Journal History

2021

The inaugural issue was released. COVID was published as a monthly journal.

2024

COVID was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
COVID was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).

COVID established the following sections:
COVID Public Health and Epidemiology;
Long COVID and Post-Acute Sequelae;
Human or Animal Coronaviruses;
COVID Clinical Manifestations and Management;
Host Genetics and Susceptibility/Resistance.

Editor-in-Chief

2021–present

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Novelli

Section Editor-in-Chief

2025–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Emanuele Pontali for the section on COVID Clinical Manifestations and Management.