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Circulation

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States

ISSN0009-7322eISSN1524-4539

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

8.311

H-Indexi

841

SNIPi

8.297

Total Worksi

127,894

Total Citationsi

6,188,067

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Peripheral Vascular Diseases; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Physiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyWeekly (Except The First Two Weeks In Jan. And The Last Two Weeks In Dec.), <Apr. 8, 2003->

StatusActive

Total Publications127,894

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0009-7322 / 1524-4539

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

3.5k

108k

2019

4.7k

100k

2020

59k

2021

4.9k

47k

2022

5.4k

39k

2023

5.5k

20k

2024

5.5k

2025

1.1k

831

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ1

Physiology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemPeripheral Vascular Diseases

Scopus Categories

Physiology (medical)Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiovascular Health and Risk FactorsCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Circulation

Is Circulation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Circulation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Circulation?

Circulation is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.75.

Is Circulation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Circulation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Circulation?