Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology is a peer-reviewed cardiology journal published by Wolters Kluwer on behalf of the American Heart Association, launched in 2008 as a companion to Circulation and devoted to clinical cardiac electrophysiology and the management of cardiac arrhythmias, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.3《循环：心律失常与电生理学》（Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology）是威科集团（Wolters Kluwer）代表美国心脏协会（American Heart Association）出版的同行评审心脏病学期刊，2008 年作为《循环》（Circulation）的姊妹刊创刊，专注临床心脏电生理学与心律失常的诊疗，2025 年影响因子为 9.3。

Scope

• The journal covers research in and the practice of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and the diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias该刊覆盖临床心脏电生理学的研究与实践，以及心律失常的诊断与治疗。
• It publishes observational studies, clinical trials, epidemiology and advances in applied and translational research该刊发表观察性研究、临床试验、流行病学以及应用与转化研究的进展。
• Topics include devices for arrhythmia management and catheter ablation of arrhythmias其主题包括心律失常管理器械与心律失常导管消融。
• Review series include Advances in Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and Basic Science for the Clinical Electrophysiologist综述系列包括（Advances in Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology）与（Basic Science for the Clinical Electrophysiologist）。
• Further series treat controversies in arrhythmia and electrophysiology as well as images and case reports in the field其他系列讨论心律失常与电生理学中的争议以及该领域的影像与病例报告。
• All articles are posted online immediately upon acceptance所有文章在接收后即在线发布。

History

• The journal was launched in April 2008 as a new member of the American Heart Association family and a companion to Circulation该刊于 2008 年 4 月创刊，是美国心脏协会期刊家族的新成员、《循环》（Circulation）的姊妹刊。
• It was initially published bimonthly in electronic and printed formats, and print issues ceased with volume 5 in 2012该刊起初以双月刊形式同时发行电子版与印刷版，印刷版于 2012 年第 5 卷停刊。
• Manuscripts were handled by the expanded Circulation editorial office, and high-quality papers of subspecialty focus were offered transfer from Circulation稿件由扩编的《循环》编辑部处理，超出《循环》优先度但质量高的专科论文可获转投该刊。
• It carries the print identifier 1941-3149 and the electronic identifier 1941-3084 and is registered with the Library of Congress number 2008212976其印刷刊号为 1941-3149、电子刊号为 1941-3084，美国国会图书馆编号为 2008212976。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 6.568 in 2021 and 7.718 in 2022 to 9.8 in 2024 and 9.3 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 6.568 与 2022 年的 7.718 升至 2024 年的 9.8 与 2025 年的 9.3。^[1]

Editors

• Paul J. Wang of Stanford University is the Editor-in-Chief and directs the Stanford Cardiac Arrhythmia Service（Paul J. Wang）为斯坦福大学（Stanford University）的主编，并主管斯坦福心律不齐诊疗中心。
• He has practiced cardiac electrophysiology for more than two decades and pioneered new techniques in the management of heart rhythm problems他从事心脏电生理临床工作逾二十年，并在心律问题管理上开创了新技术。
• Under his direction the journal has expanded its digital features to include podcasts, videos, clinical trial updates and online teaching cases在其主持下，该刊扩充了数字功能，包括播客、视频、临床试验进展与在线教学病例。
• All submissions undergo the same rigorous review process and high standards as articles in Circulation所有投稿均经历与《循环》文章相同标准的严格评审流程。
• The journal is placed in the first quartile of the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems category, ranked 20th of 237 titles该刊在心脏与心血管系统类位居第一四分位，于 237 种刊中排名第 20。