逆轉錄病毒是一個開放的訪問，在線期刊，發布嚴格的同行評審，高影響的文章的基本逆轉錄病毒研究。逆轉錄病毒是在動物身上發現的。描述良好的例子包括鳥類，小鼠和靈長類動物逆轉錄病毒。兩種人類逆轉錄病毒是特別重要的病原體。這些是人體免疫缺陷病毒，hiv，和人類t細胞白血病病毒。hiv導致艾滋病，而htlv-i是成人t細胞白血病的病因。目前有大量關于hiv和htlv-i的基礎研究，涉及基因表達、病毒結構-組裝、整合、復制和發病機制。逆轉錄病毒的研究包括人類和動物逆轉錄病毒的研究。在任何一期現存的印刷病毒學雜志上，關于逆轉錄病毒，特別是靈長類動物逆轉錄病毒的研究論文，構成了最大的手稿亞類。逆轉錄病毒對包括免疫缺陷和癌癥在內的多種重要疾病負責。因此，開放存取期刊有很大的出版需求和研究興趣，它強調基本的逆轉錄病毒研究。這種開放訪問格式非常適合快速向廣大受眾傳遞尖端信息。

Retrovirology is an Open Access, online journal that publishes stringently peer-reviewed, high-impact articles on basic retrovirus research. Retroviruses are pleiotropically found in animals. Well-described examples include avian, murine and primate retroviruses. Two human retroviruses are especially important pathogens. These are the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, and the human T-cell leukemia virus, HTLV. HIV causes AIDS while HTLV-I is the etiological agent for adult T-cell leukemia. There is a large amount of basic research being conducted on HIV and HTLV-I spanning gene expression, virus structure-assembly, integration, replication, and pathogenesis. Retrovirology intends to cover these areas of human and animal retrovirus research. In any given issue of an extant print virology journal, research papers on retroviruses, especially primate retroviruses, make up the largest subcategory of manuscripts. Retroviruses are responsible for many kinds of medically important pathologies including immunodeficiencies and cancers. Hence, there is a large publication demand and a significant research interest for an Open Access journal, which emphasizes basic retrovirus research. The Open Access format is ideally suited for communicating cutting edge information to a large audience quickly.