Vascular

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1958

ISSN1708-5381eISSN1708-539X

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.393

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.748

Total Worksi

2,566

Total Citationsi

21,695

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Peripheral Vascular Diseases; Surgery; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous); Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1958

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,566

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1708-5381 / 1708-539X

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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

609

2019

196

1.6k

2020

190

1.3k

2021

216

913

2022

122

360

2023

212

381

2024

2025

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.

SurgeryQ2

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aortic aneurysm repair treatmentsPeripheral Artery Disease ManagementVascular Procedures and ComplicationsAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesInfectious Aortic and Vascular ConditionsCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous DiseasesCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

Frequently asked questions about Vascular

Is Vascular a predatory journal?

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

Vascular 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 1.02.

Is Vascular indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Vascular is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Vascular?