Home›Search›Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery · Japan · Est. 1995

ISSN1341-1098eISSN2186-1005

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.381

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.739

Total Worksi

1,339

Total Citationsi

12,765

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes significant and novel contributions in thoracic surgery. The journal, which is supported by the Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery, aims to facilitate the communication and progress of thoracic surgery worldwide. Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery was first published in 1995 and is now in its 28th year of publication. This journal is collated into issues six times a year and covers the fields of cardiovascular, respiratory, and esophageal surgery. Median submission to first decision: 15 daysMedian acceptance to publication: 103 days Impact of Impella Support on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Postcardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock Yukiharu Sugimura, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Arash Mehdiani, Udo Boeken, Hug Aubin, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Frequencysix times a year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,339

Publisher OrgEditorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1341-1098 / 2186-1005

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

692

2019

634

2020

329

2021

276

2022

173

2023

2024

2025

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.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ3

GastroenterologyQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ3

SurgeryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemSurgery

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGastroenterologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesTracheal and airway disordersCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesAortic aneurysm repair treatmentsCongenital Heart Disease StudiesInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Is Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular 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 0.92.

Is Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.