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Hypertension

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1524-4563

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.295

H-Indexi

366

SNIPi

2.101

Total Worksi

25,029

Total Citationsi

1,217,931

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Hypertension publishes original research articles, clinical studies, review articles, case reports, and perspectives on primary and secondary hypertension mechanisms and pathophysiology, novel diagnostic techniques and biomarkers, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment approaches, cardiovascular risk assessment and management, hypertension in special populations, resistant and refractory hypertension management, digital health and telemedicine applications in hypertension care, and population health and epidemiological studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyMonthly, <Jan. 1986->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications25,029

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

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?

1524-4563

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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

851

24k

2019

770

25k

2020

780

17k

2021

697

9.6k

2022

772

7.4k

2023

666

2024

799

1.6k

2025

220

161

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.

Internal MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Scopus Categories

Internal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesHormonal Regulation and HypertensionRenin-Angiotensin System StudiesNitric Oxide and Endothelin EffectsHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlSodium Intake and HealthCardiovascular Health and Disease PreventionBirth, Development, and HealthEicosanoids and Hypertension PharmacologyPregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Frequently asked questions about Hypertension

Is Hypertension a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hypertension: 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 Hypertension?

Hypertension 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 2.56.

Is Hypertension indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hypertension is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.