Journal profile · Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
ISSN 0066-782X · eISSN 1678-4170 · Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia · BRAZIL · Monthly · Founded 1948
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.89; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 59 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 536 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia is published by Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 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 Valve Diseases and Treatments, together about 21.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
To disseminate the content of national and international scientific research in the field of cardiovascular diseases; to promote scientific debate in this area through the publication of review articles, viewpoints, editorials, letters, and other formats; and to publish scientific guidelines and standards issued by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Editor-in-chief Gláucia Maria Moraes dePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine8.8%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine6.8%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine6.1%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine6%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine5.5%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine5%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine4.8%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.89LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,065OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 157LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,215 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 323 | 323 | 36 |
| 2025 | 536 | 536 | 363 |
| 2024 | 517 | 517 | 940 |
| 2023 | 308 | 308 | 1,014 |
| 2022 | 279 | 279 | 1,594 |
| 2021 | 392 | 392 | 3,711 |
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
59 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 9 days – 136 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 96 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 180 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (532 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 2,000 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest
A conflict of interest may be of a personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial nature. Conflicts of interest can arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. Upon submission of the manuscript, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing any financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the w…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
The Ethics Policy outlines the responsibilities of authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher. In cases of misconduct, the journal will follow the Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication, as well as the Guide for the Publication of Retraction, and the Guide for the Publication of Erratum.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of articles published by ABC Cardiol retain the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution – CC BY 4.0.Copyright belongs exclusively to the authors, with the journal holding the right of first publication as well as the rights to display, store, copy, and reuse the content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, providing unrestricted online access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific articles published by the journal. Open access refers to the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), , allowing immediate free access to the work …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
ABC Cardiol uses a double-blind peer review system, which means that the article's reviewers will not have access to the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) will not have access to the identity of the reviewer. Upon initial submission, the article is reviewed by the editorial team for compliance with the journal's style and to ensure that the manuscript is clear and readable for reviewers…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
A preprint is a complete scientific manuscript deposited by the authors on a public server. The preprint includes full data and methodologies. It is published on the web in approximately one day, without undergoing peer review, and can be accessed freely by anyone worldwide through platforms specifically developed for this purpose. This allows scientists to directly control the dissemination of th…
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
- Publisher
- Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1948
- ISSN
- 0066-782X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1678-4170
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
What CAS zone is Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 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.
What is the impact factor of Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.89; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 59 days (interquartile range 9–136 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia open access, and what is the APC?
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .