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Heart and Vessels

Springer · Japan · Est. 1900

ISSN1615-2573

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.546

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.621

Total Worksi

4,121

Total Citationsi

53,947

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Heart and Vessels provides a forum of original ideas, excellent methods, and fascinating techniques on cardiovascular disease fields. Official Journal of the Sakakibara Heart Foundation. Welcomes contributions from those engaged in practical medicine, as well as from those involved in basic research.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1900

FrequencyTwo No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,121

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1615-2573

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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

222

2.8k

2019

189

1.9k

2020

262

1.9k

2021

221

1.4k

2022

124

638

2023

160

424

2024

137

136

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 MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemPeripheral Vascular Diseases

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Frequently asked questions about Heart and Vessels

Is Heart and Vessels a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Heart and Vessels: 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 Heart and Vessels?

Heart and Vessels 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 1.23.

Is Heart and Vessels indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Heart and Vessels is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.