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Heart and Lung

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN0147-9563eISSN1527-3288

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.811

H-Index

104

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.87

Total Works

4,541

Total Citations

74,647

2yr Mean Citedness

1.68

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on critical care interventions and patient outcomes, including risk assessment for mortality in conditions like ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock, the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in elderly patients, and the effectiveness of corticosteroids for community-acquired pneumonia.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 210 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,541

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0147-9563 / 1527-3288

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ2

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemNursingRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementCardiac Health and Mental HealthDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationRespiratory Support and Mechanisms