AHA Journals at the Forefront of Cardiology

A Report on Excellence

¹ AHA Scientific Publishing Committee Chair

Circulation Research strives toward excellence with each issue. We wish to briefly highlight the steady and enthusiastic improvements in impact factor Circulation Research has made historically and in recent years. In the past 5 years, the impact factor for Circulation Research grew from 5.11 in 1992 to 8.43 in 1997, a 3.32 increase. Remarkable increases in impact factor occurred first between 1993 and 1994, and then again between 1994 and 1995. As recently noted in the June 1998 issue of The Physiologist, Circulation Research's 15-year cumulative impact factor of 61.6 dramatically illustrates the journal's enduring scientific value (source: The Physiologist. 1998;41:114). These impact factors serve to reiterate the importance of Circulation Research as a journal dedicated to publishing original and eminent work of cardiovascular science and medicine.

The 5 American Heart Association (AHA) journals—Circulation; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology; Circulation Research; Hypertension; and Stroke—are resolved to further an ambitious and formidable goal of the AHA, which is to become the best communicator of scientific information to the public at large. The journals exemplify the very nature of the AHA's primary objective of "fighting heart disease and stroke" by publishing the work of the pioneers and visionaries of medicine and science. Their breakthrough research, use of innovative technologies, experiments, and discoveries are the core substance of the AHA journals. Irrefutable evidence gives testimony to the realization of the goals of the AHA within the scope of the AHA journals—the 1997 Institute . . . [Full Text of this Article]