Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease
ISSN 2160-200X
American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 106 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease 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 Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, together about 28.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine9.8%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine9.3%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine9.3%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine6.4%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine5.9%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine4.4%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine4.4%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine4.4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 130 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 26 | 118 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 49 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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 PubMed · to
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 134 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 132 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (81 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".
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving Release delay (Embargo)
Typically, articles are not available in PMC until after the publisher's embargo period. However, in some cases articles may be available in PMC sooner than the default period.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 2160-200X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease
What CAS zone is American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 85–134 days). 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 American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease is indexed in ESCI.
Is American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease 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: .