9 February 2026
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Viruses in 2025


The editorial office of Viruses would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all reviewers who contributed to the improvement of the journal quality by providing their expert opinion and evaluation of the submitted research.

We appreciate that thorough peer review demands considerable time and intellectual investment from our reviewers. In 2025, Viruses received 7261 review reports from contributors across 87 countries and territories, demonstrating the breadth of international expertise and scholarly engagement that has strengthened our publication standards.

The reviewers who agreed to have their names published this year are listed below in alphabetical order by first name. The editorial team acknowledges with gratitude all reviewers, named and anonymous alike, for their vital role in maintaining the scholarly standards of Viruses.

Aamir Lal Gaël Mourembou Nina Yancheva
Aarti Tripathi Ganesh Yadagiri Nishi Raj Sharma
Abdallah Y. Naser Gary Brewer Nompumelelo Prudence Mkhwanazi
Abiola Victor Adepoju Gary S. Laco Nuno Taveira
Abrar Hussain George Belov Nuno Verdasca
Adam Achs George Gourzoulidis Nuria Torner
Adham Al-Sagheer Georgia Damoraki Oleg Glotov
Adrian C. Paskey Georgiana-Emmanuela Gilca-Blanariu Oleksandr Kamyshnyi
Agathe M. G. Colmant Georgios Iatrakis Oleksiy Shevchenko
Agostino Ognibene Gerard Goh Olga Adriana Caliman-Sturdza
Ahmad Rushdi Shakri Gianmarco Ferrara Olga V. Morozova
Ahmed Kandeil Gilberto Gonzalez-Parra Oliver Schildgen
Ahmed Mostafa Giorgio Gallinella Olivier Escaffre
Ahmed R. Elbestawy Giorgio Sonnino Omid Rezahosseini
Ailam L. Lim Giovanni Nigro Ophir Freund
Ajit Dhananjay Jagtap Gittan Gröndahl Osvaldo López-Cuevas
Akhtar Ali Giuseppe di Martino Ottmar Herchenröder
Alan Barrett Giuseppe Murdaca Owais Khan
Albert Rizvanov Gordana Wozniak Knopp Oxana Andreevna Belova
Alberto Arnedo-Pena Graham Belsham Pablo Rafael Silveira Oliveira
Alberto Brandariz Nunez Gregory Chinchar Padmanabhan Mahadevan
Alberto Ospina Stella Griff Parks Pallavi Rai
Aldemir B. Oliveira-Filho Grzegorz Węgrzyn Pamela Martinez-Orellana
Aldo Venuti Guillermo Raúl Pratta Paola Storici
Alejandro Vallejo Gunaraj Dhungana Patrick E. Obermeier
Aleksandar Cvetkovikj Gustavo Helguera Patrizia Pignatti
Aleksander Galas Guy Lemay Patrizia Russo
Aleksandr N. Ignatov Haider Al-Hello Paul Azzinaro
Ales Chrdle Hala M. Zaher Paul Hyman
Alessandra Pavan Lamarca Hana Dobrovolny Pawel Zmora
Alessandro Sinigaglia Hani Boshra Pedro Luis Ramos-González
Alexander E. Berezin Hanna Harant Pedro Plans-Rubió
Alexander Egorov Hansjörg Lehnherr Peng Bo
Alexander Lai Harald Wodrich Pengcheng Li
Alexander Otahal Heinzpeter Schwermer Pengfei Ding
Alexander Tarr Hesham Nawar Peter Aniwe Dele
Alexei Borisovich Chukhlovin Hideto Fukushi Peter Monk
Alexey Andreychev Hien V. Nguyen Peter V. Dubovskii
Alexey Sarapultsev Himanshu Garg Peter V. Evseev
