, Varsani A (January 2026). "Changes to virus taxonomy, the international code of virus classification and nomenclature, and the ICTV statutes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2025)". Archives of Virology. 171 (1: 23). Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/s00705-025-06485-1. ISSN 1432-8798. PMC 12714852. PMID 41410690.

Virus classification (English Wikipedia)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

hdl.handle.net (Global: 66th place; English: 34th place)

ictv.global (Global: 4,545th place; English: 2,897th place)

ictvonline.org (Global: 4,957th place; English: low place)