Journal profile

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology

Publisher: American Physiological Society
ISSN0363-6135 | 1522-1539 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed
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Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.96
Citation rate 4.07 2,043 total citations
h5-index 50 h5 depth signal
Cited share 80.6% 424 of 526
Total citations 2,043 Citation footprint
Metric signal 4.63 External metric anchor
Self-citation 7.0% 143 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 2,001
Canada 378
United Kingdom 176
Germany 144
Japan 139

Citing Fields of Research

Cardiology 1,496
Physiology 628
Autonomic Function 430
Cell Biology 355
Vascular Disorders 244

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 22,232 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 526 424 cited publications
Last 12 months 412 34.3 publications/month
Open access share 19.4% 80 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 2,001 citing publications
Leading citing field Cardiology 1,496 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 1 November 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v278n1, Jan. 2000-
PubMed
v278n1, Jan. 2000-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Cardiology

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
American Physiological Society (1887- )

Broad Categories

Cardiology Physiology Urology Autonomic Function Obstetrics/Gynecology Diabetes

MeSH Descriptors

Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

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Open DOI
Lionel Chong, Hema Rampersaud, Anamika Rao et al.
Gut microbiota-derived metabolites are increasingly recognized as key mediators of interorgan communication in cardiovascular disease. However, the field has often relied on a single-metabolite hypothesis, particularly centered on trimet...
09
Open DOI
Emiliano Fiori, Dimitri Buytaert, Michele Mattia Viscusi et al.
This study provides direct invasive human evidence that frequency-dependent myocardial reserve is acutely restored after TAVI in severe aortic stenosis. Controlled atrial pacing revealed blunted force-frequency and relaxation-frequency r...
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Open DOI
Victor Pascal-Moussellard, Cordélia Salomez-Ihl, Théo Ziegelmeyer et al.
This study establishes a quantitative framework for hydrogen (H 2 ) pharmacokinetics, demonstrating that inhalation is the only way to achieve rapid and homogeneous systemic exposure, whereas hydrogen-rich water delivers H 2 only to down...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Description based on: Vol. 47, no. 1 (Jan. 2000); title from cover.

Print issues ceased with v. 301, no. 6 (2011).

Vols. for <2000-> also carry the numbering of the consolidated version of The American journal of physiology; i.e., v. <41-> also numbered as v. <278->.

Also issued online.

Also issued as a section of the consolidated version of The American journal of physiology.