Circulation Research

Circulation Research is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. It is the official journal of the American Heart Association and its Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences. The journal covers research on all aspects of the cardiovascular system.

History
The journal was established in 1953 by Carl J. Wiggers. The following people have been editor-in-chief: • Carl J. Wiggers (January 1953 – December 1957)

• Carl F. Schmidt (January 1958 – December 1962)

• Eugene M. Landis (January 1963 – June 1966)

• Julius H. Comroe, Jr. (July 1966 – December 1970)

• Robert M. Berne (January 1971 – December 1975)

• Brian F. Hoffman (January 1976 – June 1981)

• Francis Abboud (July 1981 – June 1986)

• Harry A Fozzard (July 1986 – July 1991)

• Stephen F. Vatner (July 1991 – June 1999)

• Eduardo Marbán (July 1999 – June 2009)

• Roberto Bolli (July 2009 – March 2019; dismissed by AHA after making homophobic comments)

• Joseph Loscalzo (March 2019 – June 2019)

• Jane E. Freedman (July 2019 – present)

Abstracting and indexing
This journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Science Citation Index

• BIOSIS Previews

• Current Contents/Life Sciences

• CAB Abstracts

• Chemical Abstracts

• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed

• Embase

• International Aerospace Abstracts According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 15.862.