Circulation-Heart Failure

Circulation: Heart Failure is a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins since 2008 and devoted to heart failure and related cardiovascular conditions, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.3 and a first quartile rank of 26 of 237 in cardiac and cardiovascular systems《循环：心力衰竭》（Circulation: Heart Failure）是（American Heart Association）的同行评审期刊，自 2008 年起由（Lippincott Williams & Wilkins）出版，专注心力衰竭及相关心血管疾病，2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在心脏与心血管系统类 237 种期刊中列第 26 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal covers the epidemiology, pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of heart failure in adult and paediatric populations该刊覆盖成人与儿童心力衰竭的流行病学、病理生理学、预防与治疗。
• Cardiogenic shock, pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure are among its recurring subject areas心原性休克、肺动脉高压与右心衰竭是其常见的选题方向。
• Papers on mechanical circulatory support, cardiac transplantation and other advanced heart failure therapies are published, including paediatric and adult congenital heart disease该刊刊载机械循环支持、心脏移植及其他晚期心衰治疗的论文，并涵盖儿童与成人先天性心脏病。
• Content ranges from human studies and analyses of clinical data to preclinical studies with immediate clinical relevance内容涵盖人体研究、临床数据分析，以及具有直接临床意义的临床前研究。
• Diagnostic approaches such as imaging, biomarkers and haemodynamic assessment are represented alongside therapeutic trials影像、生物标志物与血流动力学评估等诊断方法，与治疗性试验一并刊载。
• Article types include original research, brief reports, reviews and the editor's perspective, with online comments in the form of eLetters文章类型包括原创研究、简报、综述与主编视角文章，并设电子来信形式的在线评论。
• As a hybrid journal it publishes through subscription with an open access option for authors whose funders require it作为混合期刊，该刊以订阅方式出版，并为受资助方要求开放获取的作者提供选项。

History

• The journal published its inaugural issue in 2008, when heart failure was a rapidly growing specialty with a shortage of dedicated publication venues该刊于 2008 年出版创刊号，其时心力衰竭已成为快速成长却缺乏专门发表平台的学科。
• It was established by the American Heart Association as part of the Circulation family, bringing the standards of the parent journal Circulation to the heart failure field该刊由（American Heart Association）创办，隶属（Circulation）期刊家族，将母刊（Circulation）的标准带入心力衰竭领域。
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins has published the title throughout, and print issues ceased with volume 5 in 2012, since when the journal has been online only该刊始终由（Lippincott Williams & Wilkins）出版，纸质版于 2012 年第 5 卷后停印，此后仅在线发行。
• The journal appears monthly in electronic form, with twelve issues in each annual volume该刊以电子形式按月出版，每卷含 12 期。
• Its Journal Impact Factor reached 8.3 in 2025, placing it in the first quartile of cardiac and cardiovascular systems with a rank of 26 of 237该刊 2025 年影响因子为 8.3，居心脏与心血管系统类第一四分位，在 237 种期刊中列第 26 位。
• It is indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed and is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded该刊被（MEDLINE）与（PubMed）收录，并列入（Science Citation Index Expanded）。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Nancy K. Sweitzer, an American cardiologist whose work centres on advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation现任主编为（Nancy K. Sweitzer），美国心脏病学家，研究重心为晚期心力衰竭与心脏移植。
• Associate editors with expertise in clinical trials, imaging, electrophysiology and basic heart failure science handle manuscripts by subject具备临床试验、影像、电生理与心衰基础科学专长的副编辑按学科分工处理稿件。
• An international editorial board supports the editor, and the journal follows the American Heart Association's policies on data sharing, competing interests and editorial independence国际编委会支持主编工作，该刊遵循（American Heart Association）关于数据共享、利益冲突与编辑独立性的政策。
• The editor's perspective column is used to set out the journal's position on developments in heart failure research and practice主编视角栏目用于阐明该刊对心力衰竭研究与实践动态的立场。
• Readers may submit eLetters commenting on published articles, which are posted online after editorial screening读者可提交针对已发表论文的电子来信，经编辑审核后在线上发布。
• Submissions are handled through the association's online manuscript system, with a minimum of two independent reviewers for accepted-for-review papers稿件经该学会的在线系统处理，进入评审的论文通常至少有两位独立审稿人。