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Korean Circulation Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.5), WoS SCIE. Published by Korean Society of Cardiology.
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ISSN 1738-5520Verify ISSN ↗1738-5555Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korean Society of Cardiology
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | 125 / 409 | 69th | Q2 |
| Internal Medicine | 65 / 179 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.5.
Korean Circulation Journal is Q2 in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (rank 125 of 409) and Q2 in Internal Medicine (rank 65 of 179), by CiteScore 2025.
Korean Circulation Journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.788, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 48.
Korean Circulation Journal is published by Korean Society of Cardiology. Its print ISSN is 1738-5520 and its online ISSN is 1738-5555.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Korean Circulation Journal has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 1.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #149 of 398 Scopus journals in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.
Korean Circulation Journal published 144 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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