''Stroke'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

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published monthly by

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is an American imprint (trade name), imprint of the American Dutch publishing conglomerate Wolters Kluwer. It was established by the acquisition of Williams & Wilkins and its merger with J.B. Lippincott Company ...

on behalf of the

American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate Heart, cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability ...

. It covers research on cerebral circulation and related diseases, including clinical research on assessment of risk for

stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...

, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, as well as rehabilitation. All articles become

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after a 12-month

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. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

is Argye E. Hillis.

Indexing and abstracting

The journal is

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in the following

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: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 7.9, ranking it 15th out of 280 journals in the category "Clinical Neurology" and 4th out of 96 journals in the category "Peripheral Vascular Disease".

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* Cardiology journals Academic journals established in 1970 Monthly journals English-language journals Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals Neurology journals American Heart Association academic journals Delayed open access journals Stroke {{Cardiology-journal-stub