Stroke (journal)

Stroke is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Heart Association. It covers research on cerebral circulation and related diseases, including clinical research on assessment of risk for stroke, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, as well as rehabilitation.^[1] All articles become open access after a 12-month embargo. The editor-in-chief was Ralph L. Sacco (University of Miami).^[2]

Stroke

Discipline	Neurology
Language	English
Publication details
History	1970–present
Publisher	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of the American Heart Association (United States)
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	After 12 months
Impact factor	10.170 (2021)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Stroke
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
CODEN	SJCCA7
ISSN	0039-2499 (print) 1524-4628 (web)
LCCN	70019475
OCLC no.	01714534
Links
Journal homepage Online archive Online archive

Indexing and abstracting

The journal is indexed and abstracted in the following bibliographic databases:

• Biological Abstracts
• BIOSIS
• CAB Abstracts
• Chemical Abstracts
• CINAHL
• Current Contents
• Embase
• MEDLINE
• Science Citation Index Expanded

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 6.032, ranking it 16th out of 192 journals in the category "Clinical Neurology" and 5th out of 60 journals in the category "Peripheral Vascular Disease".^[3]

References

1. "Dr. Marc Fisher becomes editor-in-chief of Stroke". News Releases. American Heart Association. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
2. "As the Stroke journal celebrates 50th year, University of Miami neurologist Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., prepares to take the reins in mid-2020". newsroom.heart.org. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
3. "Stroke". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.

External links

• Official website