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Atherosclerosis Plus

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland · Est. 2017

ISSN2667-0895

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.723

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.672

Total Worksi

274

Total Citationsi

833

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications274

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~11 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2667-0895

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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

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2017

248

2021

216

2022

230

2023

181

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.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ2

Internal MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsAtherosclerosis and Cardiovascular DiseasesCancer, Lipids, and MetabolismDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesCholesterol and Lipid MetabolismLipid metabolism and disordersHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Frequently asked questions about Atherosclerosis Plus

Is Atherosclerosis Plus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Atherosclerosis Plus: 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 Atherosclerosis Plus?

Atherosclerosis Plus 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 1.40.

Is Atherosclerosis Plus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Atherosclerosis Plus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Atherosclerosis Plus?