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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Circulation	126
2	European Heart Journal	107
3	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	100
4	Cardiovascular Diabetology	84
5	Circulation Research	72
6	Nature Reviews Cardiology	69
7	JAMA Cardiology	62
8	Journal of the American Heart Association	61
9	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	59
10	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	58
11	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	55
12	Europace	54
-	European Journal of Heart Failure	54
14	Cardiovascular Research	51
15	JACC-Heart Failure	47
16	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	45
17	Current Problems in Cardiology	44
18	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	41
19	Atherosclerosis	40
20	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	39
-	Heart Rhythm	39
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	39
23	JACC: Cardiooncology	38
24	International Journal of Cardiology	36
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
-	Journal of Cardiac Failure	36
27	Circulation-Heart Failure	35
-	ESC Heart Failure	35
-	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	35
30	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	34
31	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	32
-	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	32
-	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	32
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	32
-	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	32
36	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	31
37	Current Cardiology Reports	30
-	Heart	30
-	Eurointervention	30
40	Respiratory Medicine	29
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	29
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	29
-	American Journal of Cardiology	29
-	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	29
-	American Heart Journal	29
46	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	28
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	28
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	28
49	Circulation Journal	27
50	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	26

-	Clinical Research in Cardiology	26
-	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	26
53	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	25
54	Journal of Cardiology	24
-	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	24
56	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	23
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	23
-	Heart & Lung	23
59	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	22
-	Clinical Cardiology	22
-	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	22
62	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	21
63	European Heart Journal Supplements	20
-	Heart Lung and Circulation	20
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	20
66	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	19
67	Pediatric Cardiology	18
-	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	18
-	Cardiovascular Toxicology	18
-	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	18
71	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	17
-	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	17
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	17
74	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	16
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	16
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	16
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	16
-	Journal of Electrocardiology	16
-	Cardiology Journal	16
-	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	16
-	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Korean Circulation Journal	16
84	Basic Research in Cardiology	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
-	Perfusion-UK	15
-	Current Opinion in Cardiology	15
-	Global Heart	15
-	Kardiologia Polska	15
90	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	14
-	Cardiovascular Pathology	14
-	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	14
-	Acta Cardiologica	14
-	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	14
-	Netherlands Heart Journal	14
96	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	13
-	Cardiorenal Medicine	13
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	13
-	Heart and Vessels	13
-	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	13
101	Cardiology in the Young	12
-	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	12
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	12
-	Heart Failure Clinics	12
-	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	12
-	Coronary Artery Disease	12
-	International Heart Journal	12
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	12
109	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	11
-	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	11
-	Cardiology	11
-	Cardiology in Review	11
-	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	11
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	11
115	Cardiology Clinics	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	Herz	10
-	Kardiologiya	10
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	10
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	10
121	Cardiology Research and Practice	9
-	Heart Surgery Forum	9
123	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	8
-	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	8
-	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	8
-	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	8
127	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
128	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	6
-	Texas Heart Institute Journal	6
130	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	4