Though viruses are simple in composition and virus research is >100 year old, yet they are the most difficult pathogens to manage. Viruses have no boundaries as they are capable of infecting all sorts of hosts and are being circulated across the countries in the world. Indian Journal of Virology (INJV), the official publication of Indian Virological Society, provides a broad canvass to Virologists. This peer-reviewed six monthly journal welcomes them to publish their research findings. The scope of the journal includes papers on both basic and applied aspects on Agriculture, Medical, Fisheries and Veterinary Virology. The journal has wide range of sections to include various types of articles-Review, Mini Review, Full length Research paper, Short Communication, New Records, News & Views, Product Protocol and Company Profile. It is hoped that the journal will act as an interface between scientific community and industries and may facilitate the path to reach the real end users.

INJV is now co-published by Springer and the inaugural issue of the Journal (June 2010) carries four interesting reviews on emerging viruses affecting animal, human, and plant. There are eight research communications on different important viruses in the field of Agriculture, Medical and Veterinary. Besides, there are interesting News and Views on H1N1 vaccines and plant virus infecting human. The IVS and Springer jointly brought out the current issue of INJV with completely a new face. We earnestly hope that the readers would find it useful.

Looking forward for your contributions in this Journal.

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Editor-in-Chief, INJV

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Editor, INJV