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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Circulation	114
2	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	99
3	European Heart Journal	97
4	Nature Reviews Cardiology	72
-	Cardiovascular Diabetology	72
6	Circulation Research	66
7	JAMA Cardiology	60
8	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	58
9	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	57
10	Journal of the American Heart Association	55
11	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	54
12	European Journal of Heart Failure	53
13	Cardiovascular Research	46
-	Europace	46
15	JACC-Heart Failure	40
-	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	40
17	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
-	Atherosclerosis	38
19	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	37
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	37
-	Heart Rhythm	37
22	ESC Heart Failure	36
23	International Journal of Cardiology	35
-	Current Problems in Cardiology	35
25	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	34
26	Journal of Cardiac Failure	33
-	Circulation-Heart Failure	33
28	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	32
-	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	32
30	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	31
-	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	31
-	Eurointervention	31
-	Heart	31
-	JACC: Cardiooncology	31
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	31
36	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	30
37	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	29
-	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	29
-	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	29
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	29
-	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	29
42	American Heart Journal	28
-	Respiratory Medicine	28
44	American Journal of Cardiology	27
-	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	27
-	Circulation Journal	27
-	Current Cardiology Reports	27
48	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	26
-	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	26
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	26

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