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Korean Circulation Journal

Korean Society of Cardiology · South Korea · Est. 1837

ISSN1738-5555

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.788

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.765

Total Worksi

2,758

Total Citationsi

26,009

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1837

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,758

Publisher OrgKorean Society of Circulation

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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?

Korean Society of Cardiology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1738-5555

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

140

2.1k

2019

143

1.5k

2020

125

1.4k

2021

103

629

2022

588

2023

126

411

2024

144

255

2025

124

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 MedicineQ2

Internal MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairCongenital Heart Disease Studies

Frequently asked questions about Korean Circulation Journal

Is Korean Circulation Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Korean Circulation Journal: 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 Korean Circulation Journal?

Korean Circulation Journal 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 1.48.

Is Korean Circulation Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Korean Circulation Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Korean Circulation Journal?