European Heart Journal Open

European Heart Journal Open is published by Oxford University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The European Heart Journal Open (EHJ Open) is an official, international, peer-reviewed journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The Journal is dedicated to the entire spectrum of cardiovascular medicine, with an emphasis on novel research results with the potential to improve patient care. The Journal's mission is to promote open and interactive cardiology for an accelerated and global sharing of science to fight cardiovascular disease. Issues published per year: 6 Articles available: online only Access: fully open access Why Publish with EHJ Open? Discover the top 5 reasons to submit your manuscript to the Journal. Journal objectives Research areas Objectives of the Journal To facilitate dissemination of novel research results through open access to a broad readership in cardiology To stimulate debate of recent trials, guidelines, and observations To provide directions for current and future cardiology Research areas published in this Journal EHJ Open will consider manuscripts reporting original results from clinical trials, observational studies, and experimental work as long as it falls within the topics listed below. Acute cardiac care Arrhythmias and electrophysiology Basic science Cardiac surgery Co-morbidities (cardio-oncology, diabetes, cardio-rheumatology) Congenital heart disease Coronary syndromes, chronic and acute (interventional and non-interventional cardiology) Epidemiology Genetics and precision medicine Heart failure Hypertension Imaging Nursing Prevention, lipids and sports cardiology Pulmonary circulation Stroke Thrombosis Valvular heart disease Vascular medicine Metrics Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 4.3 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 4.4 Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems (Rank by Impact Factor) 60/237 2025 Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 0.86 Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems (Rank by Journal Citation Indicator) 68/237 2025 Cited Half-Life 2.6 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.7 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00322 2025 Article Influence Score 1.441 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 5.6 Surgery (Rank by CiteScore) 53/597 Cardiology And Cardiovascular Medicine (Rank by CiteScore) 102/409 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 1.259 About metrics Disclaimer Unless otherwise expressly indicated, statements of fact and opinion in the articles in European Heart Journal Open are those of the respective authors and contributors only and not of the Journal, the European Society of Cardiology, or Oxford University Press

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery

Editor-in-chief Magnus BäckPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Sweden 14, France 5, United States 3, Switzerland 3, Italy 2 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

60Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

4.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

5.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

5.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.26LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

31OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

156OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.94OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

2.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

130LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 6 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 6 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

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.

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Publisher

Oxford University Press

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English

ISSN

2752-4191

Latest issue on the website

Volume 6, Issue 5 (September 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
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