Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Cardiogenetics
ISSN 2035-8253 · eISSN 2035-8148 · MDPI AG · Switzerland
Cardiogenetics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cardiogenetics is published by MDPI AG 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 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, together about 40.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As an essential resource to general physicians, cardiologists, and geneticists, Cardiogenetics’ primary purpose is to publish papers on the following topics: - Clinical and molecular aspects of inherited heart diseases: genotype–phenotype findings; follow-up data from inherited heart disease clinics; clinical findings from large and informative families with inherited heart diseases; and studies on molecular imaging in inherited heart diseases. - Clinical and molecular aspects of rare diseases with cardiovascular involvement: clinical imaging and molecular findings of rare genetic disorders that affect the heart and vasculature. - Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in cardiovascular medicine: studies involving new drugs or well-known therapies in inherited heart diseases, rare diseases, and cardiovascular medicine; and genetic/genomic profile and response to therapies. - Stem cells and regenerative therapies for genetic heart diseases: clinical trials and experimental studies involving cell studies/cell therapy, including gene editing in stem cells for cardiac repair. - Diagnostic methods for cardiogenetic disorders: including but not limited to next-generation sequencing, comparative microarray analysis (CMA), optical genome mapping (OGM), and other techniques for the interrogation of genomic variants and events, variant interpretation, functional assays, and non-invasive imaging techniques specifically applied to inherited heart conditions. - Bioinformatics and statistical genetics in heart disease: methods for analyzing cardiogenetic data, polygenic risk scores for cardiovascular traits, and computational approaches to identify heart disease-associated variants. - Personalized medicine and gene-targeted therapies: gene therapy, antisense oligonucleotides, and gene editing (e.g., CRISPR) for inherited cardiovascular diseases. - Molecular biology and pathophysiology of genetic and genomic cardiovascular diseases: biology of cells; pathways and systems; epigenetics and gene regulation; and biology and pathophysiology of specific genes and non-coding DNA. - Polygenic/multifactorial cardiovascular disorders. - Cellular electrophysiological studies related to inherited arrhythmogenic conditions. - Cardiovascular imaging in the context of genetic disease. - Mutation reports: descriptions of novel or potentially pathogenic variants in genes associated with cardiovascular phenotypes, with supporting family or functional data. A space will be given to negative
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 16, Spain 4, France 2, Greece 2, United States 1 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin StudiesMedicine19.9%
- Cardiovascular Effects of ExerciseMedicine10.6%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine9.8%
- Congenital heart defects researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Lysosomal Storage Disorders ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Viral Infections and Immunology ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Ion channel regulation and functionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.8%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine3.8%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEmbasePublisher 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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 233 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 34 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 57 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 97 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 86 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23.5 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | CHF 1,400 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,400 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,400 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | CHF 1,000 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted19
- articleArticle: These are original research manuscripts. The work should report scientifically sound experiments and provide a substantial amount of new information.Length not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data sharing encouraged; FAIR principles; deposit in trusted repositories; Data Availability Statement required. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
Citation policy: cite sources clearly, avoid excessive self-citation, no citation manipulation. Model summary
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Cardiogenetics will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
Cardiogenetics accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates indep…
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
- MDPI AG
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2035-8253
- Electronic ISSN
- 2035-8148
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cardiogenetics
What CAS zone is Cardiogenetics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cardiogenetics 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 Cardiogenetics?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at Cardiogenetics?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Cardiogenetics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Cardiogenetics based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (16), Spain (4) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Cardiogenetics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cardiogenetics is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cardiogenetics open access, and what is the APC?
Cardiogenetics is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .