Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Nature Reviews Cardiology	26.472
2	Basic Research in Cardiology	23.373
3	Cardiovascular Diabetology	17.487
4	JAMA Cardiology	14.017
5	Heart Failure Reviews	11.257
6	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	10.957
7	Eurointervention	10.732
8	European Journal of Heart Failure	10.284
9	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	9.474
10	Cardiovascular Research	8.743
11	Circulation Research	8.325
12	Circulation-Heart Failure	8.210
13	Journal of the American Heart Association	7.832
14	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	7.711
15	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	7.669
16	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	7.458
17	JACC: Cardiooncology	7.439
18	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	7.059
19	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	7.043
20	Current Cardiology Reports	6.901
21	JACC-Heart Failure	6.582
22	ESC Heart Failure	6.345
23	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	6.236
24	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	6.065
25	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	6.030
26	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	5.870
27	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	5.786
28	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	5.730
29	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	5.594
30	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	5.460
31	Current Problems in Cardiology	5.337
32	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	5.213
33	Global Heart	5.199
34	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	5.102
35	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	5.092
36	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	5.077
37	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	5.055
38	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	5.017
39	Respiratory Medicine	4.994
40	Journal of Cardiology	4.993
41	Cardiovascular Toxicology	4.880
42	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	4.720
43	Heart	4.653
44	American Heart Journal	4.593
45	Clinical Research in Cardiology	4.467
46	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	4.425
47	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	4.281
48	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	4.252
49	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	4.246
50	Circulation Journal	4.241

51	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	4.075
52	Heart & Lung	4.070
53	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	3.990
54	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	3.982
55	International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging	3.929
56	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	3.876
57	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	3.858
58	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	3.831
59	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	3.815
60	European Heart Journal	3.741
61	International Journal of Cardiology	3.685
62	Clinical Cardiology	3.624
63	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	3.621
64	Cardiorenal Medicine	3.579
65	American Journal of Cardiology	3.519
66	Circulation	3.485
67	Heart Failure Clinics	3.470
68	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	3.452
69	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	3.376
70	Europace	3.241
71	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3.129
72	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	3.039
73	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	3.032
74	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	3.030
75	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	3.018
76	Cardiology Research and Practice	3.011
77	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	2.973
78	Current Opinion in Cardiology	2.826
79	Cardiology Journal	2.823
80	Korean Circulation Journal	2.780
81	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	2.688
82	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2.681
83	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	2.654
84	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	2.644
85	Cardiovascular Pathology	2.580
86	Cardiology in Review	2.579
87	Heart and Vessels	2.515
88	Journal of Cardiac Failure	2.490
89	Acta Cardiologica	2.405
90	Cardiology Clinics	2.378
91	Netherlands Heart Journal	2.299
92	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	2.275
93	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	2.274
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	2.274
95	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	2.251
96	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	2.245
97	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	2.238
98	Pediatric Cardiology	2.134
99	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2.115
100	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	2.087
101	International Heart Journal	2.053
102	Cardiology	2.049
103	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	2.036
104	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2.008
105	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	1.983
106	Herz	1.963
107	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	1.826
108	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	1.757
-	Perfusion-UK	1.757
110	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	1.724
111	Coronary Artery Disease	1.723
112	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	1.615
113	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	1.574
114	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	1.534
115	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	1.528
116	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	1.527
117	Kardiologiya	1.489
118	Heart Rhythm	1.416
119	Atherosclerosis	1.400
120	Kardiologia Polska	1.221
-	Congenital Heart Disease	1.221
122	Cardiology in the Young	1.217
123	Journal of Electrocardiology	1.204
124	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	1.124
125	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	1.109
126	Heart Surgery Forum	1.058
127	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	0.999
128	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	0.987
129	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	0.945
130	Texas Heart Institute Journal	0.871
131	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	0.868
132	Heart Lung and Circulation	0.623
133	European Heart Journal Supplements	0.512
134	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	0.376