Circulation: Heart Failure

Aims & Scope

Circulation: Heart Failure considers for publication content related to heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplant science and medicine, including studies conducted in humans or analyses of human data, as well as preclinical studies that have direct clinical correlation or relevance.

As a primarily clinical journal, few basic and preclinical studies are ultimately published.

Those that will be considered are novel, and significantly and directly advance the field of heart failure.

The editors are especially interested in basic science studies directly related to heart failure that are highly informative and translatable to human disease and are conducted in vertebrate models.

Less than 15% of submitted articles are ultimately published.

Work not directly involving heart failure or heart failure therapies will not be considered, including work on mechanisms of myocardial infarction, reperfusion injury, or arrhythmia in the absence of heart failure substrate.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	8.4
2024	7.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	695

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2443

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.037

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	146

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Forecasting the Impact of Heart Failure in the United States

  Citation: 2310

  Authors: Paul A., Nancy M., Larry A., David A., Javed, Gregg C., John S., Olga, Marvin A., Thomas M., Graham, Michael, Ileana L., Justin G.

• Exercise Hemodynamics Enhance Diagnosis of Early Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

  Citation: 936

  Authors: Barry A., Rick A., Paul, Carolyn S.P., Margaret M.

• Management of Acute Myocarditis and Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy

  Citation: 591

  Authors: Enrico, Maria, Eric D., Cristina, David H., Michela, Matthias G., Karin, Jukka, Javid J., Patrizia, Ornella E., Heinz-Peter, Carsten, Leslie T., Paolo G.

• Cardiac Inflammation Contributes to Changes in the Extracellular Matrix in Patients With Heart Failure and Normal Ejection Fraction

  Citation: 537

  Authors: Dirk, Diana, Mario, Christine, K., F., J., C., Paul, Alexander, Wolfgang, Heinz-Peter, Carsten

• Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Arrest

  Citation: 438

  Authors: Prashant, Zain, Richard, Daniel, Robb D.

• Left Atrial Remodeling and Function in Advanced Heart Failure With Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction

  Citation: 420

  Authors: Vojtech, Seok-Jae, Margaret M., Rosita, Grace, Barry A.

• Is Worsening Renal Function an Ominous Prognostic Sign in Patients With Acute Heart Failure?

  Citation: 418

  Authors: Marco, Beth, Luca, Hengrui, Christopher, Valentina, Barbara, Valentina, Silvia, Carlo, Gad, Livio

• Exercise Training in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction

  Citation: 415

  Authors: Ambarish, Akhil, Dharam J., Sunil, Jalaj, Dalane, Benjamin D., Mark, Jarett D.

• Expert Consensus Recommendations for the Suspicion and Diagnosis of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis

  Citation: 405

  Authors: Mathew S., Sabahat, Thibaud, Sharmila, Brian M., Marianna, Martha, Arnt V., Isabelle, Jose, Candida, Claudio, Frederick L., Ronald, Giampaolo

• Genetic and Pharmacological Inhibition of Galectin-3 Prevents Cardiac Remodeling by Interfering With Myocardial Fibrogenesis

  Citation: 380

  Authors: Lili, Willem P.T., Maxi, Eelke M., Harry, Bahram, Pim, Bertram, Irwin J., Jasper A., Dirk J., Ruud A., Wiek H., Herman H.W., Rudolf A.

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