Journal profile · Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Acta Cardiologica
ISSN 0001-5385 · eISSN 1784-973X · Acta Cardiologica · BELGIUM · Bimonthly · Founded 1946
Acta Cardiologica: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.32; subscription journal; median 75 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 104 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Cardiologica is published by Acta Cardiologica and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, together about 22.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Cardiologica is an international journal. It publishes bi-monthly original, peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of cardiovascular disease including observational studies, clinical trials, experimental investigations with clear clinical relevance and tutorials.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine8%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.3%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine7%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine6.2%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine5.9%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine4.9%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine4.9%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.32LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 364OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 35%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 104LetPub ·
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
75 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 9 days – 185 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 115 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (401 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Acta Cardiologica
- Country or region
- BELGIUM
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1946
- ISSN
- 0001-5385
- Electronic ISSN
- 1784-973X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Cardiologica
What CAS zone is Acta Cardiologica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Cardiologica is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Cardiologica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.32; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Acta Cardiologica?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 75 days (interquartile range 9–185 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Acta Cardiologica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Cardiologica is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Acta Cardiologica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Cardiologica is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .