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European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · United Kingdom

ISSN1010-7940eISSN1873-734X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.928

H-Indexi

183

SNIPi

1.307

Total Worksi

17,265

Total Citationsi

433,892

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Thoracic Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications17,265

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1010-7940 / 1873-734X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

378

7.1k

2019

498

2020

577

5.8k

2021

612

4.5k

2022

412

2.7k

2023

467

2.1k

2024

485

1.1k

2025

213

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ1

SurgeryQ1

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemRespiratory SystemSurgery

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairCongenital Heart Disease StudiesCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Is European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.12.

Is European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery?