Journal profile · Multiple
Brain Circulation
ISSN 2394-8108 · eISSN 2455-4626 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Brain Circulation: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.2 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; median 94 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); 85 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Brain Circulation is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, together about 35.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Xunming JiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicine17.2%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine9.3%
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesMedicine9.2%
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine8.9%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience4.8%
- Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ResearchMedicine4.8%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Peripheral Vascular Disease | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · CLINICAL NEUROLOGY · rank 36/296
- JCR Q1 · PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE · rank 17/100
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 537 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 63 | 3 |
| 2025 | 85 | 85 | 158 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 421 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | 608 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 525 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 508 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
94 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 132 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 121 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 228 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (157 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2394-8108
- Electronic ISSN
- 2455-4626
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Brain Circulation
What CAS zone is Brain Circulation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Brain Circulation is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Brain Circulation?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Brain Circulation?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 94 days (interquartile range 69–132 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Brain Circulation in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Q1 (36/296), PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE Q1 (17/100). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Brain Circulation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Brain Circulation is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Brain Circulation open access, and what is the APC?
Brain Circulation is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .