Stroke

Stroke is the American Heart Association's flagship monthly journal of cerebral circulation, first published in 1970 and produced by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins under Wolters Kluwer Health, carrying a 2025 impact factor of 11.1 with Q1 standing in both Clinical Neurology and Peripheral Vascular Disease.《卒中》（Stroke）是美国心脏协会（American Heart Association）旗下脑循环与卒中研究的旗舰月刊，1970年创刊，由（Lippincott Williams and Wilkins）（隶属威科集团 / Wolters Kluwer Health）承办出版，2025年影响因子为11.1，在临床神经病学与外周血管病两个学科类别同列Q1

Scope

• The stated aim is to publish reports of clinical and basic investigation of any aspect of the cerebral circulation and its diseases.办刊宗旨是发表脑循环及其疾病任何方面的临床与基础研究报告
• The official aims page names the contributing disciplines as anesthesiology, critical care medicine, epidemiology, internal medicine, neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuropathology, neuropsychology, neurosurgery, nuclear medicine, nursing, radiology, rehabilitation, speech pathology, vascular physiology and vascular surgery.官方宗旨页点名的投稿学科包括麻醉学、重症医学、流行病学、内科学、神经病学、神经眼科学、神经病理学、神经心理学、神经外科学、核医学、护理学、放射学、康复医学、言语病理学、血管生理学与血管外科学
• Submissions are sorted into three standing categories, Basic and Translational Science, Clinical Science and Population Science, each with its own associate editors.来稿被分入基础与转化科学、临床科学、人群科学三个常设类别，每类各设分区编辑
• Clinical coverage extends to disease mechanisms, detection and diagnosis and natural history, trials of drugs biologics devices and instruments, primary and secondary prevention, behavioral research and health services outcomes.临床方向涵盖疾病机制、检出诊断与自然史、药物与生物制剂及器械试验、一级与二级预防、行为研究以及卫生服务结局
• Population science work spans quantification and control of morbidity and mortality, high-throughput omics and deep DNA sequencing, longitudinal observation, Mendelian randomization, big data and registries and systems biology.人群科学方向涵盖发病与死亡的量化控制、高通量组学与深度DNA测序、纵向观察、孟德尔随机化、大数据与注册研究及系统生物学
• Published forms include original research articles, reviews, editorials, commentaries, the Controversies and Debates series, letters, the Stroke Highlights continuing medical education feature and occasional supplements.刊物体裁包括原创研究论文、综述、社论、评论、争议与辩论专栏、读者来信、继续医学教育栏目《卒中焦点》（Stroke Highlights）以及偶尔出版的增刊

History

• The first issue appeared in January and February 1970 and opened with Clark H. Millikan's two-page editorial titled A New Journal.首期于1970年1至2月合刊发行，开篇为（Clark H. Millikan）撰写的两页社论《新刊》（A New Journal）^[1]
• The National Library of Medicine record lists the title as issued in Dallas by the American Heart Association from 1970 and as official journal of that body, with production passing to Lippincott Williams and Wilkins in Baltimore from 1998.美国国家医学图书馆书目记录载明该刊1970年起在达拉斯由美国心脏协会刊行并为该会官方期刊，1998年起出版执行转交巴尔的摩的（Lippincott Williams and Wilkins）
• It has been carried in MEDLINE from volume 1 number 1 and the monthly cadence dates from 1988, with the journal now running about 3600 pages a year.该刊自第1卷第1期起被 MEDLINE 收录，月刊节奏自1988年延续至今，目前每年刊出约3600页
• Vladimir Hachinski of the University of Western Ontario signed Editor-in-Chief's Notes by 2007 and in April 2010 announced Marc Fisher as his successor at the helm.（University of Western Ontario）的（Vladimir Hachinski）至少在2007年已以主编名义撰写卷首按语，2010年4月他撰文宣布由（Marc Fisher）接任主编^[2]
• The journal's own About page named Ralph L. Sacco as editor-in-chief when archived in 2020 and 2022, while the 2024 and 2025 versions name Argye E. Hillis, whose March 2023 programme editorial is linked from that page as her statement of direction.该刊官方简介页在2020年与2022年的存档版本中列主编为（Ralph L. Sacco），2024年与2025年版本则列（Argye E. Hillis），后者2023年3月发表的办刊方针社论被该页作为新主编的施政说明加以链接^[3]
• Publication stays subscription-based, since the association describes its eleven such journals as hybrid titles in which authors may instead choose a Creative Commons open access agreement, while funder rules require accepted manuscripts to reach PubMed Central within twelve months.出版模式维持订阅制，美国心脏协会将其旗下11种期刊定性为混合开放获取期刊，作者可改选知识共享许可协议发表，同时资助方规则要求已录用稿件在12个月内进入（PubMed Central）
• Selectiveness tightened through the 2020s, with the acceptance rate reported on the journal site falling from 16 percent in 2019 to 13 percent in 2020 and to 8 percent in 2025.遴选趋严，期刊网站公布的录用率自2019年的16%降至2020年的13%，2025年仅余8%

