Pulmonary Circulation

Aims & Scope

Pulmonary Circulation, an official journal of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute, is a peer-reviewed medical research journal focused on publishing original research articles, review articles, case reports, guidelines and consensus articles exclusively in the fields of pulmonary circulation and pulmonary vascular disease.

Pulmonary Circulation provides a unique venue to publish novel findings and advanced discoveries in basic, translational and clinical research on lung vascular biology, pulmonary vascular disease, lung injury and right heart failure, with the ultimate goal of increasing survival rates for pulmonary hypertension and other cardiopulmonary and vascular diseases worldwide, and developing new therapeutic approaches for the diseases.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	2.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.804

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	59

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6748

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1011

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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
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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• Pulmonary hypertension's variegated landscape: a snapshot

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Thomas J., Eric D.

• Combined oral administration of L-arginine and tetrahydrobiopterin in a rat model of pulmonary arterial hypertension

  Citation: 0

  Authors: C., M.S., A., M.P., H., R., J., I.M., D.

• Pulmonary Extra-medullary Hematopoiesis and Pulmonary Hypertension From Underlying Polycythemia Vera: A Case Series.

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Inderjit, Geoffrey, Daniel Benjamin, Cristobal, Abraham

• Do Single or Sequential Measurements of Leptin and Adiponectin in Plasma Have Prognostic Value in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Adriano, Wassim, Wael, Youlan, Xuan, Raed

• A High-yield Isolation and Enrichment Strategy for Human Lung Microvascular Endothelial Cells

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Christa, Susan

• EXPRESS: Particulate Matter Disrupts Human Lung Endothelial Cell Barrier Integrity via Rho-dependent Pathways

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Ting, Yuka, Xiaomin, Gabriel T., Xiaoyan, Lichun, Zhongqing, Yin, Joe G.N.

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