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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Circulation (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Circulation published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Peripheral Vascular Diseasesrank 27 of 109 journals
- Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systemrank 69 of 250 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Circulation
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Circulation is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
02Review time
Review time of Circulation
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Circulation published between Aug 2026 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 111 days of submission, and the middle half took between 29 and 178 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Cardiac & Cardiovascular System, Circulation ranks 47 of 83 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Cardiac & Cardiovascular System →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Circulation
Circulation follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott): no general country waiver for Lippincott journals; most Medknow journals charge no APC. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme.
Waivers apply to fully open access journals. If Circulation is a hybrid journal, you can publish without any fee through the subscription route.
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Retractions and research integrity at Circulation
Retractions per year
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Circulation has 24 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Jan 2026. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
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04Indexing
Indexing of Circulation
- ISSN
- 0009-7322
- eISSN
- 1524-4539
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Cardiac & Cardiovascular System, Peripheral Vascular Diseases
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
05What it publishes
What Circulation publishes: real papers
06Published papers
Papers published in Circulation
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Analysis of High Frequency Mid-QRS Potentials vs ST Segment and T Wave Analysis for the Diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease zyxwvutsrqponm20240 citations
- CONTrOVErSIES IN CArDIOVASCULAr MEDICINE20140 citations
07Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Circulation
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08Similar journals
Journals similar to Circulation
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
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09Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
10Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Circulation?
Based on 104 research articles Circulation published from Aug 2026 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 111 days, and half of them were accepted between 29 and 178 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 60 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Circulation?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Circulation is 2.64: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.64 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Circulation?
The h-index of Circulation is 849 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 849 of its papers have each been cited at least 849 times. Its i10-index is 36,248.
What is the quartile of Circulation?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Circulation is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Circulation indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Circulation appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Circulation an SCIE journal?
Yes. Circulation is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Circulation in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Circulation is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Circulation does ScholarsColab track?
We track 2 papers published in Circulation between 2014 and 2024, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Circulation offer an APC waiver?
Circulation follows the policy of Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott): no general country waiver for Lippincott journals; most Medknow journals charge no APC. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Circulation retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 24 retracted papers in Circulation, 9 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are concerns/issues about data, lack of irb/iacuc approval and/or compliance, ethical violations by author. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
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