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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Circulation	113
2	European Heart Journal	99
3	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	97
4	Circulation Research	69
5	Nature Reviews Cardiology	67
6	JAMA Cardiology	63
7	Cardiovascular Diabetology	62
8	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	56
9	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	53
10	Journal of the American Heart Association	52
-	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	52
12	European Journal of Heart Failure	51
13	Cardiovascular Research	49
14	Europace	42
15	Heart Rhythm	41
16	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	39
-	Atherosclerosis	39
18	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	37
-	JACC-Heart Failure	37
20	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
21	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	35
22	International Journal of Cardiology	34
23	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	33
-	ESC Heart Failure	33
-	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	33
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	33
27	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	32
-	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	32
-	Respiratory Medicine	32
-	Circulation-Heart Failure	32
-	JACC: Cardiooncology	32
32	Heart	31
-	Journal of Cardiac Failure	31
-	Eurointervention	31
35	Current Problems in Cardiology	30
-	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	30
-	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	30
38	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	29
-	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	29
-	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	29
41	American Heart Journal	28
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	28
-	American Journal of Cardiology	28
44	Circulation Journal	27
-	Basic Research in Cardiology	27
46	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	26
-	Current Cardiology Reports	26
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	26
49	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	25
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	25

51	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	24
-	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	24
53	Clinical Research in Cardiology	23
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	23
-	Heart Failure Reviews	23
56	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	22
-	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	22
58	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	21
-	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	21
-	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	21
-	Journal of Cardiology	21
62	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	20
-	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	20
-	Clinical Cardiology	20
-	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	20
-	Heart & Lung	20
-	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	20
-	Heart Lung and Circulation	20
69	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	19
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	19
-	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	19
72	Cardiovascular Toxicology	18
-	Heart Failure Clinics	18
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	18
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	18
76	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	17
-	Pediatric Cardiology	17
78	Cardiology Journal	16
-	European Heart Journal Supplements	16
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	16
-	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	16
82	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	15
-	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	15
-	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
86	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	14
-	Journal of Electrocardiology	14
-	Cardiology in the Young	14
-	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	14
-	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	14
-	International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging	14
92	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	13
-	Korean Circulation Journal	13
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	13
-	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	13
-	Cardiology Clinics	13
-	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	13
-	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	13
-	Global Heart	13
100	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	12
-	Kardiologia Polska	12
-	Netherlands Heart Journal	12
-	Perfusion-UK	12
-	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	12
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	12
-	Acta Cardiologica	12
-	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	12
-	Current Opinion in Cardiology	12
-	Heart and Vessels	12
-	International Heart Journal	12
111	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	11
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	11
-	Kardiologiya	11
-	Cardiovascular Pathology	11
115	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	10
-	Cardiology in Review	10
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	10
-	Cardiology Research and Practice	10
-	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	Coronary Artery Disease	10
122	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	9
123	Cardiology	8
-	Cardiorenal Medicine	8
-	Heart Surgery Forum	8
-	Herz	8
127	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	7
-	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	7
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	7
131	Texas Heart Institute Journal	6
132	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	5
-	Congenital Heart Disease	5
134	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	3