Home›Search›Clinical Hypertension

Clinical Hypertension

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN2056-5909eISSN2056-5909

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.439

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.385

Total Worksi

361

Total Citationsi

6,229

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Peripheral Vascular Diseases; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications361

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2056-5909 / 2056-5909

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

PMC

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

1.1k

2019

888

2020

526

2021

451

2022

844

2023

402

2024

123

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.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ1

Internal MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesSodium Intake and HealthCardiovascular Health and Disease PreventionHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsRenin-Angiotensin System StudiesHeart rate and cardiovascular healthNutritional Studies and DietHormonal Regulation and HypertensionDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Hypertension

Is Clinical Hypertension a predatory journal?

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

Clinical 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 4.01.

Is Clinical Hypertension indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Hypertension is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Hypertension?