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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

IMR Press Limited · United States · Est. 1900

ISSN1530-6550eISSN2153-8174

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 2.5. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.635

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

2.5

SNIPi

0.511

Total Worksi

2,567

Total Citationsi

15,888

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine ( RCM ) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to publishing review papers, research articles, short communications, and other type articles on cardiovascular medicine as well as research on cardiovascular disease, including clinical, translational, and basic studies. We aim to provide a forum for publishing papers that explore the pathogenesis and progression of cardiac and vascular diseases, as well as their prevention, diagnosis, management strategies, and patient outcomes, to serve the discipline development and knowledge dissemination in the field of cardiovascular medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1900

Frequency12 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,567

Publisher OrgIMR Press

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~28 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IMR Press Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1530-6550 / 2153-8174

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

683

2019

2.2k

2020

180

2.7k

2021

415

3.7k

2022

375

2023

466

2.2k

2024

477

935

2025

157

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 MedicineQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Frequently asked questions about Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Is Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine?

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine 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 2.5.

Is Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.