Alexi Kiss Holger Loessner Petr Komínek
Alfredo Téllez Valencia Hongyan Shi Petya Koycheva Hristova
Alicia Ponte-Sucre Hosoon Choi Philip E. Pellett
Alina Cernasev Hua-Ji Qiu Philip Serwer
Aline Daniele Tassi Huanyu Wang Phillip Tai
Alisa Pautova Huanzhou Xu Piergiorgio Roberto
Alla Mironenko Hugo Ramírez Álvarez Pinelopi Samara
Alphonsus Ugwu Hui-Qi Qu Ping Zhang
Amanda Calvert Hye-Mi Lee Pir Tariq Shah
Amanda Lelia Radulescu Hyunjin Shin Piyush Baindara
Amarshi Mukherjee Hyun-Woo Park Po-Huang Liang
Amit K. Maiti Igor Babkin Ponraj Prabakaran
Amy Macneill Igor Oscorbin Pradeep D. Uchil
Amy Papaneri Ijaz Gul Prasanna Bhat
Ana Margarida Henriques Iman Tavassoly Prasanth Manohar
Ana Terzian Inmaculada Garcia-Heredia Premkumar Lakshmanane
Ana Tomić Inna Solyanikova Primrose Freestone
Anan Jongkaewwattana Inna Tulaeva Qibin Geng
Anca Stana Iryna Halabitska Qingyang Liu
André Araújo Pinto Isabel Muñoz-Barroso Qiuhong Wang
André Schreiber Ismaila Shittu Rachy Abraham
Andrea Marsella Iva Skrinjar Raed Alkowni
Andrei A. Deviatkin Ivan Kulakov Rahul Mohan Singh
Andrei Halanay Ivan Mikhailovich Pchelin Rai Campos Silva
Andrei Viktorovich Chaplin Ivan S. Kholodilov Rajesh Durairaj
Andrew Henderson Ivan Sabol Rajesh Thippeshappa
Andrew Jin Ivanildo Sousa Rajneesh Kumar
Andrey Grigoriev Iwao Kukimoto Rajnikant Sharma
Andrey Komissarov J. Stephen Lodmell Rakesh Srivastava
Andrey Markov Jack Stapleton Ramón A. González
Andrey Shadrin Jacques Izopet Ramona Gabriela Ursu
Andreza Soriano Figueiredo Jae Kyu Ryu Randi Hagerman
Andrzej Jarynowski James Emmanuel San Raphael Tze Chuen Lee
Andy Haegeman James Hunter Ravendra P. Chauhan
Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro Jan Rychtar Raymond Nims
Angela Pearson Jan Weber Reetesh Kumar
Angela Rocchi Jane Shen-Gunther Regiane Maria Tironi de Menezes
Anindya Sekhar Bose Janine Sophie Sophie Kemming Renat Adelshin
Anirban Das Jarin Taslem Mourosi Richard Aj Williams
Anirban Roy Jason Mackenzie Rita Meganck
Anita De Rossi Javier Murciano-Calles Ritthideach Yorsaeng
Ann Elizabeth Tollefson Jawhar Gharbi Robert John Paxton
Anna Bellizzi Jean Pierre González-Gómez Roberta Bona
Anna Carolina Toledo Da Cunha Pereira Jelena Prpić Roberto Giovanni Carbone
Anna De Filippis Jesse H. Arbuckle Roderick Gagne
Anna Fialová Jhon Carlos Castaño-Osorio Rodrigo Valenzuela
Anna Gladkikh Jian Li Roger Sm Chong
Anna Jackova Jianfei Lu Romain Paillot
Anna Kabłak-Ziembicka Jianhua Li Rosa Del Angel
Anna Majer Jian-Wei Shao Rosa Maria Tubaki
Anna Salvaggiulo Jianzhu Liu Ruicheng Yang
Anna Sawczyn-Domańska Jiao Xu Ruy Diego Chacon Villanueva
Anna Sergeevna Dolgova Jieshi Yu Saadullah Khattak
Anna Szczerba-Turek Jih-Jin Tsai Sally Molloy
Anne-Laure Favier Jing Wang Salvatore Giovanni De Simone
Antoine Nkuba-Ndaye Jinyang Zhang Sameer Tiwari
Antoinette Van Der Kuyl Jiří Beran Sameh Abd El-Ghany
Anton Gerilovych Jiří Hejnar Sanchari Chatterjee
Antonette Bennett Jisheng Liu Sandrama Nadan
Antonieta Guerrero-Plata Joanna Małaczewska Santi M. Mandal
Antônio C. da Costa João Paulo Pereira de Almeida Santiago Garcia-Vallve
António Caleiro John David Klena Sarah Caddy
Antonio Mas John Harvey Santos Sascha Trapp
Antonio Mastroianni John Matsoukas Satya Prakash Singh
Antonio Rosa de Sousa Neto Jonathan Griffiths Season Wong
Antonio Toniolo Jose A. Usme-Ciro Sébastien Lhomme
Anuradha Roy Jose Angel Regla Nava Selina Pasquero
Arman Issimov José C. J. M. D. S. Menezes Selwyn Arlington Headley
Armando Arias José Leopoldo Aguilar-Faisal Sergei Chirkov
Arthur Gruber Jose Luis Anaya Lopez Sergei Grishin
Arunachalam Muthuraman José Manuel Verdes Sergei Raev
Arunraj Mekhemadhom Rajendrakumar José Rafael de Almeida Sergey E. Sedykh
Balcha Masresha José Ramón Blanco Ramos Sergey Tkachev
Baptiste Demey Joseph Che-Yen Wang Seth Pincus
Barbara Ridolfi Joseph Michael Ochieng Oduor Sezer Okay
Bart G.J. Knols Juan Bárcena Shafiqul Chowdhury
Beatriz Pacheco Juan Carlos Hurtado Negreiros Shahjahon Begmatov
Ben Z. Katz Juan Carlos Muñoz-Escalante Shanhui Ren
Benediktus Yohan Arman Juan Hernandez-Garcia Sharon Clouthier
Benjamin Cull Judith Olejnik Sheng-Qun Deng
Benjamin Krishna Julian Naipauer Sherif T.S. Hassan
Bert Ely Julie Fox Shih-Min Wang
Bikash Ranjan Sahoo Jun Luo (Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences) Shinuo Cao
Biswajit Das Jun Luo (South China Agricultural University) Shuaiyao Lu
Bo Wang Jun Peng Shuliang Chen
Bolin Hang Jun-Gyu Park Shuyue Zhan
Boyan Zhou Kacper Toczylowski Shyam Kokkattunivarthil Uthaman
Brad S. Pickering Kai Sen Tan Sidhartha Deshmukh
Bradley William Michael Cook Kai Song Silvere D. Zaongo
Branka Horvat Kaichuang Shi Silvia Pavone
Bruno Hernaez Kalina Avgust Shishkova Silvina Elena Gutiérrez
Bruno Pozzetto Kang Ning Sirin Theerawatanasirikul
Camelia Sultana Karen Bohmwald Sisko Tauriainen
Cao Chen Karen Brajão de Oliveira Sohrab Ahmadivand
Carla Pagliari Karen Kyuregyan Somnath Mondal
Carlo Brogna Karim Rafie Songbai Yang
Carlo Federico Perno Katarzyna Dolata Songzhe Fu
Carlos Duarte Katarzyna Kosznik-Kwaśnicka Sonia M. Cheetham
Carlos Javier Panei Katarzyna Mazur-Melewska Sonia Zúñiga
Carlos Sandoval-Jaime Katarzyna Sikorska Soowon Kang
Carmen Mannella Katharina Luise Lohmann Sophia S. Borisevich
Carol Nash Kayode Oshinubi Soumendu Chakravarti
Catarina Gregório Martins Kenta Teruya Steeve Boulant
Caterina Elisabetta Rizzo Keshan Zhang Stefan Chiriac
Catherine Troisi Kiran Avula Stefano Petrini
Chandra Sekhar Pedamallu Kirill Sharshov Steven Baker
Chang Liu Konstantin G. Kousoulas Steven C. Holland
Changjun Guo Konstantin V. Moiseenko Stjepan Krčmar
Changlong Liu Krishna Kumar Ganta Stoyanka Atanasova Nikolova
Chao Shan Ksenia Tuchynskaya Styliani Sarrou
Charalampos D. Moschopoulos Kunihiko Umekita Sujit Mohanty
Charlene Ranadheera Kunihisa Miwa Sumit Jangra
Charlotte H. Edinboro Kwok-Hung Chan Sundaresh Shankar
Cheng Yang Laith Khalil Tawfeeq Al-Ani Susan Cork