Editors

• Editor-in-chief Argye E. Hillis works from the Department of Neurology, Cerebrovascular Division and Center for Excellence in Stroke Detection and Treatment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.主编（Argye E. Hillis）出自巴尔的摩的（Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine）神经病学系、脑血管分部与卒中诊治卓越中心
• Eric Edward Smith serves as deputy editor, and the past editor Marc Fisher stays on the masthead as a senior guest editor together with Hanne Christensen.（Eric Edward Smith）任副主编，前任主编（Marc Fisher）与（Hanne Christensen）同为资深客座编辑留任编委
• Eleven associate editors divide the science tracks, seven clinical including Seemant Chaturvedi, Charlotte Cordonnier of Lille University Hospital, Enrique C. Leira, Jennifer Majersik, Eva A. Mistry, Thanh N. Nguyen and Bernard Yan, two basic and translational and two population, among them Mayowa O. Owolabi of the University College Hospital in Ibadan.11位分区编辑分管三个科学板块，临床方向7人，含（Seemant Chaturvedi）、里尔大学医院的（Charlotte Cordonnier）、（Enrique C. Leira）、（Jennifer Majersik）、（Eva A. Mistry）、（Thanh N. Nguyen）与（Bernard Yan），基础与转化方向2人，人群方向2人，其中包括伊巴丹大学医院的（Mayowa O. Owolabi）
• Guest, technical, continuing medical education and statistical editors support the associate editors, the published roster carrying thirteen guest editors, four technical editors, two continuing education editors and five statistical editors beside a consulting reviewer pool of about 180 names arranged in topical panels running from neuro-cardiology and the neuro-hospitalist through surgery to acute, interventional, preventive, recovery and emerging treatments, with members based in North America, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Japan. The 2025 to 2026 association Scientific Publishing Committee is chaired by Shelley Miyamoto.分区编辑之下另设客座、技术、继续医学教育与统计四类编辑，公开名单含客座编辑13人、技术编辑4人、继续教育编辑2人、统计编辑5人，特约审稿人约180人，按神经心脏病学、神经住院医、外科与急性、介入、预防、康复、新兴治疗等专题分组，成员分布于北美、法国、荷兰、尼日利亚与日本，2025至2026年度美国心脏协会科学出版委员会由（Shelley Miyamoto）担任主席
• Manuscripts go to the association portal stroke-submit.aha-journals.org and are screened by the Dallas editorial office, where Rebecca Seastrong is managing editor with Erinn Cain and Pamela Lepkowski as assistant managing editors. About half of submissions are returned without external review and those surviving initial review receive independent statistical review when appropriate.来稿提交至美国心脏协会投稿门户（stroke-submit.aha-journals.org），由设在达拉斯的编辑部初审，（Rebecca Seastrong）任执行编辑、（Erinn Cain）与（Pamela Lepkowski）任助理执行编辑，约半数来稿不经外审即被退回，通过初审的论文在需要时另接受独立统计评审