Journal profile · Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiology Discovery
ISSN 2096-952X · eISSN 2693-8499 · Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW · United States
Cardiology Discovery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 309 days to acceptance (73 articles, last 24 months); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cardiology Discovery is published by Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW 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 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Editor-in-chief Yaling HanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine8.1%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.5%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine6.9%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine6.4%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine6.1%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine5.8%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine5.6%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine4.4%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS · rank 199/237
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbasePublisher website
Other: CSCD, ASCI
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)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 220 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 1 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 35 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 53 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 61 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 165 |
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
309 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 208 days – 400 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 35 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 357 days
- Sample
- 73 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2096-952X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2693-8499
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cardiology Discovery
What CAS zone is Cardiology Discovery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cardiology Discovery 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 Cardiology Discovery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 8.
How long does peer review take at Cardiology Discovery?
Based on the dates recorded on 73 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 309 days (interquartile range 208–400 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 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 JCR quartile is Cardiology Discovery in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS Q4 (199/237). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Cardiology Discovery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cardiology Discovery is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cardiology Discovery open access, and what is the APC?
Cardiology Discovery is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .