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Pulmonary Circulation

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN2045-8932eISSN2045-8940

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.762

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.823

Total Worksi

2,114

Total Citationsi

31,956

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Respiratory System; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,114

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2045-8932 / 2045-8940

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

139

2.7k

2019

191

2.8k

2020

153

1.9k

2021

163

1.6k

2022

140

1.1k

2023

161

619

2024

208

219

2025

111

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.

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiovascular Issues in PregnancyHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementVascular Anomalies and TreatmentsInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisCongenital Heart Disease StudiesChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementLiver Disease and Transplantation

Frequently asked questions about Pulmonary Circulation

Is Pulmonary Circulation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pulmonary Circulation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pulmonary Circulation?

Pulmonary 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 1.57.

Is Pulmonary Circulation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pulmonary Circulation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Pulmonary Circulation?