Chengbo Chen Laura Hughes Susan Jean Baigent
Chengwu Zou Laura K. Mcmullan Susan Michelle Williams
Chihai Ji Layla Pagnucco Sushma Mudigunda
Ching-Ho Wang Leonard Ionut Atanase Susumu Suzuki
Chi-Young Wang Leonid N. Valentovich Suthat Chottanapund
Christoph Weigel Lilia Matei Sveinung Wergeland Sorbye
Christophe Vanpouille Linda J. Saif Svetlana V. Guryanova
Christopher U.T. Hellen Ling Jin Szederjesi Janos
Chuanfu Dong Ling-Chun Lin Szu-Chieh Chen
Cillian F. de Gascun Linqing Zhao Taha Y. Taha
Claire Birkenheuer Lionel Berthoux Tahir Rizvi
Claire James Lisa Kathleen Ryan Taís Fukuta Cruz
Claude Sabeta Long Sun Takashi Onodera
Claudia Cerracchio Loredana Sabina Cornelia Manolescu Takayuki Nitta
Claudia Fernandez-Alarcon Lorenzo Malatino Takeshi Morita
Claudia Filomatori Lorenzo Mari Tanel Punga
Claudia Soledad Sepúlveda Lubomira Nikolaeva-Glomb Tao Wang
Claudio Galli Luis Adrián de Jesús González Tarek M. Itani
Clemente Mosso-González Luis Menéndez-Arias Tatiana V. Rakitina
Clinton Jones Luisa Rubino Tatsunori Nakano
Constantin Cerbu Łukasz Świątek Terence Ndonyi Bukong
Consuelo Almazan Lyudmila Bel'Skaya Tesfaye Gelanew
Cristina Ceriani Mahamud Ur Rashid Thamer Hamdan
Cristina Galvan Mai M. El-Daly Theodouli Stergiopoulou
Curtis Brandt Mai Mostafa Theresa Whiteside
Daiji Endoh Małgorzata Gieryńska Thiago Cerqueira-Silva
Daiki Kanbayashi Malik Aydin Tim Lawrence Sit
Dana Štveráková Manish Kumar Tim Walker
Daniel Elbirt Manuel De la Sen Timo Vesikari
Daniel Marc Marc Fuchs Timothy Byaruhanga
Daniel Noyola Marc Vasse Tomassone Diego
Daniel Sepúlveda-Crespo Marcela Alicia Juliarena Tomasz Laskus
Daniela Piţigoi Marcello Trizzino Tommaso Bellini
Danijela Miljanovic Marcelo R. S. Briones Trevor Williams
Dapeng Wang Márcia Furlan Nogueira Tushar Saha
Daria Danilenko Marco Ciotti Uddhav Timilsina
Darko Jevremovic Maria Alessandra De Marco Umme Laila Urmi
David J. Garfinkel Maria Angélica Ramos Silva Uri Mbonye
Dawit Assefa Arimide Maria Antonia De Francesco Valeriya R Samygina
Deborah Finlaison Maria Eugenia Gonzalez Vance Nielsen
De-Jian Liu Maria Gabriela Echeverría Vandana Saxena
Denis Jacob Machado Maria Jose Garcia-Iglesias Vanessa V. Sarathy
Denis Kolbasov Maria Khrenova Venkatraman Siddharthan
Dereje Haile Buko Maria Piedad Ussetti Gil Vera A. Alferova
Derek Spielman Maria Romanelli Veronica Soloveva
Dianjun Cao Mária Takács Victor Manuel Petrone-Garcia
Diego Ripamonti Marielena Vogel Saivish Vikash Kumar Mishra
Diego Sangiorgi Marina Holyavka Vincenza Gragnaniello
Dimitra Toubanaki Marina Ibragimova Vincenzo Cuteri
Dimitrije Glisic Marina L. Meli Vinicius Silva Castro
Dimitrios Skliros Marisa Granato Virginia Lotti
Dimitris Tsakogiannis Mark Krystal Virginia Mattioda
Dina Mofed Marko Jankovic Vishwanatha R.A.P. Reddy
Dmitriy Sotnikov Martha Brown Vivian O'Donnell
Dmitry Selishchev Martina Torricelli Vladimir George Dedkov
Dmitry Shcherbakov Mary-Louise Penrith Volker Nickeleit
Domenico Galante Marzena Rola-Łuszczak Vunjia Tiong
