Discover Viruses is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research and policy developments across all fields relevant to virology, including human, animal, plant, insect, bacterial, and fungal viruses. The journal aims to be an international resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in virology, and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Good Health and Well-Being; Clean Water and Sanitation; Life Below Water; and Life on Land. Topics Topics welcomed at Discover Viruses include but are not limited to the following: Virus classification Origin of viruses Viral evolution Virus structures Virus dynamics Virus immunology Virus epidemiology Virus-like agents, viroids, prions Bacteriophages Vaccines Viral diseases Antiviral drugs Antiviral therapy Computational studies of viral infections Molecular Virology Diagnostic virology and methodology Virus interaction with the host and other organisms Synthetic viruses Use of viruses as gene therapy vectors Impact of viruses on the environment Content types Discover Viruses welcomes full-length Research articles as well as Brief Communications of empirical findings, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, Case Reports, Case Studies, Clinical Trials, Registered Reports, and Data Notes from across the full range of disciplines concerned with virology. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to all aspects of virology. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.