Journal profile · Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiology Plus
ISSN 2470-7511 · eISSN 2470-752X · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Cardiology Plus: impact factor 2.4 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 32 weeks (community reports); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cardiology Plus is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, together about 23.2% 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 Junbo GePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine8.1%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.6%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine7.4%
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthMedicine7.1%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine6.7%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine6.2%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine5.4%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS · rank 117/237
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
OvidPublisher 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)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 335 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 3 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 70 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 199 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 210 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 131 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 150 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 8 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 32 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, 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2470-7511
- Electronic ISSN
- 2470-752X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Plus
What is the impact factor of Cardiology Plus?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Cardiology Plus?
Authors report an average review time of about 32 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 Plus in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS Q2 (117/237). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
Which databases index Cardiology Plus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cardiology Plus is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Cardiology Plus open access, and what is the APC?
Cardiology Plus 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: .