Several scientists from WIV are recognized of their scientific excellence and outstanding achievements by international scientific communities. Some researchers work in international organizations and societies while some others serve in editorial boards in international journals, shown in the following list.
| Name | International Organization/Journal | Position/Title |
| Zhihong HU | The Society for Invertebrate Pathology, SIP | Vice President |
| Zhihong HU | Intervirology | Editorial Board |
| Zhihong HU | Protein expression and purification | Editorial Board |
| Hualin WANG | Virology Journal | Associate Editor |
| Rongge YANG | PLOS ONE | Editorial Board |
| Rongge YANG | AIDS | Peer review |
| Rongge YANG | The Scientific World Journal | Editorial Board |
| Xiulian SUN | BMC Genomics | Editorial Board |
| Minhua LUO | Journal of Virology | Peer review |
