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Heart

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1939

ISSN1355-6037eISSN1468-201X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 10. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.559

H-Indexi

277

CiteScorei

SNIPi

1.473

Total Worksi

26,320

Total Citationsi

782,726

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Heart is an international peer reviewed journal that keeps the cardiovascular community informed of important scientific and clinical advances. The journal promotes active interchange among researchers, clinicians, and educators to accelerate progress in cardiovascular science and improve patient care. Heart publishes up-to-date, authoritative, clinically oriented articles in all areas of cardiovascular medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1939

FrequencySemimonthly, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications26,320

Publisher OrgBMJ

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle anonymised

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1355-6037 / 1468-201X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

single anonymised

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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?

Yes

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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

Citations received

370

9.7k

2019

442

12k

2020

420

7.3k

2021

350

4.6k

2022

356

2.8k

2023

180

2024

333

652

2025

170

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 MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCongenital Heart Disease StudiesCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchCardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Frequently asked questions about Heart

Is Heart a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Heart: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Heart?

Heart 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 10.

Is Heart indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Heart is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.