Stroke and Vascular Neurology

Stroke and Vascular Neurology is the official journal of the Chinese Stroke Association, published by BMJ, launched in 2016 as a fully open access bimonthly peer-reviewed journal for neurologists, neurosurgeons and basic neuroscientists, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.8《卒中与血管神经病学》（Stroke and Vascular Neurology）是中国卒中学会会刊，由（BMJ）出版，2016 年创刊，是面向神经科医师、神经外科医师与基础神经科学家的完全开放获取双月刊，2025 年影响因子为 4.8。

Scope

• The journal publishes research for neurologists, neurosurgeons and basic neuroscientists as the official journal of the Chinese Stroke Association作为中国卒中学会会刊，期刊面向神经科医师、神经外科医师与基础神经科学家发表研究。
• It considers submissions of clinical and translational original research, short reports, editorials and reviews to improve patient care期刊接收临床与转化医学原创研究、短篇报告、社论与综述，以改善患者照护。
• The journal encourages debate on controversial techniques, issues on health policy and social medicine期刊鼓励围绕争议性技术、卫生政策与社会医学问题展开学术争鸣。
• It appeals to clinical stroke neurologists, neurosurgeons and basic neuroscientists, as well as neurointerventionists, neurointensivists and anyone involved in stroke care期刊面向临床卒中神经医师、神经外科医师与基础神经科学家，亦覆盖神经介入、神经重症及所有参与卒中诊治的人士。
• Published content spans original research, reviews, case reports, brief reports, protocols and editorials发表内容涵盖原创研究、综述、病例报告、短篇报告、研究方案与社论。
• An international editorial board coordinates the sections, drawing on expertise from Europe, Asia, Australia and North America国际化编委会协调各板块内容，借助欧洲、亚洲、澳大利亚与北美学者的专长。
• The journal adheres to the highest possible industry standards concerning publication ethics期刊恪守尽可能高的行业出版伦理标准。

History

• Stroke and Vascular Neurology was launched in 2016, with volume 1 issue 1 appearing in March 2016 and the launch editorials published in February 2016《卒中与血管神经病学》于 2016 年创刊，第 1 卷第 1 期于 2016 年 3 月出版，创刊社论于 2016 年 2 月发表。
• Yongjun Wang of Beijing Tiantan Hospital and David Wang set out the journal's mission in the launch editorial Hand in hand with the world to conquer stroke北京天坛医院（Yongjun Wang）与（David Wang）在创刊社论《携手世界征服卒中》中阐述了办刊使命。^[1]
• The Chinese Stroke Association held its inaugural national congress in Beijing on 18 January 2015, and the journal is owned by the association but published by BMJ, representing BMJ's first joint publishing venture in China中国卒中学会于 2015 年 1 月 18 日在北京召开首届全国代表大会，期刊由学会拥有、（BMJ）出版，是（BMJ）在华首个合作出版项目。
• The journal was conceived as a quarterly at launch and is now issued bimonthly该刊创刊时为季刊，现为双月刊。
• It is fully open access, and in 2025 it reported an acceptance rate of 10 percent, a median of 38 days to first decision with review and 22 days from acceptance to publication该刊完全开放获取，2025 年报告录用率为 10%，送审至首次决定的中位时间为 38 天，接受至发表为 22 天。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.8, ranking 42nd of 296 journals in Clinical Neurology, compared with 4.9 in 2024, 9.893 in 2022 and 4.081 in 2021, while the five-year impact factor is 5.6 and the CiteScore is 9.82025 年影响因子为 4.8，在临床神经病学 296 种期刊中排名第 42 位，2024 年为 4.9，2022 年为 9.893，2021 年为 4.081，五年影响因子为 5.6，（CiteScore）为 9.8。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents Clinical Medicine, Medline, PubMed Central, Scopus, Embase and DOAJ该刊被科学引文索引扩展版（SCIE）、（Current Contents）临床医学辑、（Medline）、（PubMed Central）、（Scopus）、（Embase）与（DOAJ）收录。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Yongjun Wang of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University现任主编为首都医科大学附属北京天坛医院的（Yongjun Wang）。
• David Wang of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, United States, serves as Deputy and Managing Editor美国凤凰城巴罗神经学研究所（Barrow Neurological Institute）的（David Wang）任副主编兼管理编辑。
• Twelve associate editors serve in three groups: seven general editors including Joanna Wardlaw of the University of Edinburgh and Lee H. Schwamm of Massachusetts General Hospital, three basic science editors including Arthur Liesz of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and two neurointerventional surgery editors including Zhongrong Miao of Beijing Tiantan Hospital12 位副编辑分属三组：普通副编辑 7 人，包括爱丁堡大学（University of Edinburgh）的（Joanna Wardlaw）与麻省总医院（Massachusetts General Hospital）的（Lee H. Schwamm）；基础科学副编辑 3 人，包括慕尼黑大学（Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich）的（Arthur Liesz）；神经介入外科副编辑 2 人，包括北京天坛医院的（Zhongrong Miao）。
• The editorial board numbers 97 members, with 64 from mainland China, 23 from the United States, 4 from Australia, 2 from the United Kingdom and the remainder from Hong Kong, Singapore, Switzerland and Greece编委会共 97 位成员，其中中国内地 64 人、美国 23 人、澳大利亚 4 人、英国 2 人，其余来自中国香港、新加坡、瑞士与希腊。
• The honorary editors are Jizong Zhao, Louis Caplan, Marc Fisher and S. Claiborne Johnston, and the journal also fields assistant editors, statistical editors and a youth editorial board荣誉编辑为（Jizong Zhao）、（Louis Caplan）、（Marc Fisher）与（S. Claiborne Johnston），期刊另设助理编辑、统计编辑与青年编委会。
• Peer review is double anonymised, with both the reviewer and the author anonymous to each other该刊实行双匿名评审，审稿人与作者互不知晓对方身份。