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International Heart Journal

International Heart Journal Association · Japan · Est. 1880

ISSN1349-2365eISSN1349-3299

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.386

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.472

Total Worksi

2,939

Total Citationsi

33,783

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1880

Annual Volume~ 157 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,939

Publisher OrgJapanese Heart Journal Assoc

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Heart Journal Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1349-2365 / 1349-3299

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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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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

192

2.4k

2019

197

1.9k

2020

214

1.4k

2021

180

993

2022

171

666

2023

158

406

2024

141

112

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Frequently asked questions about International Heart Journal

Is International Heart Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Heart Journal: 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 International Heart Journal?

International Heart Journal 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 1.16.

Is International Heart Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Heart Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Heart Journal?