Dominic Paquin Proulx Masaaki Miyazawa Waleed Seif Eldin Mohamed
Dominik Harms Masahiro Niikura Walter Doerfler
Domonkos Sváb Matias Castells Wangxue Chen
Dongwei Kang Mats Bertil Eriksson Waqas Ahmad
Dong-Yan Jin Mats Eriksson Wen Deng
Du-Ping Zheng Matteo Negroni Wenchao Sun
Eduardo Barbieri Matteo Nioi Wenqiao He
Edward B. Stephens Matteo Riccò Wenyan Zhang
Efrem Alessandro Foglia Matthias Schweizer William Switzer
Egils Ginters Mauricio Alberto Realpe-Quintero Willy M. Bogers
Eiji Matsuura Maxim Khasnatinov Won Kyong Cho (Kangwon National University)
Ekaterina Dinastiia Mengmeng Zhao Won-Kyung Cho (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Ekaterina Evtushenko Michael A. Mandell Wu Zhong
Elena Rukavtsova Michael Benedik Xiangping Yin
Eleonora Cimini Michael Chiorazzi Xiao Wang
Elisabetta Suffredini Michał Brzdęk Xiaohui Ju
Elizabeth Fowler Michelle A. Ozbun Xiaoyong Chen
Emilia Hadziyannis Miguel Matos Xinnuo Lei
Emmanouil Ioannis Kapetanakis Miguel Moreno-Garcia Xueli Zheng
Emmanouil Magiorkinis Miguel Souza Andrade Yao Luo
Emmanuel Drouet Mihalj Poŝa Yasser E. Ibrahim
Erica Diani Mikael Skurnik Yenddy N. Carrero
Erika Garner-Spitzer Mikhail Kolev Yijun Mei
Esther Ngan Mikhail S. Drenichev Yin Li
Eugene V. Radchenko Mina Hur Ying Wang
Eugene V. Ryabov Ming Zheng Yinxing Zhu
Eun-Sil Park Mingfu Tian Yoichi Furuya
Eva Varallyay Minji Kim Yong Zhang
Evgenii M. Shcherban’ Mircea Coroian Yong-Hua Hu
Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak Mohamed El-Tholoth Yongle Yang
F. C. Thomas Allnutt Mohamed Faisal Yongming Sang
Fabian Rojas-Larios Mohammed Gamal Yoshiaki Yura
Fan Zhu Mohammed Imam Yoshikazu Tanaka
Fanzhi Kong Mohammed Yosri Yu Gao
Faraat Ali Mojtaba Mohammadi Yue Chen
Farshad Rakhshandehroo Mudan Zhang Yujia Li
Fatma Eldemery Muhammad Junaid Yulia Aleshina
Faustus Akankperiwen Azerigyik Muhammad N. Mahmood Yunliang Zhang
Fedor Grigoriev Muhammad Shoaib Yuqiang Xiang
Fedor Korennoy Münir Aktaş Yuriko Tomita
Felipe Masiero Salvarani Murat Koklu Yuriy L. Orlov
Fernanda Marcicano Burlandy Naazneen Moolla Yuriy Orlov
Fidèle Tiendrebeogo Naitong Yu Yuta Hikichi
Filipe Abreu Narcisa Muresu Yutang Li
Filippos Gerasimos Filippatos Natalia Cheshenko Zagipa Sapakhova
Filomena Iannuzzi Natalia Golender Ze-Cai Zhang
Flora de Conto Natalia Lomakina Zehuan Liao
Florencia Cancela Natalia Smirnova Zhaohua Zhong
Fouad S. El-Mayet Nattan Stalin Zhen Li
Francesco Mira Neven Papić Zheng Yuan
Francisco José Nunes Antunes Nguyêt Thanh Ha-Duong Zhengwei Huang
François Ferron Nicola Luigi Bragazzi Zhenlu Zhang
François-Loïc Cosset Nicola Magnavita Zhihua Liu
Franz-Georg Hanisch Nicolas Dufour Zhijun Yu
Fu-Chun Hsueh Nikolai Nikitin Zhonghua Li
Gabriel Augusto Pires de Souza Nikolaos Siafakas Ziying Yan
Gabriel Gonzalez Nilakshi Barua Zuberwasim Sayyad
Gabriela Goujgoulova Nina Mendez-Dominguez
Gabriele Vaccari Nina Wolfrum

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