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Cardiology Discovery

Wolters Kluwer Health · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2693-8499

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q4+5

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total30

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

0.236

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.236

Total Works

197

Total Citations

387

2yr Mean Citedness

0.74

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on cardiovascular diseases, including coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation, and cardiomyopathies. It covers diagnostic methods, therapeutic interventions such as percutaneous coronary intervention and valve replacement, and the underlying mechanisms of these conditions. The scope also extends to the role of comorbidities like diabetes and hypertension in cardiovascular health, and emerging therapeutic strategies.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications197

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~20 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Health

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2693-8499

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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 MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchPulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments