《臨床病毒學雜志》是一本國際性期刊，主要以流行病學、發病機制、診斷與檢測、預防與治療等為主題，發表與病毒引起的臨床疾病直接相關的人類病毒學方面的論文。如果文章與理解或操縱疾病狀態有關，則將考慮來自任何病毒學研究領域的文章。

Journal of Clinical Virology is an international journal publishing papers on any aspect of human virology that directly pertains to virus-induced clinical conditions under the major headings of: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Detection, and Prevention and Treatment. Articles from any field of virological study will be considered if the article is relevant to the understanding or manipulation of a disease state.