Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Cardiology Research
ISSN 1923-2829 · eISSN 1923-2837 · Elmer Press Inc
Cardiology Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 55 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cardiology Research is published by Elmer Press Inc 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, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, together about 22.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cardiology Research is an open access, peer-reviewed, international journal. All submissions relating to basic research and clinical investigation of cardiology and cardiovascular medicine are in this journal's scope. This journal focuses on publishing original research and observations in all cardiovascular medicine discipline, including translational cardiology. Manuscript types include original article, review, case report, short communication, book review, letter to the editor.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine8.8%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine6.8%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine6.6%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine6.5%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine6.1%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine5.8%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine5.2%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine5.1%
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 197OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 61LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 859 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 53 | 1 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 65 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 163 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 262 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 388 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | 368 |
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
55 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 43 days – 68 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 85 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (121 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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)
Article types accepted6
- book reviewManuscript types include original article, review, case report, short communication, book review, letter to the editor.Length not stated
- case reportManuscript types include original article, review, case report, short communication, book review, letter to the editor.Length not stated
- letter to the editorManuscript types include original article, review, case report, short communication, book review, letter to the editor.Length not stated
- original articleManuscript types include original article, review, case report, short communication, book review, letter to the editor.Length not stated
- reviewManuscript types include original article, review, case report, short communication, book review, letter to the editor.Length not stated
- short communicationManuscript types include original article, review, case report, short communication, book review, letter to the editor.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Model summary
This is an open-access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Follows ICMJE recommendations, COPE guidelines, and Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Model summary
This journal follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
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
- Elmer Press Inc
- ISSN
- 1923-2829
- Electronic ISSN
- 1923-2837
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cardiology Research
What CAS zone is Cardiology Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cardiology Research 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 Cardiology Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 55 days (interquartile range 43–68 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 Cardiology Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cardiology Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Cardiology Research open access, and what is the APC?
Cardiology Research is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .