Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Basic Research in Cardiology	27
2	Heart Failure Reviews	17
-	Cardiovascular Diabetology	17
4	Eurointervention	14
-	JAMA Cardiology	14
6	Nature Reviews Cardiology	13
7	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	12
8	European Journal of Heart Failure	11
-	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	11
10	Circulation-Heart Failure	10
-	Journal of the American Heart Association	10
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	10
-	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	10
14	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	9
-	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	9
16	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	8
-	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	8
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	8
-	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	8
-	Current Cardiology Reports	8
-	ESC Heart Failure	8
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	8
23	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	7
-	Respiratory Medicine	7
-	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	7
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	7
-	JACC: Cardiooncology	7
28	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	6
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	6
-	Clinical Research in Cardiology	6
-	Global Heart	6
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	6
-	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	6
-	Cardiovascular Research	6
-	Current Problems in Cardiology	6
-	Heart	6
-	JACC-Heart Failure	6
-	Journal of Cardiology	6
39	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	5
-	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	5
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	5
-	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	5
-	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	5
-	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	5
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	5
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	5
-	International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging	5
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	5
-	American Heart Journal	5
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	5

-	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	5
-	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	5
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	5
-	Cardiovascular Toxicology	5
-	Circulation Journal	5
-	Clinical Cardiology	5
-	Heart & Lung	5
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	5
-	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	5
60	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	4
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	4
-	American Journal of Cardiology	4
-	Cardiology Research and Practice	4
-	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	4
-	Current Opinion in Cardiology	4
-	Heart and Vessels	4
-	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	4
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	4
-	Heart Failure Clinics	4
-	International Journal of Cardiology	4
71	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	3
-	Acta Cardiologica	3
-	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3
-	Pediatric Cardiology	3
-	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3
-	Cardiovascular Pathology	3
-	International Heart Journal	3
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	3
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	3
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	3
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	3
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3
-	Korean Circulation Journal	3
-	Netherlands Heart Journal	3
-	Cardiology in Review	3
-	Cardiology Journal	3
-	Cardiorenal Medicine	3
-	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	3
-	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	3
-	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	3
91	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	2
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	2
-	Journal of Electrocardiology	2
-	Kardiologiya	2
-	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	2
-	Cardiology Clinics	2
-	Cardiology in the Young	2
-	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	2
-	Circulation Research	2
-	Coronary Artery Disease	2
-	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	2
-	Herz	2
-	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	2
-	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	2
-	Cardiology	2
-	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	2
-	Perfusion-UK	2
-	Congenital Heart Disease	2
-	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	2
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2
111	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	1
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1
-	European Heart Journal	1
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	1
-	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	1
-	Kardiologia Polska	1
-	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	1
-	Texas Heart Institute Journal	1
-	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	1
-	Europace	1
-	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	1
-	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	1
-	Journal of Cardiac Failure	1
124	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	0
-	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	0
-	Circulation	0
-	Heart Lung and Circulation	0
-	Heart Surgery Forum	0
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	0
-	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	0
-	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	0
-	Atherosclerosis	0
-	European Heart Journal Supplements	0
-	Heart Rhythm	0