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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1930

ISSN1749-8090eISSN1749-8090

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.449

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.01

Total Worksi

5,619

Total Citationsi

51,845

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Surgery; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1930

Annual Volume~ 535 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,619

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSLOCKSSPMCPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1749-8090 / 1749-8090

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, PMC, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

220

3.2k

2019

335

4.2k

2020

362

3.8k

2021

344

2.5k

2022

360

1.9k

2023

702

2.2k

2024

543

774

2025

835

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.

SurgeryQ2

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemSurgery

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesCongenital Heart Disease StudiesLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesTracheal and airway disordersMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesAortic aneurysm repair treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Is Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery: 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 Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery?

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 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 1.54.

Is Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery?