Journal profile · Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine
ISSN 1423-5528 · eISSN 1662-629X · EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd. · Switzerland
Cardiovascular Medicine: fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cardiovascular Medicine is published by EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, together about 26.3% 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
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine9.1%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine9%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine8.2%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.9%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine7.2%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine6.4%
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related ComplicationsMedicine4.5%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine4.2%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Q4 | 374/409 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 447 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd.
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISSN
- 1423-5528
- Electronic ISSN
- 1662-629X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cardiovascular Medicine
How long does peer review take at Cardiovascular Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Which databases index Cardiovascular Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cardiovascular Medicine is indexed in Scopus.
Is Cardiovascular Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Cardiovascular Medicine is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .