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Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Saudi Heart Association · Saudi Arabia

ISSN2212-5043

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.316

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.452

Total Worksi

1,578

Total Citationsi

6,112

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionSaudi Arabia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,578

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Saudi Heart Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2212-5043

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

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

285

2019

509

2020

257

2021

125

2022

225

2023

2024

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 MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Congenital Heart Disease StudiesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementCoronary Artery AnomaliesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Is Journal of the Saudi Heart Association a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Saudi Heart Association: 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 the Saudi Heart Association?

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 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 0.49.

Is Journal of the Saudi Heart Association indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the Saudi Heart Association?