Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Circulation	122
2	European Heart Journal	104
3	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	97
4	Cardiovascular Diabetology	84
5	Nature Reviews Cardiology	70
-	Circulation Research	70
7	JAMA Cardiology	61
8	Journal of the American Heart Association	60
9	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	57
10	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	56
-	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	56
12	European Journal of Heart Failure	54
13	Europace	52
14	Cardiovascular Research	50
15	JACC-Heart Failure	44
16	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	43
17	Current Problems in Cardiology	42
18	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	39
-	Atherosclerosis	39
20	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
21	Heart Rhythm	37
22	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	36
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
24	International Journal of Cardiology	35
-	JACC: Cardiooncology	35
-	Journal of Cardiac Failure	35
27	ESC Heart Failure	34
-	Circulation-Heart Failure	34
29	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	33
-	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	33
-	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	33
-	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	33
33	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	32
34	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	31
-	Eurointervention	31
-	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	31
37	Current Cardiology Reports	30
-	Heart	30
-	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	30
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	30
41	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	29
42	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	28
-	American Journal of Cardiology	28
-	Respiratory Medicine	28
-	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	28
46	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	27
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	27
-	American Heart Journal	27
49	Circulation Journal	26
50	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	25

-	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	25
-	Clinical Research in Cardiology	25
-	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	25
54	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	24
-	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	24
-	Heart & Lung	24
57	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	23
-	Journal of Cardiology	23
-	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	23
60	Clinical Cardiology	22
61	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	21
62	Heart Lung and Circulation	20
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	20
64	European Heart Journal Supplements	19
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	19
66	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	18
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	18
-	Pediatric Cardiology	18
-	Cardiovascular Toxicology	18
70	Journal of Electrocardiology	17
-	Basic Research in Cardiology	17
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	17
-	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	17
74	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	16
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	16
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	16
-	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Cardiology Journal	16
-	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	16
81	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
-	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	15
-	Kardiologia Polska	15
-	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	15
86	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	14
-	Acta Cardiologica	14
-	Global Heart	14
-	Korean Circulation Journal	14
-	Perfusion-UK	14
91	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	13
-	Heart Failure Clinics	13
-	Cardiology in the Young	13
-	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	13
-	Cardiovascular Pathology	13
-	Current Opinion in Cardiology	13
-	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	13
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	13
-	Heart and Vessels	13
-	Netherlands Heart Journal	13
101	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	12
-	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	12
-	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	12
-	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	12
-	International Heart Journal	12
-	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	12
-	Cardiorenal Medicine	12
-	Coronary Artery Disease	12
109	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	11
-	Kardiologiya	11
-	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	11
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	11
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	11
-	Cardiology	11
-	Cardiology in Review	11
-	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	11
117	Cardiology Clinics	10
-	Cardiology Research and Practice	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	10
-	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	10
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	10
123	Heart Surgery Forum	9
-	Herz	9
125	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	8
-	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	8
127	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Texas Heart Institute Journal	7
-	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	7
130	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	4