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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Circulation	116
2	European Heart Journal	97
-	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	97
4	Cardiovascular Diabetology	76
5	Nature Reviews Cardiology	72
6	Circulation Research	68
7	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	59
8	JAMA Cardiology	58
9	Journal of the American Heart Association	57
-	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	57
11	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	56
12	European Journal of Heart Failure	53
13	Europace	48
14	Cardiovascular Research	47
15	Atherosclerosis	41
16	JACC-Heart Failure	40
17	Current Problems in Cardiology	39
-	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	39
19	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	38
21	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	37
-	Heart Rhythm	37
23	ESC Heart Failure	36
24	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	35
25	Journal of Cardiac Failure	34
-	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	34
-	International Journal of Cardiology	34
28	Circulation-Heart Failure	33
-	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	33
-	JACC: Cardiooncology	33
31	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	32
-	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	32
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	32
-	Heart	32
35	Eurointervention	31
-	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	31
37	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	30
-	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	30
39	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	29
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	29
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	29
-	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	29
-	Current Cardiology Reports	29
44	American Heart Journal	28
45	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	27
-	American Journal of Cardiology	27
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	27
48	Respiratory Medicine	26
-	Circulation Journal	26
50	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	25

-	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	25
-	Clinical Research in Cardiology	25
53	Journal of Cardiology	24
54	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	23
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	23
56	Basic Research in Cardiology	22
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	22
-	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	22
-	Heart & Lung	22
60	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	21
-	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	21
-	Clinical Cardiology	21
63	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	20
64	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	19
-	Heart Lung and Circulation	19
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	19
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	19
-	Cardiovascular Toxicology	19
-	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	19
70	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	18
-	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	18
72	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	17
-	Korean Circulation Journal	17
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	17
-	Pediatric Cardiology	17
-	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	17
-	European Heart Journal Supplements	17
78	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	16
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	16
-	Heart Failure Reviews	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Heart Failure Clinics	16
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	16
84	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	15
-	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	15
-	Journal of Electrocardiology	15
-	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	15
-	Cardiology Journal	15
89	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	14
-	Perfusion-UK	14
-	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	14
-	Global Heart	14
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	14
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	14
-	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	14
-	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	14
97	Acta Cardiologica	13
-	Kardiologia Polska	13
-	Cardiology in the Young	13
-	Cardiovascular Pathology	13
-	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	13
-	Heart and Vessels	13
-	Cardiology	13
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	13
105	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	12
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	12
-	Netherlands Heart Journal	12
-	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	12
-	Coronary Artery Disease	12
-	Current Opinion in Cardiology	12
-	International Heart Journal	12
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	12
-	Cardiology in Review	12
-	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	12
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	12
116	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	11
-	Cardiology Clinics	11
-	Cardiology Research and Practice	11
-	Kardiologiya	11
-	Cardiorenal Medicine	11
121	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	10
-	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	10
-	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
125	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	9
-	Herz	9
-	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	9
128	Heart Surgery Forum	8
129	Texas Heart Institute Journal	7
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
131	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	6
132	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	5
-	Congenital Heart Disease	5