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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Nature Reviews Cardiology	28.758
2	Basic Research in Cardiology	22.302
3	Cardiovascular Diabetology	19.366
4	JAMA Cardiology	13.212
5	Heart Failure Reviews	11.308
6	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	11.109
7	European Journal of Heart Failure	11.051
8	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	10.455
9	Eurointervention	10.326
10	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	9.169
11	Cardiovascular Research	8.950
12	Circulation-Heart Failure	8.217
13	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	8.120
14	Journal of the American Heart Association	8.106
15	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	7.995
16	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	7.949
17	JACC: Cardiooncology	7.918
18	Circulation Research	7.690
19	Current Cardiology Reports	7.332
20	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	6.978
21	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	6.715
22	ESC Heart Failure	6.647
23	JACC-Heart Failure	6.614
24	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	6.110
25	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	6.090
26	Current Problems in Cardiology	6.052
27	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	5.931
28	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	5.922
29	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	5.852
30	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	5.787
31	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	5.646
32	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	5.588
33	Global Heart	5.452
34	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	5.377
35	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	5.350
36	Heart	5.196
37	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	5.187
38	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	5.183
39	Cardiovascular Toxicology	5.117
40	Journal of Cardiology	5.107
41	European Heart Journal	4.873
42	American Heart Journal	4.870
43	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	4.853
44	Clinical Research in Cardiology	4.713
45	Circulation Journal	4.631
46	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	4.624
47	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	4.577
-	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	4.577
49	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	4.557
50	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	4.500

51	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	4.413
52	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	4.366
53	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	4.288
54	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	4.269
55	Respiratory Medicine	4.160
56	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	4.107
57	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	4.079
58	Clinical Cardiology	3.965
59	Heart & Lung	3.921
60	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	3.860
61	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	3.718
62	International Journal of Cardiology	3.672
63	Circulation	3.628
64	Europace	3.601
65	American Journal of Cardiology	3.586
66	Cardiorenal Medicine	3.572
67	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3.549
68	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	3.508
69	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	3.330
70	Cardiology in Review	3.221
71	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	3.197
72	Heart Failure Clinics	3.184
73	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	3.182
74	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	3.166
75	Cardiology Research and Practice	3.154
76	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	3.121
77	Cardiology Journal	2.959
78	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	2.948
79	Korean Circulation Journal	2.945
80	Current Opinion in Cardiology	2.941
81	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	2.918
82	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2.911
83	Cardiovascular Pathology	2.783
84	Heart and Vessels	2.733
85	Acta Cardiologica	2.680
86	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	2.544
87	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	2.518
88	Journal of Cardiac Failure	2.495
89	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	2.469
90	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	2.438
91	Netherlands Heart Journal	2.410
92	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	2.407
93	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	2.383
94	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2.365
95	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	2.307
96	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	2.295
97	International Heart Journal	2.286
98	Pediatric Cardiology	2.257
99	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2.217
100	Cardiology	2.167
101	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	2.149
102	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	2.031
103	Atherosclerosis	1.987
104	Coronary Artery Disease	1.981
105	Perfusion-UK	1.966
106	Herz	1.959
107	Cardiology Clinics	1.948
108	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	1.718
109	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	1.712
110	Journal of Electrocardiology	1.648
111	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	1.624
112	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	1.609
113	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	1.586
114	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	1.575
115	Heart Rhythm	1.546
116	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	1.510
117	Kardiologiya	1.484
118	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	1.468
119	Congenital Heart Disease	1.442
120	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	1.433
121	Cardiology in the Young	1.246
122	Kardiologia Polska	1.214
123	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	1.206
124	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	1.182
125	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	1.135
126	Texas Heart Institute Journal	1.011
-	Heart Surgery Forum	1.011
128	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	0.979
129	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	0.769
130	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	0.743
131	European Heart Journal Supplements	0.611
132	Heart Lung and Circulation	0.602
133	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	0.460