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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

IMR Press Limited · United States · Est. 1900

ISSN1530-6550eISSN2153-8174
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 3.1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.635
H-Indexi
47
CiteScorei
3.1
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
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

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
IMR Press Limited
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1530-6550 / 2153-8174
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
PMC, CLOCKSS
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
41
692
2019
68
2.2k
2020
180
2.8k
2021
415
3.9k
2022
375
2.2k
2023
466
2.5k
2024
477
1.2k
2025
283
78
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. 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 3.1.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine?

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 dissem

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref