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Stroke and Vascular Neurology

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN2059-8696

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.974

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.767

Total Worksi

683

Total Citationsi

21,197

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Clinical Neurology; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Neurology (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications683

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2059-8696

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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?

PMC

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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

2.2k

2019

4.4k

2020

1.9k

2021

1.6k

2022

1.4k

2023

643

2024

211

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

Neurology (clinical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical Neurology

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesIntracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ResearchIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsStroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryNeurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsMoyamoya disease diagnosis and treatmentVascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases

Frequently asked questions about Stroke and Vascular Neurology

Is Stroke and Vascular Neurology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Stroke and Vascular Neurology: 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 Stroke and Vascular Neurology?

Stroke and Vascular Neurology 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 2.99.

Is Stroke and Vascular Neurology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Stroke and Vascular Neurology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Stroke and Vascular Neurology?