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Echo Research and Practice

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN2055-0464eISSN2055-0464

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.239

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.752

Total Worksi

486

Total Citationsi

5,624

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Radiological and Ultrasound Technology; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year, 2015-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications486

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2055-0464 / 2055-0464

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

662

2019

820

2020

249

2021

123

2022

243

2023

293

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ1

Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyQ1

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular System

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAdvanced and Specialized NursingRadiological and Ultrasound Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementUltrasound in Clinical ApplicationsCardiomyopathy and Myosin StudiesCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseCongenital Heart Disease StudiesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Echo Research and Practice

Is Echo Research and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Echo Research and Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Echo Research and Practice?

Echo Research and Practice 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 3.70.

Is Echo Research and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Echo Research and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Echo Research and Practice?