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Heart Failure Clinics

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1999

ISSN1551-7136eISSN1551-7136

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.805

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.632

Total Works

1,569

Total Citations

21,542

2yr Mean Citedness

0.81

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Heart Failure Clinics provides practical, concise, and easy-to-read coverage of the current literature on heart failure. Topics include acute decompensated heart failure, referral parameters for advanced heart failure and transplantation centers, and the evaluation process for candidacy for advanced therapies such as left ventricular assist device implantation and heart transplantation.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 75 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,569

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1551-7136 / 1551-7136

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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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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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)

Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementCardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesCardiomyopathy and Myosin StudiesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias