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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Circulation	112
2	European Heart Journal	103
3	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	100
4	Nature Reviews Cardiology	69
5	Cardiovascular Diabetology	67
6	JAMA Cardiology	63
7	Circulation Research	62
8	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine	57
9	Journal of the American Heart Association	56
10	JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging	55
11	JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions	52
12	European Journal of Heart Failure	50
13	Cardiovascular Research	47
14	Europace	46
15	JACC-Heart Failure	40
16	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	39
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	39
-	Atherosclerosis	39
19	European Journal of Preventive Cardiology	38
-	Heart Rhythm	38
21	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	37
22	ESC Heart Failure	35
23	International Journal of Cardiology	34
-	Journal of Cardiac Failure	34
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging	34
-	JACC: Cardiooncology	34
-	Circulation-Heart Failure	34
28	Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology	33
-	Respiratory Medicine	33
-	Eurointervention	33
31	Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology	32
-	Current Problems in Cardiology	32
-	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	32
-	Canadian Journal of Cardiology	32
35	Heart	31
36	JACC-Basic to Translational Science	30
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	30
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions	30
-	Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases	30
40	Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine	29
41	Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases	28
-	American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology	28
43	American Heart Journal	27
-	Circulation Journal	27
-	Current Cardiology Reports	27
-	American Journal of Cardiology	27
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging	27
-	Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes	27
49	BMC Cardiovascular Disorders	26
50	Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology	25

-	Journal of Nuclear Cardiology	25
-	Basic Research in Cardiology	25
53	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	23
-	Journal of Cardiology	23
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography	23
-	Clinical Research in Cardiology	23
57	Heart & Lung	22
-	Circulation-Genomic and Precision Medicine	22
-	Clinical Cardiology	22
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	22
-	Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology	22
62	European Heart Journal-Acute Cardiovascular Care	21
-	European Heart Journal-Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes	21
-	Heart Lung and Circulation	21
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease	21
66	European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	20
-	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions	20
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	20
69	Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research	19
-	Cardiovascular Toxicology	19
-	Heart Failure Reviews	19
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	19
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	19
74	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	18
-	Pediatric Cardiology	18
76	European Heart Journal Supplements	17
-	Heart Failure Clinics	17
-	Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention	17
-	Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis	17
80	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases	16
-	PACE-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology	16
-	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	16
-	Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	16
85	Hellenic Journal of Cardiology	15
-	Kardiologia Polska	15
-	Korean Circulation Journal	15
-	Cardiology Journal	15
-	Journal of Electrocardiology	15
-	Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
92	Global Heart	14
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology	14
-	Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia	14
-	Cardiology Clinics	14
-	Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology	14
-	Cardiovascular Pathology	14
-	Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques	14
99	Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine	13
-	Acta Cardiologica	13
-	Cardiology in the Young	13
102	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	12
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	12
-	Perfusion-UK	12
-	Revista Espanola de Cardiologia	12
-	Heart and Vessels	12
-	International Heart Journal	12
-	Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia	12
-	Current Opinion in Cardiology	12
110	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	11
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing	11
-	Journal of Interventional Cardiology	11
-	Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology	11
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	11
-	Netherlands Heart Journal	11
-	Cardiology	11
-	Cardiology in Review	11
-	Kardiologiya	11
-	Cardiology Research and Practice	11
120	Cardiorenal Medicine	10
-	Cardiovascular Ultrasound	10
-	Coronary Artery Disease	10
123	Anatolian Journal of Cardiology	9
-	Herz	9
-	International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging	9
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	9
127	Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal	8
-	Heart Surgery Forum	8
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	8
-	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	8
131	Texas Heart Institute Journal	6
-	Cardiovascular Journal of Africa	6
133	Congenital Heart Disease	5
134	Postepy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej	4